872 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



YACCINIACEAE. 



TACCINIUM. L. Sp. PL 349. 1753. 



Vaccinium peuduliflorum Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 454, pi. 



68. 1830. 



Nuttall considered these Hawaiian plants distinct from Vac- 

 cinium, and proposed a new generic name for them, calling 

 them Metagonia. It is very probable that he was correct, for 

 in general appearance they do not much resemble Vaccinium. 

 The red fruit has a different taste, more like that of a cran- 

 berry. This species is not uncommon on the ridge back of 

 Honolulu, and also occurs on the mountain of Kauai. 



May to September (2393). 



EPICRADACEAE. 



CYATHODES Labill. Nov. Holl. PI. 1:57, pi. 81. 1804. 



Cyathodes imbricata Stscheglew, Mosc. Bull. 32:10. 1859. 



Only the variety struthioloides is recorded from Kauai, in 

 "swamps of Lehua makanui and summit of Waialeale." It is 

 described as "stems slender, trailing on the ground, densely 

 covered with prominent leaf scars, and with few assurgent 

 branches." In the bog at the head of the Wahiawa, plants are 

 plentiful, which are to be referred to the species rather than to 

 the variety. The branches are either trailing or erect. The 

 species has previously been found only on "higher regions of 

 Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, and Haleakela." 



August 21 (2739). 



Cyathodes tameianieiae Cham. Linnaea, 1: 539. 1826. 



Named after Kamehameha, the famous Hawaiian king, who 

 united all of the islands of the group into one kingdom. The 

 letters T and K, as well as R and L, are interchangeable in the 

 Hawaiian language. Rather common on the ridges of Oahu 

 and Kauai, and the bushes very showy when covered with the 

 bright red berries, It is a much branched bush, three to six 

 feet high. 



April to September (2181a, 2454); original locality, "inclivis 

 aridioribus ad radices montium circa Hana - ruru insulae 

 O-Wahu." 



