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Euphorbia.| EUPHORBIACEAE. 395 
B var. grandifolia. — Leaves 6—7‘ X 1—1!/2', very uneven-sided at the 
base, thin chartaceous, the veins underneath scarcely visible 
ahu! Makaleha in the Kaala range 
2. E, Remyi, Gray, in Mann’s Enum. no, 438. — A glabrous shrub, taller 
than in no. 1, inclining to be simple-stemmed, arborescent. Leaves 
opposite, elliptico- or eovdas OMoRe. 3—6'‘ * 1—3‘, on petioles of 6“, 
somewhat obtuse or shortly acuminate, entire, moderately contracted at the 
base, even- or uneven-sided, thin chartaceous, the veins distinct on both 
faces, nearly eal aconerneea Lateral stipules triangular, 1'/2—4“. Flowers 
umerous in contracted cymes which do not exceed Be in length, often 
densely Sahetieg the pe dost 2". Bracts 2". Invol. campanulate, 
glabrous outside, pubescent inside opposite the transversely oblong glands 
and along the 5 prominent ridges leading to them, its lobes minute, 
case. obtuse, Bractlets less deeply slit than in no, 1, the outer ones 
almost entire. Style-branches short, almost free, thickened at the apex. 
oth, 
Capsules on long stalks, nodding, smooth, trigonous, Hig the angles 
eine Seeds scrobic a -rugose. — Wa al ic. t 
K ! Hanalei (Mann), vd aimea ww awra, Kn.); Oahu (R ig Mr. nn collected 
tw emeuk one with s pcm what obtuse leaves sie are subtruncate and uneyen- 
sided at the base, with 1 we 1: jo) triangular stipules, the other with eae and broad 
leaves, shortly satiate: contracted at the base, the stipules 4 4" high. 
3. E. celastroides, Boiss. in DC. Prod. XV, Sect. I, p. 11. — A shrub or 
small tree (?), the stiff branches nodose with short internodes, glabrous. 
Leaves rather glaucous, opposite, spathulate or obovate-oblong, 1—2' je‘ xX 
4—6”, on petioles of 1—1'/2”, obtuse or rounded, entire, moderately 
narrowing toward the base, which is uneven-sided, truncate or sub- 
cordate, subcoriaceous, with the veins very oblique and little conspicuous. 
ipules broadly triangular, 1/2. Cymes axillary, open as in EF. clusiae- 
folia, with 1—5 heads, the pedicels 3—6", the bracts scarious, broad, 
rounded, 1. Invol. 1—11/2, its 4—5 lobes narrow lanceolate, aes 
the glands suborbicular, pubescent on the inner side and along the ne 
leading to them. Staminophores exserted; bractlets deeply slit. Sty oc 
very short, deeply bifid with capitate stigmas. Capsules erect on short 
stalks, less than 11/2”, smooth, with rounded cocci. Seeds rugoso- 
scrobiculate, — . multiformis, var. pice Gray, in Mann’s 
num, no. 439. 
Kauai! (Remy and Kn.); Niihau (Remy); Oahu! Niu (Hbd.). 
4. E. lorifolia, Hillebr. — A small tree, 10—20 ft. high in the upper regions, 
the trunk 6—8‘ thick, shrubby in the lower regions, the stiff branches 
nodose with short internodes and puberulous. Leaves opposite, linear 
or oblong, 1—2' < 2—5”, on petioles of 1, obtuse or truncate, often 
retuse at the apex, entire, slightly contracted and subtruncate at the 
