244 MANN, 



Var. 5. Leaves broadly oval or oblong, somewhat rounded at the 

 base, or tapering, obtuse or obtusish or acuminate at the apex, peti- 

 oled, l'-2h' long, entirely glabrous. Cymes loosely many-flowered, 

 glabrous or sometimes minutely puberulent. 



Var. 6. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, on a more or less elongated petiole, glabrous throughout. 

 Cymes very loosely few -many-flowered, glabrous or minutely puber- 

 ulent. 



Var. 7. LTJTEA. Leaves almost as variable as in the foregoing 

 varieties as to form and pubescence, as are the cymes which are com- 

 pactly or loosely flowered, glabrate or tomentose. Flowers yellow. 



Everywhere in forests, and the principal forest tree of the Group. Some of the vari- 

 eties have distinctive native names. 



2. M. IUJGOSA Gray. (Enum. No. 132.) Leaves coriaceous, bullate- 

 rugose above and glabrous, beneath with very strong and prominent 

 veins and tomentose with a close persistent, tawny or deeply ochreous 

 wool ; on short petioles ; they are about 1' or less in diameter, obtuse, 

 and the margins strongly revolute. Peduncles few-flowered, quite 

 short; the calyxes tomentose. Flowers rather small. Petals and 

 stamens deep red, the former pubescent externally. 



Oahu, and doubtless elsewhere. Perhaps to be included in the preceding species. 



3. M. MACUOPUS Hook. & Am. (Enum. No. 133.) Tree of medium 

 size, 25- 35 high, and glabrous throughout. Leaves broadly ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, obtuse or usually acute at the apex, coriaceous, rather 

 dull, copiously feather-veined, li'-2' long, l'-2' wide, on a long, 

 usually margined petiole, and standing nearly at right angles to the 

 stem. Cymes terminal, or by the growth of the stem becoming lateral, 

 subsessile, many-flowered, crowded, evolved from a large scaly bud, 

 the scales remaining persistent for some time, as ovate or oblong 

 pointed bracts, of a chartaceous or coriaceous texture, and i' long. 

 Pedicels (li"-2" long, or in fruit even 4" long) subtended by smaller 

 ovate-lanceolate bractlets, which are early deciduous. Flowers large. 

 Stamens reddish or pale and even yellowish. Ovary free nearly to 

 the middle, the capsule nearly included in the calyx-tube, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded. Seed fusiform-subulate, not much pointed. 



Mountains behind Honolulu, Oahu. 



2. PSIDIUM Linn. 



Calyx-tube ovate and adnate at the base ; the upper free portion 

 quite entire and closed over the flower in the bud, and coming off 

 entire or splitting irregularly. Petals 4 or 5, free. Stamens numer- 

 ous. Ovary 2 or more celled, with many ovules in each, inserted on 

 bifid axile placenta?. Fruit a berry. Seeds several, kidney-shaped or 



