828 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



CORONOPUS Gaertn. Fr. & Sem. 2: 293. 1791. 



Coronopus didymus (L.) J. E. Smith. PI. Brit. 3:691. 1800. 

 Lepidium didymum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 92. 1767. 



Senebiera didy m< i Pers. Syn. 2:185. 1807. 



A few plants of this species were first seen on the slopes of 

 Makiki, along the Tantalus road. It is rather common about 

 the streets of Honolulu. 



March 21 (1974). 



CAPPARIDACEAE. 



CLEOME L. Sp. PI. 671. 1753. 



Cleome pentaphyjla L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 938. 1763. 

 Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC. Prodr. 1: 245. 1824. 



Collected at Honolulu, near a lumber pile at the foot of Ale- 

 kea street, It is said to be common along roadsides near Hon- 

 olulu, but I saw it only at the above mentioned place. Hille- 

 brand says it is a native of Africa, but Linnaeus gives its 

 habitat as "in India." 



March 27 (2015). 



SAXIFRAGACEAE. 



BROUSSAISIA Gaud. Bot, Voy. Uranie, 479, pi. 69. 

 1830. 



Broussaisia argnta Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 479, pi. 69. 1830. 



A bush or small tree, and common on the slopes of Konahu- 

 anui, back of Honolulu. It was also collected in the forests 

 of Kauai. Hillebrand says: "In the specimens from Kauai, 

 the serratures of the leaves are straight." In my specimens, 

 from the ridge west of the Hanapepe river, the serratures are 

 smaller than in the Oahu specimens, but are incurved in pre- 

 cisely the same manner. 



May to September (2302). 



PITTOSPORACEAE. 



PITTOSPORUM Banks, in Gaertn. Fr. & Sem. 1:286, 

 pi. 59. 1788. 

 Pittosporum acuminatum Mann, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:152. 1867. 

 Specimens were first collected on the ridge west of the Hana- 

 pepe river, Kauai, but unfortunately were gathered from two 



