Heller : plants op the Hawaiian islands. 899 



are specimens from Dr. Gray, labeled " Gouldia sandwicensis, 

 var. terminalis," which are identical with my 2301, collected on 

 the heights of Pauoa, back of Honolulu. The original of 

 Hooker and Arnott was also undoubtedly collected in this 

 region. It is a much branched bush, five or six feet high, the 

 young branches subherbaceous and terete, with obovate, oblong 

 leaves, which are slightly pointed, narrowed but rounded at 

 the base, three to four inches long, two inches or less in width; 

 panicles terminal, shorter than the leaves, flowers tinged with 

 purple. The fruit is large, bright blue. With the exception 

 of G. arborescens, this species has the largest fruit of any spe- 

 cies in the genus, at least any species which has so far been 

 described. As indicated by Hillebrand, Wawra's G. sandwicen- 

 sis vars. suffruticosa and cordata probably belong here. 



KADUAC. & S. Linnaea, 4:160. 1829. 



Kadua acuminata C. & S. Linnaea, 4: 163. 1829. 



Kadua petiolata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 4: 318. 1860. 



A shrub, several feet high, with spreading branches. Col- 

 lected on the steep slope on the Konahuanui side of the Nuu- 

 anu Pali, Oahu. 



May 24 (2360); original locality, "in nemoribus Insulae 

 O-Wahu." 



Kadua cordata C. & S. Linnaea, 4: 160. 1829. 



Woody at the base, with weak, spreading, herbaceous branch 

 es. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, on short petioles, and the 

 specific name is not derived from their shape, as might be sup- 

 posed, but from the ovate, cordate, foliaceous bracts which 

 subtend the flower clusters. Abundant on Konahuanui, Oahu, 

 at an elevation of 2500 feet, and also recorded from Kauai. 



April to November (2181); original locality, "insula 

 O-Wahu." 



Kadua el atior (Mann) 



Kadua cookiana, var. ? elatior Mann, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:172. 

 1867. 

 Specimens of my No. 2440 have been compared with M. & B 

 569, which is the type of var. elatior, and pronounced identical 

 with it. Mann's plant was collected at Hanalei, Kauai, and 

 mine near Hanapepe falls. The type of K. cookiana came 

 from the island of Hawaii, and allowing for geographical range 

 and differences in the plants, the Kauai plant is certainly 

 worthy of specific rank. 



