Labordea.} LOGANIACEAE, 291 
ginate ring. Leaves pes ioe or obovato- nH eutet ria 
suddenly contracted at the r even rounded, 3—41/2‘ & l/4—2', 
petioles of 3—6”, ARTs glabrous above, sparingly eeeahea 
underneath with short stiff hairlets, but often almost glabrate and dark 
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reflected branches, a ultimate pedicels slender, 2—6“. Bractlets filiform, 
3—6". Calyx 5—6” (as long as the tube of the ec or a little epee 
parted to the base into 5 sage: to linear lobes, the outer one being 
generally 3- shiny rarely 1- or 5-nerved. Corolla or asner Ns t aluede 
puberulous in, the tube agiieee (21/2) wide and 6” long, the 
lobes teksty 6) 83—4", Capsule conico-elongate, 9—12” long and 6“ 
broad at the base, pointed, generally 2-, rarely 3-valved, the valves mode- 
“og earinate in the upper half with the keels confluent at the apex. 
L. fagraeoidea, Gray, 1. ec. and Mann 
Hawaii! woods of Hilo and Puna (U. S. E. E. and Lydg.), leaves oe underneath, 
ery large, 13” in 
ent, 6—9-flowered ; aleakala, capsules ing 
length, Eeka, 30 ft. above Lahaina and in Ki ypali, lea p Baobent underneath, 
-flowered, ca ; Lanai! eyme few-flowered, capsule 8“; Molokai! 
heights of oe ] thick i , strongly veined and pubescent, even hirsute 
1 he rib and veins underneath; also a single specimen, but with a doubtful label, 
e eastern end of Oahu! L & B.’s 434 in rnell U: om faui, 
q my specimens from that wees but Mann’s description of L. fa 
graeoidea, for which that specimen served as bas o means agr it, but would 
seem to be influenced by an attempt to pret P ine character of the specimen with 
Gaudichaud’s figure. This and the preceding species @ e the ‘Kamekahala>, the flowers 
of which were so much prized for leis or pina but iat mn people, reserved 
only for high chiefs 
4. L. glabra, sp. . — Stipules connected in an entire or emarginate 
ring. Leaves oblanceolate, 4—4!/2‘ 1'/2—18/4’, on petioles of 2—3", 
suddenly and long acuminate, cuneate at the base, Aaa ape 
“orpteiggas and dark when dry. Flower solitary on a pedun f 
ich carries 2 linear-lanceolate bracts (3‘/) above the se Aasias 
as glabrous, linear-lanceolate, subequal, as long as the tube of the 
corolla. Corolla alg out site, puberulous within, with a broad tube 
of 4—5” in length and 21/2 in width, the reflected lobes of the same 
— Capsule cme short globose, 6“ high, the valves not carinate. 
aui! Waihee and Wailuku. 
5. L. membranacea, Mann, Enym. no. 386. — A shrub about 6 ft. 
high, the extreme branches thick herbaceous, acutely angular, pubescent 
with short dark brown hair. Stipules connected in an entire ring. Leaves 
broad oblong, 4—7‘ & 2'/2—4‘, on petioles of 4—7“, shortly pecciahaante, 
contracting at the base, membranous, pale underneath and dotted with 
dark rufous papillose hairlets. Cyme many- (12—20-) flowered, subsessile, 
contracted, with diverging branches, not visa 2’ in the — 
