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common on the ridge west of the Hanapepe river, Kauai, and 

 also in woods near the Wahiawa river. The type was collected 

 in the neighborhood of Kealia and Waimea, which indicates 

 that it must be scattered over the entire island of Kauai. The 

 leaves have a reddish or brownish tinge, due to the pubescence 

 on them. 



July 4 (2498). 



COFFEA L. Sp. PL 172. 1753. 



Coffea arabica L. Sp. PI, 172. 1753. 



The coffee tree was introduced in 1823, and for a time its 

 cultivation was carried on successfully, until the inroads of a 

 fungus threatened to destroy all the trees, when the attention 

 of the planters was directed to the raising of sugar cane. Of 

 late years its culture has been revived, and "Kona" coffee is 

 obtaining quite" a reputation. A single tree was noticed in 

 Hanapepe valley. 



October 21 (2890); original locality, "in Arabia felice." 



COPROSMA Forst. Char. Gen. 137, pi 69. 1776. 



Coprosma kauensis (A. Gray.) 



Coprosma pubens, var. Kauensis A. Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. 4:49. 

 1860. 



The short description of "drupis obovatis obtusissimis plur- 

 imis sessilibus in pedunculo communi," by Gray, is all right 

 so far as it goes, but the plant in question is very different 

 from specimens of C. pubens in the herbarium of Columbia Uni- 

 versity. My specimens are from a small tree, which is loosely 

 branched above, the slender branches covered with whitish 

 bark. The leaves are oblanceolate, attenuate into the petiole, 

 and acute at the apex, two and a half inches in length, by 

 nearly an inch in width, dull green above, gray pubescent be- 

 neath. Common on the plateau above Waimea. Kauai, and also 

 on the ridge west of the Hanapepe river, at elevations of 3000 

 to 4000 feet. The fact that it is found on the northern island 

 of Kauai is an argument in favor of its being distinct from C. 

 pubens, a species which has never been found north of Molo- 

 kai, according to Hillebrand, and the type came from Hawaii. 

 Sometimes the leaves are almost glabrous underneath. 



August (2681, 2776). 



