Heller: plants of the Hawaiian islands. 895 



Coprosma longifolia A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 4:48. 1860. 



A small tree, ten to fifteen feet high, with slender trunk. It 

 is glabrous throughout, and has ternate leaves, an unusual 

 occurrence among the Hawaiian species. Said by Hillebrand to 

 occur on Oahu, Hawaii and Kauai. Specimens were collected 

 in young fruit, on the slopes of Konahuanui, Oahu, at 2500 feet 

 elevation. 



April 25 (2176); original locality, "Oahu, Sandwich islands." 



Coprosma waimeae Wawra, Flora, (II) 32; 327. 1874. 



Under Coprosma foliosa, Hillebrand remarks as follows: "Here 

 must also be placed the imperfectly described 0. Waimeae 

 Wawra, 1. c. p. 327, from Halemanu, Kauai: 'drupis ternis in 

 pedunculo axillari, plerumque geminato, petiolo sublongiore, 

 subglobosis, cerasi fere magnitudine, calicis dentibus corona- 

 tis." ' Had he quoted the description in full, instead of picking 

 out a sentence here and there, we could easily see that it is not 

 "imperfectly described," but well characterized, and as valid a 

 species as there is any on the group. The following is Wawra's 

 description in full: "Arbuscula ramulis gracilibus parce 

 foliosis e basilate triangular! acuminatis glabris; floribus * * 

 drupis ternis in pedunculo axillari plerumque geminato 

 petiolo sublongiore, subglobosis pulposis pro generemajusculis. 

 Biorgyalis a basi ramosa, ramulis erectis ligneis glabris 

 internodiis elongatis. Folia 2-3 poll, lga ac pollice in univer- 

 sum latiora, oblonga vel obovata, obtusa vel breviter et obtuse 

 acuminata- rotundata, basi in petiolum 2-3 lin. longum sensim 

 vel saepius abrupte contracta, glabra. Stipulae coriaceae per- 

 sistentes. Drupae auriantacae, singulae bractea suffultae, 

 cerasi fere magnitudine. Cal. dentibus coronatae. Semina 

 orbiculari-oblonga, 2 lin. longa subsemiglobosa." 



In addition, there is the following remark in German, which 

 I have translated: " Has of all the Hawaiian species the larg- 

 est berries. Its stipules indicate an affinity with C. foliosa. In 

 habit it resembles C. rhynchocarpa. It appears to stand 

 pretty far apart from all hitherto known Hawaiian species of 

 Coiwosma." It is a handsome species, and, as Wawra says, 

 probably has the largest berries of any Hawaiian species. Col- 

 lected at elevations of 3000 to 4000 feet, on the ridge west of 

 the Hanapepe river, and on the plateau above Waimea, Kauai. 



August to October (2751, 2815); original locality, "Kauai, 

 gebiet von Halemanu." 



