Claoxylon. ]i ) ; "j 



B. Racemi breviores. Stamina circ. 30; glandulae juxtastaminales 



apice paucipilosac i\). C. ecliinospermwn. 



Samoa. 

 Species unica s. 0. samoense. 



Tahiti. 

 Species unica i'i. C. taitense. 



Gebiet der Sandwich-Inseln. 



A. Flores monoici. Stamina -20 0; glandulae juxtastaminales nullae . \ . 0. sundivicense. 



B. Flores dioici. Stamina ultra -130; glandulae juxtastaminales evo- 



lutae, glabrae -1. G. tomentosum. 



Sect. 1. Gymnoclaoxylon Müll. Arg. 



Sect. Gymnoclaoxylon Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865 105: in DC. l'rodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 780. 



Flores monoici. Bracteae 2 — 6-florae. Stamina 2 00 vel numerosiora; glandulae 

 juxtastaminales nullae. Indumentum simplex. 



Species unica: 



1. C. sandwicense Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 165; in DC. l'rodr. XV. 

 i. (1866) 780; Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. (1888) 398. — Arbor parva vel frutex 3 — 

 im altus; rami grisei, ramuli juveniles adpresso-pilosi, mox glabrati, crassi, sicci 

 longitrorsum rugulosi, apice dense foliosi. Petiolus 2 — 5 cm longus, parce pilosus, 

 firm us, strictus ; limbus 10- — 1 7 cm longus, 4 1 2 — 7 cm latus, oblongo-obovalus, acutus 

 vel subobtusus, basi cuneatus, glanduloso-dentatus, anguste cartilagineo-marginalus, 

 scaber, firme membranaceus, adultus glaber. Flores monoici; racemi I 1 2 — ~ cm longi ; 

 flores j 1 secus rhachin in fasciculos 2 — 6-floros, inter sc distantes dispositi: ilores L 

 aut in fasciculis rf supremis solitarii, 1 vel pauci in racerno, aut in raceniis propriis 

 abbreviatis 1 — 2-floris, floribus -J 1 suppressis; pedicelli q) 1 l — 7 nun longi. Q breviores. 

 Calyx in alabastro ö mm latus, depresso-globosus, apiculatus, per anthesin 3 — i-lobus: 

 lobi 5 mm longi, trianguläres, extus tomentosi vel glabrescentes; disci glandulae nullae; 

 stamina numerosissima, dr 200, parva: filamenta antheras aequantia. Sepala L_ 3, 

 sericea, ovata; disci glandulae 3, oblongae, fuscae, sepala lere aequantes; ovarium tri- 

 coecum, parce sericeum; styli breves, patentes. Capsula 5 mm longa el (Vre lata, 

 rubra, pedicello 7 mm longo stipitata, ex Müller Arg. intus niveo-sericea. Semina 

 globosa, rugoso-scrobiculala. 



Sandwich in sein (Gaudichaud n. 2 9 2!): Kauai (Heller n. 260 i!, Ilillebrand! , 

 Üahu (Chamisso n. 65!, Ilillebrand!), Molo-Kai (Lydgate!), Fanai Jlille brund!. 

 Remy n. 605), Maui (Ilillebrand!), llawai (Remy n. 600) 



Sect. 2. Tomentosa Fax et K. Hofl'm. 

 Flores dioici. Bracteae J 1 pluriflorae. Stamina circ. ISO: glandulae juxtastami- 

 nales evolutae, glabrae. Indumentum simplex. 

 Species unica: 



2. C.tomentosum (Hillebr.) Heller in Minnesota Bot. Sind. I. 1897) 843. -- t\ 

 sandwicense var. tomentosum Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 1888) 399. — Arbor vel frutex; 

 ramuli juveniles fulvo- tomentosi, mox glabrati. crassi, sicci longitrorsum rugulosi, 

 cicatricosi. Petiolus 2V2 — i 1 , 2 cni longus, adpresse tomentosus, crassus; limbus 9 — 

 17 cm longus, 5 1 /., — 9 l / 2 cm latus, ellipticus vel obovatus, obtusus, basi cuneatus vel 

 cordatus, glanduloso-dentatus, anguste cartilagineo-marginatus, scaber, chartaceus, supra 

 ad nervös parce pilosus, subtus dense tomentosus et secus nervum medium fulvo- 

 vestitus. Flores dioici. Racemi r? saepe pauieulato-ramosi, 3 — 8 cm longi; rhachis 



