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feet, on the banks of a stream in the forest. It is a small tree, 

 about ten feet high, with a distinct trunk, loosely branching 

 above, the weak branches curved, glabrous, or somewhat pu- 

 bescent where they merge into the inflorescence. This is pretty 

 certainly Gaudichaud's plant, as described by Weddell, in DC. 

 Prodromus, 16: part 1, 235 16 , where the leaves are character- 

 ized as ' * very glabrous on both sides, or appressed pilose be- 

 neath on the nerves," but what Hillebrand had in view, is not 

 so easy to determine. His description calls for a "low shrub, 

 3-5 feet high, branching from the base, the spreading, rather 

 nodose branches pubescent with appressed silky hairs." This 

 would apply much better to N. ovata or N. sericea. He also 

 says that the leaves are on petioles of one half to two lines In 

 all of the three distinct forms in my collection, the leaves are 

 on petioles of an inch or more in length. Hillebrand says: 

 "The presence of a white milksap rests upon Gaudichaud's 

 statement. I do not remember to have observed it." Gaud- 

 ichaud's statement is quite correct, as the milky juice was ob- 

 served in all of the specimens collected by me. 

 September 24 (2792). 



Neraudia sericea Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 500, pi. 117. 1830. 



Specimens from above Waimea, Kauai, collected at an eleva- 

 tion of about 2000 feet, agree very well with Gaudichaud's fig- 

 ure in the Bot. Voy. Bonite, pi. 133, except that the leaves are 

 a little narrower, and slightly undulate. Wawra's plant, No. 

 2113, identified as this species, is from the same region. 



October 1 (2847). 



Neraudia sericea Gaud. var. 



Near the base of the tabular summit, above Waimea, Kauai, 

 at about 3000 feet elevation, was found a form which is prob- 

 ably N. ovata Gaud., but for the present is referred to N. sericea. 

 The leaves are broadly ovate, acuminate, with a rounded and 

 slightly cordate base. It may be N. 7nelastomaefolia var. kau- 

 aiensis Hillebr., but his description calls for a leaf "ovate- 

 rhomboidal, slightly contracting but rounded and even retuse 

 at the base." 



October 12(2881). 



