128 MANN, 



Staminodia lanceolate, acuminate: filaments sborter than 

 the calyx. 



Leaves broad and clasping at the base, 3. S. amplezicaulit. 



Leaves narrow and tapering at the base, 4. S. stellarioides. 



Panicle somewhat contracted : leave* 3 - 5-nerved. 



Leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved, . . . . 5. S. Menziesii. 



Leaves broad-lanceolate, 3 -5-nerved, 6. S.Hooteri. 



Panicles thyrsold, much contracted, interrupted : leaves 1-nerved. 

 Staminodia bifid at the apex: filaments exserted. 



Leaves lanceolate, 7. <S. Hgustrina. 



Leaves filiform, 8. S. spergulina. 



Staminodia bifid at the apex: filaments shorter than the calyx, 9. S. Remyi. 

 Thyrsus globose, sometimes three near together: leaves 3-5- 

 nerved: Staminodia entire and obtuse: filaments very 



short, 10. S. globosa. 



NOTUOSCHIEDEA. Filaments complanate-subulate. Styles 7, stlg- 

 matose all round. Staminodia entire, obtuse, very 

 short: filaments shorter than the calyx. Flowers very 

 large for the genus, and few; sepals subpetaloid, . . .\\.8.viscosa. 



1. S. NUTTALH Hook, (Enum. No. 25.) Smooth throughout. Suf- 

 fruticose, branched, 2 -3 high. Leaves coriaceous, 2' -3' long, 12"- 

 18" wide, or the lower larger, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse and 

 abruptly pointed, on short petioles ; midrib prominent. Panicle com- 

 pound, deliquescent, ample, often 1 long, diffusely spreading. Pedicels 

 3" - 6" long. Calyx l" long ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Cap- 

 sule ovoid-oblong, longer than the calyx, few-seeded. Seeds tubercu- 

 late roughened. 



Near Honolulu, Oahu. West Maul. 



2. S. DIFFUSA Gray. (Enum. No. 26.) Stems slender, several feet 

 long, spreading and reclining, loosely branched. Leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, 3' -4' long, thin, nearly or quite glabrous. Panicle 

 compound, very loose, 6' - 20' long ; branches, peduncles, and pedicels 

 capillary, minutely pubescent, the latter 1' - 2' long in fruit. Calyx 2", 

 or in fruit 3" long, sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5- 

 nerved at the base, scarious margined. Capsule not exceeding the 

 calyx, 3 - 5-valved. Seeds very numerous, quite smooth. 



Hawaii, in forests. West Maul. 



3. S. AMPLEXICAULIS H. Mann. (Enum. No. 27.) Suffruticose. 

 Leaves oblong-linear from a wide, auriculate, and clasping base, 1- 

 nerved, obtuse, mucronate, about 2' long and 5" - 6" wide. Panicle 

 compound, diffusely spreading, bracted, about 1 long, its younger 

 parts and the calyx minutely hirsute. Pedicels capillary, 4" -8" long. 

 Calyx 2" long, sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with scarious and 

 flbrillose margins. Capsule few-seeded, nearly equalling the calyx in 

 length, 3-valved. Seeds smooth. 



" Kauai or Niihau." 



4. S. STELLARIOIDES H. Mann. (Enum. No. 28.) Bushy and very 



