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with a pair of linear lanceolate slightly glanduliferous bract- 

 lets a little below the flower." The peduncles are several 

 times longer than the stem leaves in my specimens, and the 

 bractlets are situated about an inch below the flowers. The 

 •' caulibus gracilbus repentibus," is not near so good as Hille- 

 brand's description: "Rhizome creeping, rather thick, 2-8", 

 scaly near the apex with obtuse stipules, and bearing (besides 

 the remnants of older ones) one or two slender scapes 4-8' in 

 length, with 1 internode and a single leaf and flower, or with 2 

 internodes, and a second leaf and flower." At the top of the 

 rhizome, and springing from the sam,e place as the scape, are 

 usually several leaves with very long petioles. The sepals are 

 scarious margined, and the petals notched. The following 

 note by Hillebrand is also well borne out: " Knudsen writes me 

 that the stem is neither creeping nor trailing, but always erect." 

 Collected in the bog at the head of the Wahiawa river, Kauai, 

 at an elevation of 3000 feet. The type specimens from which 

 Gray described the plant, came from the great bog of " Lehua 

 mankanoe," on the plateau above Waimea. 

 August 12 (2701). 



PASS1FL0RACEAE. 



PASSIFLORA L. Sp. PI. 955. 1753. 



Passiflora eclulis Sims, Bot. Mag. pi. 1989. 1818. 



Although an introduced plant, this species has all the appear- 

 ance of being native on Kauai. Specimens were collected in 

 the depths of the forest, on the ridge west of the Hanapepe 

 river, and it was seen at other equally out of the way places. 

 The acid, juicy fruit is very refreshing. It is about the size 

 and shape of a hen's egg, purple when ripe. It is said to have 

 been described from specimens grown from seeds received from 

 Portugal. 



July 11 (2542; 



PAPAYACEAE. 



CARICA L. Sp. PI. 1036. 1753. 



Carica papaya L. Sp. PI. 1036. 1753. 



The "Papaya" has become well established in Hanapepe 

 valley, Kauai. The fruit is yellow when ripe, and in shape 

 and size very much like that of the " egg plant" commonly 



