862 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL, STUDIES. 



PARSON SI A P. Br. Civ. and Nat. Hist. Jam. 199, 1756. 

 [Cupliea P. Br. Civ. and Nat. Hist. Jam. 216. 1756.] 

 Parsoiisia piiito (Vand.) 



Balsamona pinto Vand. Fl. Lus. 30, pi. 4- 1788. 

 Cupliea balsamona C. & S. Linnaea, 2:363. 1827. 



This species, which Hiliebrand refers to the very different 

 Cupliea hyssopifolia, is very common near Honolulu in damp 

 places, and also in the lower forests. It is common, too, on 

 Kauai. If "of early accidental introduction," it has become 

 widely spread on several of the islands of the group. 



April to October (2004). 



MYRTACEAE. 



EUGENIA L. Sp. PI. 470. 1753. 



Eugenia malaccensis L. Sp. PI. 470. 1753. 



The "Ohia," or "mountain apple," is now rare on Oahu, at 

 least near Honolulu, but is plentiful in Hanapepe valley, Kauai. 

 The pear- shaped, bright red-purple fruit is very juicy. The 

 red-purple flowers are abundant, and grow in clusters directly 

 on the large branches and on the trunk, instead of on the ends 

 of young branches. 



June 29 (2468); original locality, "inlndiis." 



Eugenia (Syzygium) sandwicensis A. Gray, Bot. U. S. Expl. 

 Exped. 15:519. 1854. 

 This is certainly generically distinct from Eugenia, the type 

 of which is E. malaccensis, if we take the plant first mentioned 

 in the Species Plantarum as the type of the genus. The 

 "Ohia ha," as this species is called by the natives, has both 

 fruit and flower characters different from Eugenia malaccensis. 

 Instead of stamens many times longer than the petals, they are 

 only slightly longer. In the description Gray says: "Berry 

 globular, as large as a cherry, containing one or two seeds 

 which, as likewise the embryo, accord with those of Eugenia. 

 * * * This is one of the connecting forms between Eugenia, 

 Acmena, and Syzygium, with the habit rather of the latter." 

 The fruit has a different shape from that of Eugenia malaccensis, 

 for, instead of there being a cavity in which the round, chaff- 

 covered seeds fit loosely, the thin, fleshy covering fits closely 

 around the smooth, gray seeds. Collected at the original lo- 

 cality, "on the mountains behind Honolulu," and the speci- 



