FLORA OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 131 



veins running from the base to the apex. The peduncled cymes ter- 

 minal, composed of 2 - 6 flowers, on pedicels 6" long, arising from the 

 axils of small (6" long and l" wide) floral leaves. The pubescent 

 calyx 5" -6" long, of five petal-like ovate- acuminate many-nerved 

 sepals, which enclose and surpass in length the ovate-lanceolate 

 7-valved capsule. Staminodia broadly-ovate, obtuse, small, a line long, 

 and nearly as wide at the base. Styles 7, short at first, and stigmatose 

 all round, but becoming longer with age. Seeds very numerous, 

 roughened with short points. 



On the mountains above Walmea, Kauai, at " Halemanu." 



4. ALSINIDENDBON H. Mann. 



Calyx four parted, the oval thickish and whitish sepals decussa- 

 tingly imbricated, erect and connivent, rarely with a minute internal 

 fifth one. Petals and staminodia none. Stamens 10, inserted upon 

 the margin of a thin disk which is adherent to the calyx at its base : 

 filaments filiform : anthers linear oblong, notched at both ends. Ovary 

 one-celled, the many ovules affixed to a central colurnella : styles 4-7, 

 short filiform, stigmatose on the inner surface near the apex. Capsule 

 cartilaginous, 4 - 7-valved, many-seeded. Seeds estrophiolate. 



Genus peculiar to the Hawaiian Islands. 



1. A. TRINERVE H. Mann. (Enum. No. 36.) A glabrous branch- 

 ing shrub, about six feet high. Leaves 3' -4' long, l^'-2' wide, of a 

 somewhat chartaceous texture, oval or ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, 

 tapering abruptly at the base into a margined petiole about an inch 

 long, and with three strong ribs running from the base to the very 

 apex. Cymes from the axils of the upper leaves, on peduncles an inch 

 or more long. Flowers pendulous from the ends of long (3" - 8") capil- 

 lary pedicels, somewhat globose in shape, a little truncated at the base, 

 and of a light or whitish color, about 4" long. Sepals fleshy at the 

 base, but with thinner margins and apex, closely imbricated, the 

 two outer completely enclosing the two inner in the bud, persistent 

 and enclosing the fruit. Stamens shorter than the calyx, the fila- 

 ments about as long as the erect anthers, which are affixed by a 

 deeply notched base. Seeds roughened by longitudinal lines of blunt 

 tubercles. 



Kaala Mountains, Oahu, at an elevation of about 2,000 feet. 



ORDER X. PORTULACACE^. 



Herbs, with succulent leaves, and regular but unsymmetrical flow- 

 ers ; namely, sepals usually fewer than the petals ; the stamens oppo- 



