Santalum.| SANTALACEAE. 389 
at the apex of the albumen. — Trees or shrubs, with opposite, rarely 
alternate leaves. Flowers in terminal and axillary cymes. 
ndaltrees, about 16 Mapes rea} inhabit Polynesia with New Zealand and Juan 
t 1 
e Sandalwood has ved an arp ortant part in the early penn of the Hawaiian 
ti m e 
arce : ; 
Since then a aa many have sprung up again in various localities, but nowhere in rea 
cient numbers to warrant a revival of the trade, bbe fortunately has also become les: 
he follo owing species are bec defined, and all farhiat an equally fragrant wood, 
called ‘laau ala», while the name of the tree is «Iliahi», of which the n oot recurs in the 
Tahitian «Eai» and probably also in the Vitian «Yasi» e maori name in N. Zealand, 
«Mairi», is evidently t Alyxia which has no representative 
in that island. Our trees are veptcoipont parasites, as is the Indiun S. album; at least all 
attempts to cultivate them in my garden have resulted in failure. 
Inflorescence a nage and terminal : 
Disk-lobes short rounded; drupes smoo 1. S. Freycinetianum. 
Disk-lobes narrow ligulate, as long as ee Gaia drupe larger i 
and roug 2. S. pyrularium. 
The heii panicles ‘crowded into a terminal bracteate corymb 3. 8S. Haleakalae. 
1, S. Freycinetianum, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyc. p. 442, tab. 45. — A tree, 
15—25 ft. high. Leaves opposite, ovato-, elliptico-, or obovato-oblong, 
2'/2—3’ d< 11/4—11J2', on short petioles of 1—2“, somewhat obtuse at both 
ends, chartaceous, glabrate or slightly ochraceous underneath. Cymes pani- 
culate, 1'/2—2/’ long, terminal and in the axils of the uppermost leaves, 
the flowers almost sessile in clusters of 3—9. Bracts short deciduous. 
Perigone dull-red, campanulate, 3’, the rather acutely ovate ate! as long 
as the tube or longer. Disk-lobes short and broad, almost e rginate. 
Tufts of hair sca nty and short. ene longer than the cae Piecduided: 
Style little shorter than the perigone, shortly 3—4-cleft, lobes capi- 
tellate. Drupe ovoid, 5” long, with a glaucous bloom je young and 
a truncate apex; the putamen smooth. — DC. Prod. XIV, 682. — Gray, 
in Proc. Am. Ac. IV, 326. 
In forests of Hawaii! Maui! Lanai! Molokai! 
8 var. latifolium, Gray, 1. e. — Leaves coriaceous, pale glaucous under- 
neath, tomentulose when young, and broader, 3’ X 2‘, generally rou nded 
at the top and contracting at the base. Panicles numerous in the upper 
axils and terminal, Perigone larger, 41/2. — S. paniculatum, Hook, & 
Arn. - Bot. Beech. p, 94. 
aii! on Hualalai ci from Kilauea upwards on Mauna Loa; a mountain form, 
about bbe ft. high. Similar forms with mostly axillary inflorescence = oe in the lower 
Scrub 0 f Maui, on Takes ee eens), and aboye Ialawa, Molo 
~ var. cuneatum. —- Leaves thick as before, but smaller, ear 
with Cuneate base. Perigone small, 3“ and less, pale. 
In the serub of Lanai! : 
