892 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



MYOPORINACEAE. 



MYOPORUM Banks & Sol.; Forst. f. Prodr. 44. 

 .1786. 



Myoporum sandwicense (A. DC. ) A. Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. 

 6:52. 1863. 

 Polycoelium Sandwicense A. DC. Prodr. 11: 706. 1847. 

 In this species, the general order of things is reversed, for 

 it is said to be "a tree 20 to 30 feet high, in the higher, 

 shrubby in the lower regions." It is occasionally found in 

 gulches on the lee side of Kauai, below the forest. The wood 

 is fragrant w T hen dry, and was used as a substitute for sandal- 

 wood after that had become almost exhausted. 



PLANTAGINACEAE. 



PLANTAGO L. Sp. PI. 112. 1753. 



Plantago lanceolata L. Sp. PI. 113. 1753. 



Not recorded by Hillebrand, but plentiful on open slopes of 

 the lee side of Kauai, and also on the edge of the forest on the 

 plateau above Waimea. It was not seen at elevations lower 

 than 2000 feet. 



June to September (2457); original locality, "in Europae 

 campis sterilibus." 



Plantago major L. Sp. PI. 112. 1753. 



Small forms of this species were collected along the road in 

 Pauoa and Nuuanu valleys, Oahu. On the island of Hawaiii 

 the "leaves attain large proportions, with petioles of 6-8', 

 while the spikes reach 1^-2 feet," according to Hillebrand. 



May (2322); original locality, "in Europa ad vias." 



Plantago princeps C. & S. Linnaea, 1:167. 1826. 



My specimens, collected at the Nuuauu Pali, Oahu, agree 

 very well with the description of this species as it was origin- 

 ally given, and besides, the type came from "inclosed valleys 

 at the foot of the mountains, on the island of Oahu." Wawra's 

 P. princeps var. acaulis Flora (II) 32:564, came from the Pali, 

 and is hardly anything more than the typical plant. He ap- 

 pears to have based his determination not on the original de- 

 scription in Linnaea, but on the descriptions of Gaudichaud 

 and Hooker & Arnott, who had P. queliana in view when they 



