Heller : plants of the Hawaiian islands. 885 



NOTHOCESTRUM A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6:48. 

 1863. 



Nothocestrum latifoliiini A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 0:48. 

 1863. 



The original of this was a "shrub about 12 feet high," and 

 came from "Oahu, on the ridge of the Kaala mountains." It 

 is described as follows by Gray: "Leaves membranaceous, 

 about 2 inches long. * * * Calyx 3 lines long. Corolla 

 white? its tube half an inch long, the lobes not half the length 

 of the tube, their margins strongly induplicate, and the sinuses 

 plaited. Anthers two lines long." Hillebrand records it from 

 Waimea, Kauai, with "leaves emarginate at the base, coriace- 

 ous, with ochraceous toroentum." My specimens are in young 

 fruit, and do not agree with this species in some particulars. 

 It may possibly be an undescribed species. The mature leaves 

 are about four inches in length, and more inclined to be oblong 

 than ovate, densely pubescent underneath. Collected on the 

 edge of the plateau above Waimea, Kauai, at an elevation of 

 3500 feet. A tree, twenty feet high, with gray bark, and zig- 

 zag branches. 



October 16 (2886). 



PHYSALIS L. Sp. PI. 182 1753. 



Physalis peruviana L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1671. 1763. 



Abundant along the lower edges of the forest on Oahu and 

 Kauai, and according to Hillebrand, also on Maui and Hawaii. 

 The berry is gathered and made into jelly and jam. Called 

 "Poha," by the natives. 



April 2 (2060); original locality, "Limae." 



SOLANUM L. Sp. PI. 184. 1753. 



Solatium nigrum L. Sp. PL 186. 1753. 



Common in Hanapepe valley, Kauai, and on the edge of the 

 woods above Waimea. It also occurs on Oahu. The small 

 black berries are eaten by the natives. 



July to October (2509, 2867). 



Solauum sandwicense H. & A. Bot. Beechy, 92. 1832 



Collected at an elevation of 3000 feet, on the ridge west of 

 the Hanapepe river, Kauai. It differs somewhat from Hille- 

 brand's description of "Corolla puberulous outside, bluish 

 white, 5-6" in diameter, 5 fid to the middle, plaited. Anthers 



