824 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 



CERASTIUM L. Sp. PI. 437. 1753. 



Cerastium vulgatum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 627. 1762. 



Cerastium trioiale Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. 1:433. 1821. 



Hillebrand records this species from Maui only. I found it 

 on Kaholuamano, above Waimea, Kauai, at an elevation of 4000 

 feet. It differs from the common American form of C. vulgatum 

 in being less stout, and more spreading. It is also less pu- 

 bescent. 



September 10 (2804); original localitj^, --in Scaniae et Eu- 

 ropae australioris pratis, areis.'* 



DRY3IARIA Willd. in Roem. & Schultes Syst. Veg. 

 5:406. 1819. 



Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ic Roem. & Schultes Syst. Veg. 

 5:406. 1819. 

 Holosteum cordatum L. Sp. PI. SS. 1753. 



On the ridge west of the Hanapepe river, at an elevation of 

 3500 feet, and in the depths of the forest, I found a vigorous 

 growth of this plant. I saw it at this station only, and how it 

 got there, in a place frequented only by wild cattle, is a mys- 

 tery. Introduced it must be. for it is not recorded in Hille- 

 brand's Flora, and if it were native, would have a wider range 

 on the island. 



July 29 (2636); original locality, "in Jamaica, Surinama." 



SCHIED1A C. & S. Linuaea, 1 : 46. 1826. 

 A genus found only on the Hawaiian group. 



Schiedia lychnoides Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Is. 36. 1888. 



Collected in the forest, on the plateau above Waimea, Kauai, 

 at an elevation of 4000 feet. Occasionally it grew on the ground, 

 but usually on mossy logs or on trees. As suggested by Hille- 

 brand, there may be grounds for uniting this and S. viscosa with 

 the genus Alsinidendron, as their large flowers and general 

 habit somewhat remove them from the other members of the 

 genus. The seeds are minutely roughened, not smooth, as 

 stated by Hillebrand. 



September 7 (2796); original locality, "Kauai, above Wa- 

 imea." 



