88 SAPINDACEAE, | Dodonaea. 
Mann, FI. Haw. Islds. p. 47. — B a Fl. Austral. I, 475. — Hook. Fl. 
N. Zeal. p. 45. — Mrs. Sinclair, pl. 39 
One of the commonest trees, and often gregarious, at elevations of 1000—3000 ft. on all 
islands. Nat. name: «Aalii» (Tahit. «Apiri»), It is valued for its w 
A a A tae? 
species is on in tropical a, New Z d and Australia, and occ on 
probably all the volcanic island groups of Polynesia, sine is known m hoe Society 
and Viti Islands and from New onia. This wi 
Caled e Geeesall may be accounted for 
by the glutinous capsules, which would easily adhere to the plumage of bi we A 
% var. spathulata. — Shrubby, 4—6 ft. high. Leaves stiff chartaceous, 
spathulate or obovate, 1—2‘  1/2—3/4‘, shortly acuminate, or rou 
and apiculate, often with a distinct petiole. Flowers dioecious. Capsule 
2- or 3-winged, as above, either as large as in «, or a a" x 4-6": 
eenebe fe sept ais Sm ith, — Gray, Bot. ‘U. 8. E. E. p. 
Molokai! Kal La Hawaii! Waimea, Kilauea, on pie elevations of 
2000—4000 ft. Would print a occur also in Tahiti and New Zealand. 
2. D. eriocarpa, Smith. — DC. Prod. I, 617. A tall, much branched 
shrub, 6—10 ft. in height, polygamous, with male, female and herma- 
phandiie flowers (the latter rare) on the same fant. 8 Ww 
lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1—21/2‘ >< 1/s—1/2/, acute, publ ae 
neath when young. Panicle terminal, pubescent. Sepals 5, ovate, pubes- 
cent, 1—2", “Stamens 10 round a ciliate torus in the male flowers. Ovary 
sei even tomentose, ations stipitate, Style either quite short, 
the stigmas indicated by 4 dots, or 2—3” long (in the fem. fl.). oP 
sule generally turgid, 4--8” eae: 3—4 winged, with wings 1'/2—2#/2” 
broad projecting above and sits and often (but 7 aways) pubescent 
ge their margins. Seeds ovoid. — ad 1G. Dp. 
i! eee la, 6000—8000 ft. (leaves 
ai! Waimea hsb ann pubescent); Ma 
, Kau. The pubescence of t the various parts is very inconstant, 
Ka 
ioaay: glabrate); Ha 
even in flowers of ee same plan 
3. D. stenoptera, sp. n. — ae 2—4 ft. high, the angular branches 
glabrous, spreading, not much viscid. Leaves lanceolate, 2"/2—3‘ > 1 co ie 
bluntly acuminate, gradually tapering into the rather long 
chartac 
Ss very narrow a, 1/94) 
and evanescent toward the apex. Seeds 2 in each cell, ovoid, 1!/2—2” 
pe black. Albumen none. Embryo spiral, — uly specimens with 
pe fruit collected in the month of July. 
wo tents Kamalo, 1500—2000 ft. — A v 
are seen under the ca 
very distinct species, probably dioecious, as 
sules. 
ok i DC., has existed in Honolulu gardens a number of years. 
