Raillardia.) COMPOSITAE. 225 
Leaves 3-nerved, rarely 1-or faintly 5-nerved: 
aves alternate ; 5. R. pect 
eaves ternate, linear-lanesolate F M : ‘ ; : : 6. R. line 
eaves ternate, ; : ‘ : ‘ : Pee | & Hittebrandi. 
Leaves 5-to 11-ner 
eaves opposite, with glandular pubescence 8. R. platyphylla. 
Leaves irregu = ar, ternate, opposite or atemate, ‘rather thin and 
distinetly nervy bra 9. R. montana. 
Leaves ein ong thick, with indistinct nerves: 
Leaves lanceolate acute, silky-pubescent . : : ‘ . 12. R. struthioloides. 
Leaves elliptico-oblong, obtuse : 
Leaves glossy, stiff-ciliate; fl. -he ads in a foliose raceme 11. R. Menziesii. 
Leaves neither “_ nor — Aisa viscous, inflor. 
: 0. R. arborea. 
1. R. latifolia, Sioa Proc. Am. Ac. V, 132. — A rambling shrub, 
glabrous, with long virgate branches, the internodes from 3—5 inches 
long. Leaves opposite, on short optician elliptico-oblong, 3—4‘ < 1—1}/2‘, 
acute, entire, thinly coriaceous, shining, penni-nerved from a median rib, 
* and areolate. Inflor. a ni and open, raetere: rsoid panicle with 
leaves soon reduced to bracts, puberulou n length, its lowest 
branches 4—9‘ long, isin from the baie: a3 Chiniate bracts pi 
Flower-heads in clusters of 3—5, on pedicels of about 2“, each w 
4—5 florets. Invol. aie 3 high, of 4—5 connate bracts, ee 
pubescent, as are the pedicels. Corollae included in the pappus. Style 
far Sree its branches reflexed and curled. Achenes hispidulous. 
Kauai! tains eo aimea and Halemanu. Innovations seem to rise from the 
end ar the Pea bra. : 
2. R. scabra, De. pee VI, 441. — Low decumbent, woody only at 
the base, the subherbaceous slender branches 1/2—11/2 ft. long, purplish, 
hispidulous or glabrate, distantly foliose, almost naked toward the ends. 
a ee base, spreading or the lower ones 
reflexed, linear-lanceolate, 6—12 sae '/,—3, the single nerve impressed 
above, the rolled up margins with 1 or 2 pair of toothlets, coriaceous, 
strongly scabrous on both faces and sre hispid on the lower, shining, 
4s if varnished on the Heads 5” high, not numerous, in long 
projecting open and sere panies nate the ultimate pedicels 
3—5” long, hispidulous.. Invol. 3“, purplish, of 
: 800n separating bracts. Florets 1 7, the corollae pale sulphur-colored or 
whitish, slightly exserted beyond the whitish soft pappus. Achenes 
pubescent, almost stipitate. — ce l. ec. var. seabra and hispidula. 
Hawaii! near Kilauea. Nat. name: «Kupaua 
B var. leiophylla. — Leayes linear, aunty plane, twice as long as in 
% and about 1” broad, chartaceous, scabrous only at the margins, the 
Upper face smooth with He Sead often dull when growing in lower 
epee ~ se I, . p. 
aves alternate, sessile, wit: 
wa; La : meloknls capi — the inflor. 
Ma uku, = : 
subpaniculate, hispid, leaves plane, with jdiea tous of lateral n 
ebran Islands. 
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