Kadua.) RUBIACEAE. 159 
sifownon apie cf pba ot aren -_ than pe aenen 
abov' nthers ta e middle 6 tube or lov 
Frutes , the ine foliose . = ps : : : 14. K. parvula. 
hee apn iene only at the base ‘ : 4 16. K. littoralis. 
. K. acuminata, Cham. d Schl. in Linnaea, IV, p. 163. — An erect 
wa 3—6 ft. high, the slender solid bran ches horizontally divaricate, 
d and te 
elliptico-lanceolate, 2—4'l2’ & 8/4—11/s‘, on petioles of 1—12”, acute 
membranous to chartaceous, glabrous and often pale underneath. Stipules 
triangular or shortly mucronate. Flowers axillary, single, or 2 or 3 together, 
in the latter case supraaxillary (owing to the accretion of the common 
peduncle), on slender pedicels of 6—9". Calyx-lobes 2—3”, REY or 
spathulate, with broad sinuses intervening, shorter than the tube 
corolla. Corolla greenish, glabrous, the tube 5’’, the spreading or lise 
lobes about half that length, with tips inflected and margins induplicate. 
A ro 
broad linear jokes, r the lobes dilated, plano-convex and shorter. Cap- 
sule obconical, 3— fi in diameter, 2-celled, thick and hard, but not fleshy, 
marked with 8 longitudinal lines, loculicidal at the flattish vertex, crowned 
y the increased (3—6”) calycine lobes. Seeds small, compr ressed or 
angular, not margined. — Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Beech. p. 85. — Gray, 
Proce. Amer. Acad. 4, p. 318. — piety K. pea a, Gray. 
Probably on all islands, but epeend on Oa and Ka on Oahu in most valleys 
of both ranges. The leaves of both this fee “he following Bae emit, when bruised, 
& nauseous odor resembling that of excrements of mice 
8 var. — Leaves narrower, 1!/2—4‘ X i/4—1‘, on petioles of 6—15", 
Bateciae glabrate and pale underneath. Style glabrous, with linear 
lobes. Fruit in Kanapali specimens elongate pyriform. 
Maui! Olualu and Kanapali. 
2, K. grandis, Gray, Proc. Amer. Ac. IV, p. 318. — Erect, 8—12 ft. 
high, the stout —— herbaceous, hollow, visite at the ends. Leaves 
ovate-oblong, 3—7‘ >< L/2—3!/2‘, on petioles of 3—12", suddenly and 
pointedly acuminate, Ss thick chartaceous, often with strong nerves, 
dark underneath and puberulous along costa and nerves. Stipules annular 
Strongly — Flowers axillary, 3 on a thick and short, often actiehe 
peduncle, the middle pedicel longest, 6—14” when with fruit. Calycine 
lobes reine ovate to lanceolate, with narrow sinuses intervening, 
nearly. as long as the tube of the corolla. Tube of the greenish corolla 
4—6", ampliate above, the reflexed lobes nearly of the same length, 
otherwise as in no. 1. Style as before. Capsule pyriform, 4—5” long, 
acutely pigbicg es the angles decurrent along the thickened pedicel. 
_ 1. — Includes K. petiolata, 8, Gray. 
