902 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



PAEDERIAL. Mant. 52. 1767. 



Paederia foetida L. Mant. 52. 1767. 



Very abundant in upper Nuuanu valley, Oahu. In many 

 places the interlaced and twining stems cover grass and bushes 

 completely. The tomentose flowers are pale lilac in color. In- 

 troduced about 1854. 



October 29 (2893); original locality, "in India." 



PLECTRONIA L. Mant. 52. 1767. 



Plectronia odorata (Forst.) Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Is. 175. 



1888. 

 Coffea odorata Forst. f. Prodr. 16. 1786. 



Common on the lee side of Kauai, up to an elevation of 2500 

 feet. Specimens were collected in Hanapepe valley, and in 

 ravines above Waimea. The thick, dark green, glossy leaves, 

 make it conspicuous on the hillsides and gulches. It is a tree 

 ten to twenty feet high. Hillebrand cites "Benth. & Hook. 

 Gen. PL 2:110," as the authors of Plectronia odorata, but in 

 uniting Canthium with Plectronia, those botanists do not men- 

 tion species, hence to them does not belong the credit of the 

 combination, unless we grant that Hillebrand published it for 

 them. 



June to September (2445). 



PSYCHOTRIA L. Syst. Ed. 10, 929. 1759. 



Psychotria hexandra Mann, Proc. Am. Acad. 7 : 170. 1867. 



Specimens collected at an elevation of about 3,500 feet, on 

 the ridge west of the Hanapepe river, Kauai, seem to belong 

 to this species, although in some points they do not agree 

 with the description as given by Mann and Hillebrand. The 

 leaves are acute at both ends, as described, but are not pale 

 beneath. Instead, they are more or less provided with brown- 

 ish hair and scales. The anthers are oblong, slightly narrowed 

 at the apex, but not acute, and not contracted at the base. A 

 small tree, fifteen feet high, with spreading branches. Per- 

 haps a distinct species. 



August 6 (2680); original locality, "on the mountains above 

 Waimea, Kauai." 



