Pisonia.] NYCTAGINACEAE, 369 
Forst. (from the island of Tanna, N. Hebrides). — With it Seeman joins 
as synonyms P. excelsa, Bl., P. macrocarpa, Presl, P. Forsteriana, Endl., 
P. Sinclairii, Hook. f., P. Mooreana, F. Mueller, which would give the 
Species a wide geographical range, including most of the high Polynesian 
islands, the Society, Viti, and N. Hebrides groups, together with N. Zealand 
and Norfolk Island, tropical Australia, Timor, Java and the Philipine 
lds. In none of the descriptions, however, do I find mention made of 
a fimbriate stigma. 
Kauai! Oahu! Maui! in forests of the lower and middle regions; probably also in 
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2. P. Sandwicensis, sp. ». — Young leaves ug ie escence ferruginous. 
si scattering, thick coriaceous, 5—8’ >< —3'/2‘, on petioles of 
1—2'‘, ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded at tg ie x, the base rounded, 
even subcordate, sometimes uneven-sided, rarely contracted, the ribs anc 
veins prominent. Peduncles in the axils of the uppermost leaves, 1—3* 
long, umbellately dividing into 3—5 short rays of 2—4", which bie con- 
tracted heads of sessi aile flowers at their ends, the whole zr nds a globose 
inflorescence of 1—2‘ in diameter. Perigone 2'/:—3”, deeply parted into 
5—6 somewhat aie lobes. Stamens 18 (17—20), long- bit br nearly 
twice the length of the perigone, shorter in the fem. fl. Style as long as 
the perigone or longer, fringed along its clavate upper portion. Fruiting 
perigone (probably not mature) 15“ long, ovoid-elongate, crowned with the 
lobes of the limb, faintly muricate along its entire length. 
The epg . acca seems to be slight, 
Lanai! Maui! Molokai! Kauai! 
aor of the flowers having the style as long a mens, Remy’s no. 217 an 
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B’s. no. 347, both from Lanai, seem to Seti 
ermis, Forst. Prod. p. 75, no. 397. — Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 195. — Var. 
heey Hillebr. — A glabrous tree of small size, Leaves ct and 
mostly opposite, elliptico- or obovato-oblong, 4-8’ X 1'/2—3!/2’, on pe- 
tioles of !/2—11/2/ , bluntly acuminate, contracted at the base, thin, almost 
membranous. Flowers mostly hermaphrodite, in a loose open panicle of 
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duced leaves, the scattering rays Age pedicels not ania but ascending, 
the pedicels 2—4”, increasing to 12 when with fruit. Perigone pale 
pinkish, 2—3“, tubular-funnel-shaped, the spreading = entire, plaited 
with 5 or 10 crenatures. Stamens generally 8, but sometimes 9—12, 
reli exserted. Style of the same length, the stigma oblique, capitate- 
sed or somewhat peltate, not fringed. Fruiting perigone fusiform, 
Mh curry 5-ribbed, faintly muricate at the neck of the persistent limb. 
— P. procera, ‘Petes: in Guillem. Zephyr. Taitens. — P. Brunoniana, 
Endl.? — P. grandis, R. Br.? 
On open fore-hills of Kohala, ow biair Hamakua, E. Maui! Kalae, ons eg 
shecimens from Molokat are hermaphrodite, those from Hawaii and Maui exhibit 
between fertile ae aon flowers, the former being more — rir 
t difference 
Hillebrand, Flora of the Hawaiian Islands 
