Rutaceae. 



"That this variety is specifically distinct from P. sapotaefolia is pretty evident." 

 He goes on saying: "One old capsule was found on the tree, but unfortunately 

 it dropped to the ground and could not be found in the dense tangle of ferns 

 and weeds which were growing at the foot of the tree. * * * From what I 

 recollect of it, it was entirely too deeply lobed to belong to the same section as 

 P. sapotae folia." 



Unfortunately the writer has not collected the species, having only little ex- 

 plored the forests of Kealia or Hanalei. However, there seems to be evident 

 proof that the true species P. sapotaefolia has not cuboid but deeply-grooved or 

 lobed capsules. The variety may be described as follows. 



Var. dumosa Rock var. nov. 



Shrubby, with rather stout branches, leaves smaller than in the species, whorled, 

 ovate oblong or slightly spathulate, attenuated at the base, rounded or emarginate at the 

 apex, glabrous above, villous underneath especially on the midrib, the petioles of the 

 young leaves hirsute; petioles shorter than in the species about 1.5 cm; flowers as in 

 the species, capsules 18 mm in diameter, deeply 4-parted to more than half the length of 

 the cocci, strongly marked with concentric wrinkles; endocarp glabrous. 



This variety was collected by the writer on the summit of Mt. Waialeale, Kauai, 

 at an elevation of 5200 feet, flowering and fruiting September 24, 1909. The 

 type is numbered 4974 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium. 



It is very unlikely that the variety y procumbens Hillebrand, is in reality a 

 variety of P. sapotaefolia, and until better material is at hand nothing can be 

 done towards solving the question. The writer collected specimens of a pro- 

 cumbent Pelea on Waialeale (no. 8854) without fruits, which seems to answer 

 the description of Hillebrand 's variety y procumbens, but in the writer's mind 

 could not be associated with P. sapotaefolia. 



Pelea Waialealae Wawra. 

 Anonia or Alaniwai. 



PELEA WAIALEALAE Wawra in Flora (1873) 108; Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 63; 

 Heller PI. Haw. Tsl. (1897) 841. Evodia Waialealae Drake, Del Cast. 111. Fl. Ins. 

 Mar. Pac. VI. (1890) 134. 



A shrub or tree; leaves quaternate, lanceolate, 5 to 8 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide, acute, 

 narrowing at the base into. a margined petiole of 6 to 8 mm, coriaceous, glabrous, covered 

 underneath with minute dots, opaque, with prominent veins and midrib, marginal nerve 

 close to the edge; flowers fasciculate, shortly stalked, pedicels bibracteolate near the 

 base and puberulous; male flowers: sepals broader than high, 2 mm, rounded, petals 7 mm, 

 thin oblong acute, somewhat pubescent outside, stamens, 8, 4 as long or longer than the 

 petals, the remaining ones a little shorter, on very broad filaments, anthers oblong, ovary 

 rudimentary, with a 4-notched sessile stigma; female flowers: smaller than male flowers; 

 ovary glabrous, surrounded at the base with the rudimentary anthers which are scarcely 

 as high as the ovary; style filiform, 2 mm, stigma 4 lobed. each lobe 1 mm long; capsule 

 10 mm in diameter, glabrous, strongly veined, deeply parted, thin chartaceous, the cocci 

 globose, keeled along the sutures, endocarp glabrous, shining, seeds angular, black shining. 



Wawra says in his description: "Male floAvers much smaller than the female 

 flowers," a statement \vhich the writer finds to be the reverse. In fact, nearly 

 all species of Pelea have the male flowers larger than the female flowers. 



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