126 MYTRACEAE. { Metrosideros. 
d pedicellate flowers ee ein haved og there by gradual transitions, and the 
pee of all Hawaiian me a eed color, excepting that with 
narrow lanceolate leaves ; put ie form is fey . do so in Tahiti 
Gaudichaud says (Bot. Freye. 99): «Rien au monde n'est plus iene. mee que le 
metrosideros polymorpha, a f euilles linéaires vers le sommet de la tagne, succes: 
siyement linéaires-lancéolées, a obovales, eliptianes, arrondies, 
en descend, et qui, de glabres et luisa qu ‘elles mprecot primiti ivement, 
devjennent pubescentes, velues et de plus en plus tom ee uses.» This statement is nowhere 
borne out by observation. The var. 8, with round “cordate yl and woolly inflores- 
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t ‘gl occurs lo 
down than any other. If Walpers (Repert. II, 165) says 2 of Gaudicha aie 4 varieties, 
i oe formas i na ead ue arbore carptas 
one eat as y, the acute form of ¢, which covers large areas on Hawaii, and Ww which 
confined toOahu and Kauai. The different forms sais ote brought under 
ra eh sa ds: 
a. Leaves rounded or oblong obtuse, cordate, 1/2—1'/4‘ long, on very 
short petioles, often crowded and imbricate on the branches and gra- 
dually smaller, canescent or pruinose underneath, not very thick, the 
veins scarcely visi Cymes elongate, with foliaceous bracts. Flowers 
mall; the calyx 1—11/2", white eso iept excepting the tips of the 
ae Petals pubescent. Stamens 6”. ue. sa We ten & 2—21/2' 
shrubby, in nr exposed localities. Oahu! Nu ; Hawaii, Kohala range. 
dome fei from ip aii. The crowded small leaves on some leduekes probably grew 
during a very dry s nm. 
B. Leaves thick coriaceous, suborbicular, 1—2‘ in diameter, on petioles 
of 1", cordate at the base and often retuse at the apex, densely gray- or 
white-woolly underneath (on both sides while young), Cyme short corym- 
bose, woolly, as are the calyx, petals and capsule. Bracteoles rounded, 
1—l!'/2". Peduncle 2—4”; pedicels 1—1!/2". Calyx large, 2—2!'/2“, with 
short rounded lobes. Petals rounded. Stamens 6”. Capsule 3“. — Small 
gnarled trees with angular branches. 
Oahu, Nuuanw! 2000—3000 ft.; mountains of Hawaii! and E. el up to 8000 ft. ; 
Kauai. — Gaud. 1. c. pl. 108. — Yellow fl. from the Kohala rang 
x. Leaves shaped as in 8, but smaller, #/s—1‘ in diameter, thick 
seciapintescu. quite glabrous underneath. Cymes few-flowered, begets i 
, a8 in | x 2-— ta Stamens 10—12“. — A low 
trailing shrub with stems only 3-—-6 ft 
ada in the bogs on the top of Eeka! 6500 ft 
6. Leaves shaped as in Bx or oblong, but glabrate. Cyme with smaller 
eiiies glabrate in all part 
vw aD eee Loa, and Maui, Haleakala! at elevations of 8000 ft. Gray, 1]. ¢. Y- 
only glabrous forms of 8 and ¢ 
& Leav, coriaceous, obovato- or nen eee shortly acuminate or 
obtuse, 1'/:—21/2' x 1-11), on petioles of 3—6, cinereo-tomentose on 
