914 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



Scaevola procera Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Is. 268. 1888. 



Concerning this species Hillebrand says: "As to shape of 

 leaves and color of flowers, much like S. Chamissoniano, but in 

 the inflorescence and hairiness it approaches S. mollis. It is 

 Remy's no. 311." No. 2837, collected on the plateau above 

 Waimea, Kauai, answers well to the description of this species, 

 except the hairiness of the leaves, which are thin, and only 

 slightly pubescent. The cymes are very short, usually not 

 over an inch in length, and many of them scattered on the bare 

 stems below the leaves. No. 2617, collected on the ridge op- 

 posite Gay & Robinsons Hanapepe valley house, has narrower 

 and slightly thicker leaves, which are entire, or somewhat 

 obscurely serrate. On these specimens the pubescence is more 

 manifest, and the cymes are more crowded, in the axils of the 

 upper leaves. It was collected at an elevation of about 2,800 

 feet. 



July to September (2617, 2837). 



COMPOSITAE. 



ACANTHOSPERMUM Schrank, PI. Rar. Hort. Monac. 

 pi. 53. 1819. 



Acaiitkospermum brasilnm Schrank, PI. Rar. Hort. Monac. 

 2:53. 1819. 



Hillebrand records this species as occurring only on Kauai. 

 It is plentiful there on pasture lands from sea level to 4,000 

 feet, but is also now found along the road in Nuuanu valley, 

 Oahu. 



March 29 (2030). 



ADENOSTEMMA Forst. Char. Gen. 90. 1776. 



Adenostemma viscosum Forst. Char. Gen. 90. 1776. 



A species which occurs in wet woods at elevations of 1.200 

 to 3,000 feet. Specimens were collected in Kalihi valley, 

 Oahu, and on the heights of Pauoa. An herbaceous plant, 

 with reclining or ascending stems. 



May 20 (2339). 



