Gouldia. |} RUBIACEAE. 169 
H aii, Waipio! — Other forms from Hamakua and Hilo, of the same island, with 
broad onload -oblong leaves al gradually reduced, always sia a panicles, lead this 
extreme form back into », from which they only differ in the prominent veins and less 
contracted base 
2. G. terminalis. — A tall rambling, almost scandent shrub, the long 
virgate branches subherbaceous, glabrous, faintly a angular or lined, with 
distant leaves, the internodes often 3—4'. tae eaves oblanceolate, 3—41/2‘ x 
1—2’, on petioles of 2—6", acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded 
or truncate or emarginate at the base, rarely ovate-oblong and subcordate, 
membranous, dull, glabrous, but papillose, with nerves indistinct. Stipules 
obtusely triangular, 2—3“. Panicles terminal, exserted beyond the leaves, 
pyramidal, open, 3—4’ jong. with 3—4 nodes; the ‘eset rays supported 
by reduced leaves, the bracts from spathulate to dentiform; the pedicels 
subequal, 2-3”. Tube of corolla 4—6”, very slender, dilating above; the 
lobes 1/2 as long. Anthers enclosed. Style in smaller flowers as eniy as 
the tube, in the larger only 1/2 its length. Berries 1'/2—2“ in oe 
bluish. Seeds 8—14 on a placenta. — Petesia terminalis, Hook. & / 
G. Sandwicensis, var. terminalis, Gray. — G. Sandw., var. f, sinsaake: ect 
oo also var. e, ovata, Wawra. 
ves large ovate to ovate-oblong: Oahu, Waianae Mts. (Wawra); Molokai, Kalae! 
Gieie Maui, Wailuku Bee "EB . 416), Hawaii. Leaves obovate-oblo ong, with a 
truncate, often emarginat ate bas - Molokai! Maui, Hamakua! (leaves small, 2—3’ long). 
B var. — Leaves thin, lanceolate or oblong, acute at both ends. 
Molokai! (leaves large, 3—5’, with an ample panicle 3—4’ long and as broad); Kauai! 
(leaves and panicle smaller) Kn. 79, snd perhaps Wawra’s var. b from Kalihi, Oahu 
~ var. — Leaves pale green, subcoriaceous, with evanescent nerves, 
ag obl ong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, emarginate at the base, 
often suborbicular, 1"/2—2/ > 11/4—1'/2‘. Panicle smaller than before. 
Stipules coriaceous, long persistent. — One. specimen exhibits an ovate 
acute leaf, another an obovate leaf with emarginate base, forms which 
occur in «, Longest internodes 2—3’. — G. Sanduicensis, var. d, cordata, 
‘Wawra, |. ¢. p. 277 
W. Maui! 
3. G. hirtella. — An erect or arborescent shrub, the stiff woody branches 
quadrangular, with an ochraceous pubescence. Leaves subsessile or on 
very short petioles of 1—2“, obovate to ovate or orbicular, small, 1—2"/2‘ 
1—1'/2', obtuse or ‘deidacdl at the apex, often emarginate or cordate at 
the base, stiff chartaceous, dark green, shining above, with a finely marked 
rete, more or less pubescent underneath along the strongly prominent 
nerves. Stipules eat triangular. Inflorescence terminal an ary, 
the contracted paniculate or corymbose cymes short, not over 1’ long, 
and numerous. Tube of purplish corolla 2“ with exserted styles (or 6“ 
with a style /2 as long, Wawra), the anthers inserted above the middle 
