386 THYMELAEACEAE. [ Wikstroemia. 
B var. recurva. — Leayes as before, but smooth and glossy. Spikes 
on peduncles of 3 —10", aaa lengthening with growth and strongly 
recurved, the slender pees filiform and glabrous rhachis often attaining 
a length of 21/2 inches, covered with persistent pedicels, but the flowers 
confined to the apex. Perianth glauco-pruinose, slender, 6‘ long, the 
lobes 1/3 me length of the tube. Lower stamens at the middle of the tube. 
Oahu! woods of Kahuku and Haleman 
_~ var. — Here seems also to ene W. Hanalei, Wawra, |. ¢. p. 185. 
— Erect, dichotomous, sparingly branching. Leaves membranous, obiong- 
lanceolate, sharply acuminate, narrowing at the base, glabrous, over 6‘ 
long and 2!/2—3‘ broad. Spikes between the forks of the branches, very 
short, glabrous, on peduncles of nearly 1‘ in length and recurved in fruit 
Pedicels very short. Berries ovoid, larger than a pea, numerous in a 
—— cluster. Seeds obovoid. 
ai, Hanalei (Wawra). 
3. am Sandwicensis, Meisn. in DC. Prod. XIV, 545. — A glabrous 
shrub, 6—8 ft. rag oma dark-green, POR often pitted, charta- 
ceous and faintly n , ovate or oyate- y 2—4/ & 1—13/4’, on 
petioles of 3—4", Ns or somewhat obtuse, Cae at the nh sometimes 
subcordate. Adult spikes 2-15“ long, on peduncles of 1—3“, suberect, 
ora flowered near the apex, the bantee thick squarrose ee tomentose, 
metimes pam ie Calagad Perianth on a short pedicel of '/2” 
silk. -tomentose, 2'/2—3" long, the lobes somewhat obtuse, 1/s—1/2 the 
length of the fein Zea 4, Saba free, as long as the ovary. Drupe 
ovoid, 4—5'. — W. foetida, var. dieek, Wawra? — Gray, 
Hawaii! Hilo and Kong; Maui! Oahu 
B var. furcata. — Leaves large, ape obtuse, subcordate. Spike 2—3°' 
in length, repeatedly forking (3—5 times). Perianth 4—5", Apex of 
ovary silky-pubescent, as aia as she short style and thick stigma. 
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Kauai! Waimea (Kn.). 
tit W. villosa, sp.n. — A tall shrub with the young branches velvety- 
mentose, almost villolis; as is also the inflorescence. Leaves dark-green, 
peer chartaceous, with prominent nerves, thinly pubescent on the upper 
face, gray-tomentose underneath, almost villous along the rib and nerves, 
elliptico-oblong, 3—4‘ >< 1'/2—2‘, on petioles of 3—5”, equally acuminate 
at both ends. Spike thick squarrose , Pe eeicay ted, 1’ or more long when 
Tin, 
yeas often forking. Perianth on a asic of 1/2—1", subcoriaceous, 
and splits hidaieaty at an early ‘deind Lower stamens in the upper third 
of the tube. Scales much shorter than the ovary, lanceolate, connate 
