390 SANTALACEAE, { Exocar pus. 
3 var. ellipticum. — Size of a, the branches rather slender. Leaves thin 
chartaceous, ovato- or elliptico-oblong, 21/2—3‘ X %/4—1'/4‘, on petioles of 
6—9", acuminate, glabrous. Panicles in the axils of the upper leaves, 
but scaeialls ia axis of the branch arte B beyond, rather: loose, the 
paste on distinct pedicels of 1“. Perigone 4—-5“, its lobes somewhat 
acute, as long as the tube or longer, ey ue tufts of hair. — Gray, I. ¢. 
— §; pee: Gaud, 1. ec. and DC. Prod, 1. e. — Mrs. Sinclair, pl. 34. 
The common Ae orm on Oahu! where it seems to be confined to the forests of the western 
division; Kau 
¢ var. littorale. — A low and stiff shrub, not exceeding 4 ft. in height. 
Leaves small elliptico-oblong, acute or Bicawhnt obtuse, coriaceous, dull 
and pale. owers axillary and terminal, very small, 1'/2—2“, distinctly 
pedicellate, brick-red, the short perigonial tube and young fruit glaucous. 
Drupe globose, 3—31/2 
Oahu! Cape Kaena and Kailua, near the seashore. 
2. S. pyrularium, Gray, l. c. — A tree. Leaves as in var. 6 of no, 1, 
but rather glaucous underneath. Panicles axillary, loose, the flowers on 
pedicels of 1!/2. Perigone dull-red, rather cylindrical, 5—6“, the lobes 
as long as the tube or shorter. Anthers as long as their filaments, the 
cells diverging at base and apex. Hair-tufts long. Disk-lobes narrow 
ligulate, as long as the filaments. Style nearly as long as the perigone, 
3-cleft. Drupe large obovoid, 8—12“ long, with a conical apex, the 
putamen rough, runcinate. 
rests of Kauai! 
3. S. Haleakalae, Hillebr. — A dense shrub, 6—10 ft. high, with stiff 
erect branches. Leaves eer ovate- oboyate-oblong, 1!/2—2' X 
1—1"/4‘, on petioles of 2— bluntly acuminate or obtuse. Panicles 
crowded near the end of rl tek, their supporting leaves soon re- 
duced to bracts, so as to constitute a terminal corymb of Haig ss in 
length and as eon: Flowers subsessile, deep-red, the perigone 4—5", 
with the lobes as long as the tube or longer. Disk-lobes sag 
longer than the filaments. Anthers on short filaments, their cells diverging 
at base and apex. Style subexserted, 3-cleft. Drupe ovoid, 6—8“' long, 
truncate at the apex, the putamen smooth. — S. pyrularium, var. 8. 
Gray, in mss. U. S. E. E. 
Maui! Haleakala, 8000—10000 ft. 
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2. EXOCARPUS, Labill. 
Flowers J giiolierigent or polygamous. Perigone 5—4- parted. Stamens 
5—4, inserted at the base of the lobes, the filaments short ligulate, the 
anther -cells often again 2-celled. Ovary superior or partly adnate, er 
Stigma almost sessile, capitate-lobate. Placentation unknown. Frui 
