Straussia.] RUBIACEAE. “179 
Drupe not apophysate; Raves glabr 
uncle long and m ¥ drooping, with 1—3 nodes; corolla 
generally naked ar ee thro 1. S. Kaduana. 
Sos gene erect, with 8—6 epemaid corolla with hairy patches 
the throat : r "9 S. Mariniana, 
ey sapien with a conical disk ' ; n 5. S. leptocarpa 
. S. Kaduana, Gray, in Proc. Am. Aoi. 1, 43. — A small tree, 
i 20 ft. high. Leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, 2—4‘ < 1'/4s—2‘, 0 
short petioles of 2—6”, rounded or shortly acuminate, cuneate Gied 
the base, chartaceous, with nerves little prominen a peniiony puberulous 
or glabrate and pale underneath, Stipules short, 2—3“, broadly triangular, 
Panicle 2—5/ long, erect or nodding, ioc or ‘elaleata: with only 
1 or 2 approximate whorls of rays toward the end of a sg peduncle. 
Calyx 1/2“, with limb denticulate. Corolla about 2“, naked at the throat, 
its 4—6 lobes generally longer than the tube, often 2 or 3 times as long. 
Drupe oboyoid or top-s shaped, almost quadrangular, with a broad flat disk, 
5—7“ long and about 4“ broad near the top. — Wawra, in a getigs 1874, 
p. 321. — Coffea te Ch. & nt in Linnaea, IV, -— Hook. 
& Arn. in Bot. Beech. — DC 502. wie Ghanian 
H. & A. ibid, — Apionena oe oe a ei pane ane Nutt. in herb. Kew 
Oahu! Molokai! rather ¢ 
8 var. coriacea. — Leaves coriaceous, with strong nerves, pale, mode- 
rately contracting toward the base, almost sessile, 4—5'  2—2"/2'. Sti- 
pules broad obovate or pentagonal, 3“. Panicle erect, few-flowered, with 
2 whorls of short rays at the end of a long peduncle. Lobes of corolla 
scarcely longer than the tube. 
ahu! Kalihi 
7 var. Leaves and panicle as in «, but puberulous, the latter always 
drooping. Lobes of corolla scarcely longer than the tube, and faintly 
hairy at their bases 
Oahu! Pauoa and Makiki. 
ariniana, Gray, 1. c. — A small glabrous tree. Leaves ovale 
oblong, acute at both ends or the apex bluntly acuminate, 4--6' 2—2!/2 
on petioles of 6—12”, chartaceous, glabrate underneath, and dark sshink 
with rather prominent reddish rib and nerves. Stipules obovate from a 
broad base, somewhat obtuse, 3—6“’ long. Panicle glabrous, erect, about 
its length. Calyx truncate. Corolla with a pilose patch at the base of each 
lobe, the lobes searcely longer than the tube. Drupe as before. — Coffea 
Mariniana, Ch & Schl. 1. c. — DO. 1. «. — Apionema sulcatum, Nutt. 
Oahu! Maui! Kauai. — The species was named by Chamisso in honor a 
or, as the natives pronounce the name, Manini, an early settler from Mexico, of Wl 
interest in agriculture the poet and botanist makes honorable mention dn eng eal 
navigation of the World». Both to him and the late Capt. Adams the islands 
indebted for the introduction of many useful plants ae 
