Rubiaeeae. 



15 to 20 feet in height. Hillebrand's description, which is cited above, answers 

 very well to the writer's specimens. It may be remarked that St. leptocarpa 

 and St. oncocarpa come very close to each other, as the number of whorls in the 

 panicle and dentate calyx limb cannot always be relied upon as constant char- 

 acters. The writer has observed subtruncate and decidedly dentate calyx limbs 

 on a single panicle. In the writer's specimens (no. 8541) from Makawao, 

 Maui, the peduncles are from 4.5 to 5 cm long, and glabrate, while the leaves 

 are on petioles of 12 to 20 mm. Specimens from West Maui, above Kaana- 

 pali, (no. 8167) come much closer to St. leptocarpa than no. 8541, though the 

 leaves are much smaller (4 to 5 cm) than the description calls for; the panicles 

 are smaller, and pubescent, the peduncle is exactly 2.5 cm or 1 inch. The species 

 is peculiar to the open dry forehills of West and East Maui. 



Straussia Mariniana (Cham, et Schlecht.) Gray. 

 Kopiko. 



STRAUSSIA MARINIANA (Cham, et Schlecht.) Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. TV. (1860) 43; 

 Mann in Proc. Am. Acad. VII. (1867) 170; Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 179; 

 Del Cast. 111. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pac. VI. (1890) 197; Heller in Minnes. Bot. Stud. 

 Bull. IX. (1897) 904. Coffea Mariniana Cham, in Linnaea IV. (1829) 35; DC. 

 Prodr. IV. (1830) 86; Endl. Fl. Suds. (1836) 176. no. 1298. Apionema sulcatum 

 Nuttal in Herb. Kew, teste Hillebrand. 



Leaves obovate-oblong, or elliptical-lanceolate, acute at both ends or the apex bluntly 

 acuminate, 10 to 15 cm long, 5 to 6.5 cm wide, on petioles of 12 to 15 mm, chartaceous to 

 coriaceous, glabrate underneath, and dark green, with rather prominent reddish rib and 

 nerves; stipules obovate from a broad base, somewhat obtuse, 6 to 12 mm long; panicles 

 glabrous, erect, 5 to 8 cm (impossible to be 4 lines=8 mm, according to Hillebrand) in 

 the writer's specimens, including a peduncle of about 3 to 3.5 cm; calyx truncate; 

 corolla with a pilose patch at the base of each lobe; the lobes scarcely longer than the 

 tube; drupe as in Stntitxxid kaduana. 



This species, which is distinguished from Straussia kaduana mainly in the 

 bearded corolla, and the more or less elliptical-lanceolate leaves, which are acute 

 at both ends and twice as long petioled as in the latter species, occurs on Oahu, 

 Maui, and Kauai. On the latter island the writer collected it in the forests 

 above Makaweli at an elevation of 3000 feet (no. 5833) and also in the woods 

 of Kaholuamano, though from this locality the leaves have pubescent glands in 

 the axils of the nerves, (no. 5352). An apparent variety with oblong leaves was 

 collected at Kaholuamano, Kauai, in Sept., 1909, (no. 5346) ; the panicles in this 

 variety are slightly pubescent, but the throat of the corolla appears to be naked. 

 As it is a very variable species no exact limits of either Straussia kaduana or 

 St. Mariniana can be set. It would perhaps be best to unite both into one 

 species. 



Straussia hawaiiensis Gray. 



Kopiko ula. 



(Plate 186.) 



STRAUSSIA HAWAIIENSIS Gray in Proc. Am. Aead. IV. (1860) 43; H. Mann Proc. Am. 

 Acad. VII. (1867) 170; Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 180; Del Cast. 111. Fl. Ins 

 Mar. Pacif. VI. (1890) 196. 



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