Heller : PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 849 



SAPINDACEAE. 



CARDIOSPERMUM L. Sp. PL 366. 1753. 



Cardiospermum microcarpum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 

 5:104. 1821. 



Collected on grassy slopes at an elevation of about 500 feet, 

 iD Hanapepe valley, Kauai. All o<! the plants observed belong 

 to this species, which Hillebrand has united with C. halicac- 

 abum. 



July 8 (2529); original locality, "inhumidis prope S. Fer- 

 nando de Atabapo (Missiones des Orinoco)." 



DODONAEA L. Systema, Ed. 13, 299. 1774. 



Dodonaca eriocarpa Smith, Rees Cycl. 12. 



On the bare slopes between the forks of the Waimea river, 

 Kauai, is a very common plant, which is referable to this spe- 

 cies. The bushes vary in size from two to four feet, with as- 

 scending branches. The leaves are thick, elliptical-lanceolate, 

 and more or less pubescent on both sides. Notwithstanding 

 the abundance of bushes, only a few of them were in flower, 

 and so far as can be ascertained without fruit, they answer to 

 the description of D. eriocarpa, as given by Hillebrand. 



September 30 (2846). 



Dodonaea viscosa L. Systema, Ed. 13, 299. 1774. 



As this species is now known, it seems likely that it is an 

 aggregate of several good species. This particular form, which 

 was collected above Waimea, Kauai, at elevations of 3000 to 

 4000 feet, is a tree fifteen feet high, with slender, wide-spread- 

 ing branches. The leaves are two to four inches long, ellipti- 

 cal-lanceolate, on short petioles, thin, shining, and with mar- 

 gins somewhat undulate. The young leaves are viscid. 



October 8 (2871). 



RHAMNACEAE. 



ALPHITONIA Reissek. ; Endl. Gen. PI. 1098. 1840. 



Alphitonia ponderosa Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Is. 81. 1888. 



Alphitonia exceisa. MANN, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:161. 1*07, Dot 

 Keissek. 

 Speaking of this species, Hillebrand says: ''Waimea, Kauai, 

 where it attains a greater height than any other tree on that 



