Cyathodes.} EPACRIDACEAE. 273 
cuneate or somewhat obtuse at the base, naked, smooth above, waxy-white 
or glaucous underneath and striate with 9—13 longitudinal nerves which fork 
or branch more or less, particularly in the obovate leaves. Peduncle with 
flower shorter than the leaf. Bracts (6—9) and sepals obtuse, coriaceous. 
Corolla whitish, 11/2“, the tube included in the calyx, the acute lobes 1/2 
the length of the tube, with 5 lines of hairlets running down the tube. 
Anthers oblong obtuse, subexserted, about as long as their filaments; 
i ng as the 
e. 
ovary, thick, tapering. Drupe globose, 2—3‘ in diameter, red or white, 
rather dry. Seeds ovoid, with thin oa Embryo axile, ?/s the length 
of the Sie albumen, the radicle Bcarney cig ahaha from the taper 
cotyledons. — Gray, in Proc. Am. Ac. V, 325. 
nm all islands from 1800 ft. up to the limit of vegetation. Leaves portend -oblong, 
O 
thinly margined, white underneath, or green when growing under shade (Oahu!). Leayes 
linear, white or glaucous und (C. Banksii, Gau of Maui! 
Molokai! an nai! rst leaflets however alway br 
s shorter and broader. The 
«Maieli» or «Puakeawe> of the natives, one of the most characteristic plants of the Islands, 
particularly of the higher mountain regions of Maui and Hawaii. The species exists 
also in Tahiti and Eimeo of the Society group. 
r. Maecraeana. — Leaves spreading, even deflexed, ovate or short 
ie chan 2—3 X 1—2", obtuse, scarcely mucronate, white underneath, 
with faint nerves. Lobes of corolla naked, or ciliate only near the sinus. 
— var. Brownii, cuties — C. Macraeana, ‘DC. 
Hawaii! Kilau 
. C. imbricata, Stschegleew, in Mosc. Bull. XX XI, 10. — «Low no, aa 
or Tatil sed. Leaves erect or appressed, ovate or lanceolate, 3—5" xX 
1—1!/2“, acuminate in icies re or awn, pectinately ciliate along the 
sharp margin, at ‘ey in its ba id half, pale or glaucous underneath, 
prominently striate with 5—9 simple nerves, only the outer pair occa 
sionally branching. Flowers ice as large as in the preceding species. 
Bracts and sepals ovate, obtuse or the latter somewhat acute, finely ciliate. 
Corolla 3“, its tube included, the lobes densely bearded*inside. Ovary 
6-celled. Style 2 or 3 times the length of the ovary. Drupe as ‘bebire: » 
— C. Douglasii, Gray, 1. ec. — Deser. from Gray. 
Higher regions of Mauna Loa, Mawna Kea and Haleakela (U. 8. E. E. and Wawra). 
® var. struthioloides, Gray. — Stem slender, trailing on the ground, 
densely coyered with nie BCLY ie scars, and with few assurgent 
branches. Leaves ovate, 2—3” —1'/2", closely imbricate, ciliate 
along the nerves as well as the chee ending in a long yellowish awn. 
Peduncle with flower longer than the leaf, reflexed. Sepals acute. se 
rolla 1'/2—-2”, Disk large, 5-lobed. 
Swamps of Lehua makanui and summit of Waialegle, Kauai! (U. 8.E. E., Kn., and 
Wawra). Top of Eeka, Maui! (Hbd.). 
Hillebrand, Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. bd 
