| Labordea.} LOGANIACEAE. 289 
Calyx at least as long as the broad tube of, th ng lored lla, 
its outermost lobe at least rca 
ore rarely three: *) 
— rolla enclosed within the foliaceous calyx-lobes or 
maak: ; capsule crested 1. L. lophocarpa. 
Gityatoies lanceolate, only equalling the tube of the ‘corolla 4. L. glabra. 
1 or many: 
ers 3-7, bumbellate, the outermost calycine lobe peng 
rally ovate or ovate-lanceolate, eerie leaves pale un 
dernea 2. L. fagraeoidea. 
Flowers many in in a large compound cyme; outer calycine lobe 
lanceolate; leaves not pale underneat 3. L. Grayana. 
sage shorter ag? oe oreo er tube of the pale yellow corolla, 
inear 
calya vale iy ee. “nce of the tube of the corolla; eee 
5. L. membranacea. 
calytobes ant the length ‘of the tube; pubes cence gray 6. L. hirtella. 
Flowers wn, small, 1/2—1‘ long, on petioles of roe 7. L. Waialealae. 
G eae — Innovations not confined to the uppermost 
axils. Branches terete, pale, with leaves distant. Stipules low annular, 
rather inter-petiolar, not forming a rising auricle inside the petiole. Cyme 
pedunculate, simple or paniculate. Calyx small, 5-fid with equal narrow 
lobes. Corolla slender salver-shaped, greenish, its lobes closed to the 
apex in the bud. Capsule nearly always 2-valved, the valve aden 
Leaves cordate at the base; cyme 3-flowered . ; : . L. triflor 
Leayes contracted at the pase; eyme paniculate . é : 4 oi tinifotia. 
1. L. lophoc A much branching shrub, glabrous, the 
phocarpa, sp. 
younger branches fleshy, ee and sharply ridged or angular. Stipular 
sheath large, emarginate laterally. Leaves elliptico- or obovato- -oblong, 
2—4l/a' & 1—13/44, — acuminate, suddenly narrowing into a petiole 
of 2—6“, thin chartaceous, dark underneath when dry, and glabrous or 
distantly cope amy a single terminal flower on a puberulous 
pedicel of 2—5“; bractlets lanceolate or spathulate, 6‘. Calyx as long 
as the pate with its lobes, 7—10”, divided to the base into 5 or 4 free 
broad asi Ehsan the outer ones rounded, nearly as broad as high 
and shortly ai te, 9—1l-nerved, the inner less than half as broad 
as high. aaa. deep yellow, enclosed in the calyx, glabrous outside, 
puberulous inside, the broad tube 5—6“ long, the lobes (often 6 or 7) 3—4". 
Style 2, shorter than the broad clavate stigma. Capsule 6—7” high, 
2—3-valved, the valves broadly winged at the back above, with the 
wings rounded and generally not confluent at the apex, almost globose 
: when 3-valyed, complanate when 2-valy 
a Molokai! ihe prev’ vailing form on that island, all | my numerous specimens from Kalae, 
: Wailau, Mopu ; also Lanai! with smalet leaves. 
: The e wing- like erests of the capsule are chiefly formed by the coriaceous exocarp, t! ‘ood 
mesocarp being hardly more keeled than in the next species. 
*) It often happens se - repeane flowers only one arrives at maturity; therefore it 
is not safe to infe rt from the of a single capsule the character of the inflorescence 
Hillebrand, Flora of pees Islands. 
