Seaevola.] VACCINIACEAE, 269 
7. S. mollis, Hook. : = 4G ie i — A scaiai oranching shrub, 
4—6 ft. high, the young b mentose, the axils 
... tufted. Leaves chartaceous to coriaceous: with distinct nerves, 
een and shortly pubescent above, gray-tomentose underneath, 
tipi. oblong, 3!/2—5‘ > 1—1!/2‘, on petioles of 6—9”, equally acumi- 
at both ends, shortly denticulate with numerous callous teeth, often 
sho 
oe entire. Cymes shorter than the petioles, divaricate, 3—5-flowered, 
the peduncle 3“, the lateral vedivels 1“, the subulate recurved bracts 
5—2". Calyx 2“, tomentose, with a short truncate or obtusely 5-toothed 
~~ Corolla pale violet, gray-tomentose, with a slender erect tube of 
6—8", the narrow lanceolate 3-nerved lobes Ror tis broadly and abruptly 
ll Stamens bai as long as the tube. Style pubescent below 
only, the rim of the indusium faintly ete Drupe 2- or 4-celled, ellip- 
soidal, 4 long, with suberose mesocarp, 8-ribbed, bluish, tomentose. — 
DC. 1. « — Gray, le — Fomminelie ps De Vriese. — Walp. 
Ann, II, 1058. 
Oahu! on both ranges. 
8. S. glabra, Hook. & — A stout glabrous shrub or small tree, 
8—16 ft. high, with short and nia branches, the leaves crowded at their 
ends, the short axillary hairs united into scales. Leaves coriaceous, with 
inconspicuous veins, glabrous on O alei sides, bright green, obovate, some- 
times suborbicular, 2—4‘  1—2‘, on petioles of !/2—1‘, shortly acuminate, 
suddenly contracting at the ce remotely ais 118 - deutaae often nearly 
entire. Peduncle 1-flowered, 1/2—1‘ long, entire, or rarely articulate near 
the base, with 2 very minute obtuse bractlets; no bractlets below the 
calyx. Calyx 4—5”, glabrous, the linear-lanceolate lobes nearly or quite 
as long as the obconical tube. Corolla deep yellow, coriaceous, glabrous, 
faintly pubescent inside, tubular, curved, 1—1'/2‘ long and 4” wide at 
the mouth, the sub erect ee about 1/3 its length and moderately winged 
10-ribbed when dry, the raised vertex surrounded by the gs cine lobes. 
— Gaud. Bot. Voy. Bon., yee 48, — Gray, l. c. and DC. 607. 
Camphusia glabra, De Vriese, Gooden. p. 15, tabs 1.— Mrs. shal pl. 33. 
Oahu! eastern part of the main range; Kauai! W. Maui! A disk- like expansion 
of the articulation takes the place of the calycine peony Nat. name: «Ohenaupaka». 
Orper XLV. VACCINIACEAE. 
Calyx adnate, its limb 5-(4—6-lobed. Corolla superior, gamopetalous 
with 5 (4 or 6) lobes which are imbricate in the bud. Stamens twice 
a8 many as lobes of the corolla, or rarely of a same number, epigynous - 
