172 RUBIACEAE. [ Bobea. 
name of both species: «Nanu». The pulp of the fruit was employed for dying «Kapa» 
yellow. 
- Remyi, Mann, Enum. no. 180. — A tree, 30—40 ft. high, the 
young shoots exuding a sina oe whith covers the leaves as 
with a layer of varnish. Lea blong, 4—9‘ & 2—4‘, on pe- 
tioles of 2—4”, shortly i contracted at the base, chartaceous, 
papillose underneath, prominently nerved. Stipules truncate and sheathing 
as before. Flowers terminal, single, sessile. Calyx-tube angular, 9” long, 
the lobes 4 to 5, falciform, dilated toward the obtuse apex and net-veined, 
spreading with the plane vertical, 11/2’ long, sapalling or exceeding the 
corolla. Corolla white, its ienilints tube 1‘, the 7—8 vate-oblong su 
erect lobes about 10” long, narrowed at the base and separited by 
broad sinuses. Anthers enclosed. Fruit 4--5-angled, pyriform, 11/2—2‘ 
in both saree la the permanent calyx-lobes surrounding a disk of 
3— 4” in diam. 
! Nuuanu, Palolo , Halemanu; Kauai, Kealia, Hanalei, scattering and rar 
Both aodas recommend themselves for cultivation on account of their large white “dba 
fragrant flowers. 
4. BOBEA, Gaud. 
Flowers polygamous. Limb of calyx persistent, truncate or 4-toothed 
or lobed. Corolla coriaceous, salver- -shaped, with naked throat, its 4 lobes 
imbricate in the bud. Stamens 4, inserted below the throat on short 
filaments, o anthers affixed aovenliy ei the middle, linear, exserted » 
with their tips. Disk annular or conical. Ovary 2—11-celled. Style 
oblong. — Trees with terete branches. Stipules one on each side, early 
deciduous. Leaves minutely ares jointed. Flowers in axillary cymes, 
the median sessile, generally 3 to ely 1. Bracteoles at the base of 
the _ealyx cup- or saucer- shaped, bat suinato, — See the valuable obser- 
Scione LY, p. 
A Hawaiian Guetta eous genus, distinguished from ag nearly related Malayo- 
a Santon he the peatrcutonk of the corolla and the uni-, not pluri-seriate 
The su joined species cannot fairly be s res. Haneda ep differences in 
calycine rate and in the hae of ovarian cells or pyrenae which principally im naveed 
Sir J. Hooker to distribute them in three genera. — Rhytidotus, “Obbea and the present 
