Heller : PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 873 



MYRS1NACEAE. 



MYRSINE L. Sp. PI 196. 1753. 



Myrsine gaudichaudii A. DC. Ann. Sp. Nat. (II) 16:85. 1841. 



To this species are referred three numbers collected on the 

 ridge west of the Hanapepe river, Kauai. In the Prodromus, 

 the leaves are described as " oblongo-obovatis obtusis basi in 

 petiolum angustatis coriaceis * * * Folia * " * * petiolo 

 3 lin. longa, valde coriacea." The leaves in all of my speci- 

 mens answer essentially to this description, and are much thin- 

 ner than in the specimens referred to M. lessertiana. This is 

 especially true of No. 2530, and in 2531 they are inclined to be 

 acute, as noted by Hillebrand. 



July to August (2530, 2531, 2682). 



Myrsine kauaiensis Hillebr. PL Haw. Is. 280. 1888. 



This handsome and well marked species was collected at an 

 elevation of 3000 feet, on the ridge west of the Hanapepe river, 

 Kauai. The leaves are thin, and somewhat pubescent, even 

 when old. It is a small tree, with slender, spreading branches. 

 Hillebrand's type was collected by Knudsen, on the west side 

 of the Waimea river. 



August 6 (2679). 



Myrsine lanceolata (Wawra) 



Myrsine sandwicensis var. lanceolata Wawra, Flora (11)32:526. 

 1874. 



Hillebrand makes no mention of this plant, which accounts 

 for the sending out of specimens by me under the name Myrsine 

 tenuifolia x n. sp. Wawra describes it as "arbuscula trunco con- 

 torto; ramulis gracilibus pendulis parce foliosis; folia lineari 

 lanceolata, tenera. " He collected it in "feuchte Wfilder von 

 Makanoi, 2135," which means the large bog on the plateau 

 above Waimea. My specimens were collected in the bog at the 

 head of the Wahiawa, and differ only in having ascending in- 

 stead of drooping branches. However, small trees were seen 

 high up on the ridge west of the Hanapepe river, which did 

 have spreading and drooping branches. That it is a good spe- 

 cies, quite distinct from M. sandivicensix, is evident. The nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, acuminate leaves are different, and the fruit 

 is mostly borne in the axils of the leaves, and not below on the 

 naked stems, as is the case in the other species. 



August 12 (2700). 



