Nototrichium.| AMARANTACEAE. 373 
1. N. Sandwicense, Hillebr. — Arborescent in the upper, shrubby in the 
lower regions, the Herr branches angular, canescent with silky tomentum. 
Leaves ovate or lanceolate, 1!/2—2'/2/ >< 3/s—11/2‘, on petioles of 6—9”, 
acute, moderately Bal at the base, silky on both. faces, re lower 
face silvery-tomentose. Spikes generally 3 or 5 at the end of a branch, 
thick ane to cylindrical, 1/2—1‘ long, on peduncles of 3—6", the rhachis 
densely. villous. Flowers crowded, ovoid, 1—1'/2" long, villous with 
+ emia hairs, mostly so at the base. Bracts !/2 as long or more, 
thin co onciolas, acute. Sepals ovate or lanceolate, 3—5- nerved, 
pean acute, not mucronate, hispid at the back, not at the scarious 
margins. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth, the filaments subulate 
from a broader base. Ovary oblong, truncate. Style as long as the 
perianth, with eerie stigma. — Ptilotus Sandwicensis, ‘Gay, l.c., and 
Mann, Env o. 417. marker ichium Sandwicense, Seem. FI, Vit. Ze 198. — 
Benth. & Hack: rae Pr iit. — Wawra, in Flora, 1875, p.1 
Hawaii! Kawaihae iuka; cnet Kula, Honuaula; Molokai! sthop Oahu! 
Waianae. — Nat. name; «Kului 
B var. Saunaiee ese - Low shrubby, the branches almost herba- 
ceous. Leaves obovate, very obtuse or rounded, contracting into a margined 
petiole, flvo- tomentose underneath. Spikes ovoid-elongate, on peduncles 
of 1—1! 
Kauai ys S. E. 
var. ia spt oe — Leaves larger and broader, ovate or rhom- 
boidal, greenish underneath. Spikes elongate-cylindrical, 1!/2—2‘ long, 
on pe bales of '/2— 
Maui! Molokai! Kalaupapa. 
2. N. viride, sp. n. — Leaves broad ovate, glabrous and green on both 
faces. Spikes terminal, ternate and axillary, short-ovoid, densely unas 
with white hair, Sepals 1!/2“, villous at the middle, greenish and so 
what open. Stamens and style reanid the length of the perianth. 
Kauai, Hanapepe (M. & B. 590, in herb: Co Cornell Univ.) 
3. N. humile, sp. A low aaeena shrub, the young branches 
slender, herbaceous, noone puberulent. Leaves ovate or oblong, 1'/2—2° 
 §/s—11/4', on petioles of 3—4“, obtuse, glabrate on both faces, sparingly 
silky when young, bate uh when dry, Spikes terminal, single or ternate, 
and axillary, slender, l'/2—2‘ long and only 2“ thick when full grown, 
on peduncles of 3—5“, the rhachis pubescent. Flowers crowded, short 
conical, 4/4“, stiff coriaceous, appressedly pu scent. Lateral bracts 
conchoid, 1/4—1/3 the length of the flower, cordate te-ovate, with manos 
margins, keeled at the thick base. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, tightly 
dlasping over the fruit. Stamens and eae very short. Ovary globose. 
d strophiolate. Embryo spi 
Oahu! Cape Kaena, near the coast. 
