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base, with lax, spreading branches, from three to five feet 

 long. 



September 2 (2788); original locality, "in insulis Sand- 

 wicheis." 



AMARANTHACEAE. 



AMARANTHUS L. Sp. PL 989. 1753. 

 Amaranthus viridis L. Sp. PL Ed. 2, 1405. 1763. 



A common plant at Honolulu, in the streets, in gardens, and 

 in waste places. Specimens were collected on Alekea street, 

 and at Capiolani Park. 



March to May (2025, 2135); original localities, " Europa 

 Brasilia." 



CHARPENTIERA Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 444, pi, 47. 

 1830. 



Charpentiera elliptica (Hillebr.) 



Charpentiera obovata Gaud. var. elliptica Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Is. 

 375. 1888. 



On Kaholuamano, above Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet eleva- 

 tion, this well-marked species occurs along stream banks in the 

 forest, and on the upper edges of steep slopes. It has thick, 

 dark green, oblong- lanceolate, or elliptical-lanceolate leaves, 

 very different in shape and texture from either of the two other 

 species. It is figured by Mrs. Sinclair, in her illustrations of 

 Hawaiian plants, plate 44. 



September (2781). 



Charpentiera obovata Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie. pZ. 48. 1830. 

 Just below the second fall of the Wahiawa river, Kauai, ele- 

 vation about 2000 feet, a small tree of this species was grow- 

 ing. Hillebrand makes no mention of its occurrence on Kauai. 



July 22 (2598). 



Charpentiera ovata Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, pi. 47- 1830. 



On the edge of the plateau above Manoa, Oahu, at an eleva- 

 tion of 2000 feet, there are several trees of this species. I did 

 not see it on Kauai. By some writers it is considered a mere 

 form of C. obovata, yet, in all cases observed by me, the living 

 plants could be distinguished at a glance. Ovata is a larger 

 and more regularly branched tree, has larger, differently 

 shaped and thinner leaves, which turn darker in drying than 

 do those of C. obovata. 



