Heller : PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 825 



Schiedia spergulina A. Gray, Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. 15:135. 

 pi. 11. 1854. 



On dry slopes above the Hanapepe river, at elevations of 300 

 to 1000 feet, this species is rather plentiful. It grows on basalt 

 outcrops only. Some of my specimens differ from the original 

 description, probably owing to the fact that the flowers are 

 dimorphous, a point which is not brought out by either Gray 

 or Hillebrand. The latter, it seems, did not have a specimen 

 in his collection. In my specimens, the sepals are ovate, acute, 

 smooth, except the margins, which are ciliate. In flowers 

 which have long styles, the staminodia are but half the length 

 of the sepals, while they are about as long as the sepals in 

 flowers which have short styles. The number of styles is vari- 

 able. Sometimes there are three and sometimes four. 



June 26 (2446); original locality, "mountains of Kauai." 



Schiedia stellarioides Mann, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 10:153. 1866. 



This species grows in thick bunches. It has a suffruticose 

 base, but the branches are herbaceous, procumbent, weak and 

 spreading. Collected on Kaholuamano, above Waimea, Kauai, 

 at an elevation of 4000 feet. It is rather plentiful in open places 

 near the edge of the woods. 



August 30 (2766); from the original locality, "on the mount- 

 ains above Waimea, Kauai." 



NILENE L. Sp. PL 416. 1753. 



Silene gallica L. Sp. PL 417. 1753. 



Hillebrand had this species from the "northern slope of 

 Kaala, Oahu." I collected it at the Nuuanu Pali, where it is found 

 growing along the roadside, as well as clinging in crevices, 

 high up on the cliffs. A few plants were also noticed near the 

 edge of the plateau, above Waimea, Kauai. Here it was grow- 

 ing in pasture land, at an elevation of 4000 feet. 



April 23 (2202); original locality, "in Gallia." 



