280 MYRSINACEAE. [Myrsine. 
reddish dots, thin, deeply divided into 5—7 lanceolate lobes or Se 
Stamens ci shorter than the petals, the broad ovate anthers emarginat 
the base. Ovary with 3—4 ovules. Stigma on a short style, pie 
on the nat 5-laciniate or fimbriate. Drupe dry, globose but pointed, 
2—3", reddish, with a cha omen shi na and a single round seed. — 
Gray, in Proc. Am. Ac. V, — M. Gaudichaudii, forma acuminata, 
Wawra, in Sines: 1874, p. sea as Sebi Gaud. ex itinere eto 
Oahu m 2000 to 3500 ft., common on Konahuanui; Maui, awra's M. 
Lessertiana ee Halemanu, Kaua ai, may belong here. — The apie call on oie the 
2 foilowing species «Koolea»; from the bark they extracted a r 
8 var. — Leaves sate obtuse, rounded or shortly acuminate, almost 
sessile, 3—8' X 1— . Fascicles of 4—10 flowers; the pedicels short, 
3—2", rarely 1! ic Lobes of calyx somewhat acute, or obtuse. — 
Gray, 1. c. — M. Gaudichaudii, DC. 1. ¢. (specim. ex itinere Freycinet). 
The n Maui! and Hawaii! scattering on Oahu n Wa 
Gaudichaudti aoen Ww aiolani, Oahu, the fascicles held 20—30 pro ona sterile chev 
1 
on petioles of 4—5 Calyx an corolla were sparingly ciliate, the latter 3 times the 
length of the former, the anthers pointed with a ciliate beak, while the ports: hed a 
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bsessile ingaabanecte peltate stigma. 
. M, Kauaiensis, sp.n. — A small tree, about 12 ft. high, with slender 
a the flowers rameal, below the leaves. Leaves pubescent under- 
neath when young, glabrate but papillose when old, chartaceous, with 
numerous predicts minute dots, elliptico- or obovato-oblong, somewhat 
ee ounded, even emarginate at the base, 2—3'/2‘ > ®/4—1!/2‘, on 
petioles ee 2", the veins little prominent, minutely areolate, with a 
sinnou us marginal nerve. Flowers on salient bracteate gemmules, 
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sagittate-acute. Stigma sessile, broad a cal, truncate and radiate, 
excavated at the top. Ovary 4-ovulate. een globose ovoid, 2’. 
Kauat! Waimea (Kn. 191). 
suta. — Young branches and inflorescence covered with & 
a“ 
numerous on pedicels of 5“. oie ed corolla seas Drupes 3 
in — M. Gaudichaudii, var. hirsuta, Wawra, 
pe In W: Waa Plants the clusters held up to 50 flowers, and the stigma is described 9S 
excava 
High plateau of Kauai! (Wawra, and Kn. 124). 
