Wikstroemia.]} THYMELAEACEAE, 385 
horns which hold between them the short style with a small stigma. From my de- 
W. a 
pistil, far from being constant and specific, is rather accidental, probably will be found 
i ore species yet, and may not occur again in other specimens of W. bicornuta, which 
I have taken occasion to name from it. 
1. W. foetida, var. Oahuensis, Gray, in Seem. Journ. Bot. IIT, 302. — 
petioles of 1—2”, acute at the apex, rounded or slightly ioiirscted a 
the base, pisiroue, pale underneath, noe chartaceous. Flowers 6—12, on 
pedicels of 1/2, clustered at the head of a terminal peduncle of 3—5“, 
the cluster at most elongating into a spikelet of 2“ in length with a nearly 
glabrate slender rhachis. Perianth pale- or greenish-yellow, tubular, pu- 
berulous, 31/2“ long, including the spreading lobes, which are somewhat 
obtuse and 1/2 the length of the tube,-at last cote away from the base. 
Lower stamens at the middle of the tube. Hypogynous scales 4—5, ome 
connate at the base, as long as the ovary, which is glabrous except a 
the strigose- pubescent apex. Style very short, with capitate ee 
Drupe ovoid, 3—4“, reddish-yellow. — Daphn i Haake: Forst. — D. indica, 
Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Beech. tab. 15. — Wikstroemia Fo; wore Decaisne. — 
W. Indica, C. A. Meyer; Meisn. in DC. Prod. XIV, 
In valleys and along the lower skirts of the woods, on all islands. 
oeas “Aken, the root of which recurs in the Vitian name «Mati». In eeuee it | is ealled 
ja> 
The species, according to Gray, occurs also in the Society, Samoa and Viti Islands, 
but not in India, as was erroneously supposed. 
2. W. elongata, Gray, I. c. p. 303. — A sparingly branching shrub, 4—6 ft. 
high, glabrous, excepting some tufts in the upper axils, Leaves opposite 
or scattering, thin chartaceous, indistinctly veined, glabrous but often 
het eee underneath, brownish when dry, lanceolate or eer oMewe, 
2g eh 12— 11/2‘, on petioles of 2—3“, acute at both ends. Flowers 
on pedic a of 1”, numerous in close heads on a short peduncle of 1--2”, 
the deflorate rhachis glabrous and scarcely lengthened when with fruit. 
Perianth silky, 4”, the lobes '/s the length of the tube, which splits 
laterally. Ovary sericeous at the top, with a short style aia thick stigma. 
Seales narrow lanceolate, shorter than the ovary. Drupe rece 5—6", 
Pointed at both ends. — Wawra, in Flora, 1875, p. 184. 
In the lower woods of Kauai, Lanai! Maui! (the spikes elongating to about 3”). 
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