Heller : plants of the Hawaiian islands. 921 



Lipochaeta integrifolia (Nutt. ) A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 



5:130. 1862. 



Microchaeta integrifolia Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II) 7:451. 

 1841. 



Hillebrand says "branches not over 1 ft. long." They are 

 really often four feet long. The base is lignescent, and from 

 this spread many prostrate, herbaceous branches, Collected 

 on the old lava flow back of Diamond Head. 



April 8 (2092). 



RAILLARDIA Gaud. Bot. Voy.Uranie 469, pZ. 83. 1830. 



Raillardia latifolia A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5:132. 1862. 



In the original description this is said to be "a rambling 

 shrub," and Hillebrand, with his splendid opportunities for ex- 

 ploration of every island of the group, quotes the same expres- 

 sion. It is really a vine. The main stem is often two inches 

 in diameter, and twenty or thirty feet in length. The flower- 

 ing branches are found running and twining over the branches 

 of trees, one tree near Gay & Robinson's Kaholuamano house, 

 above Waimea, Kauai, having its top completely covered with 

 the vine. The inflorescence is a large panicle, often two feet 

 in length, and is very handsome when covered with the yellow 

 flowers, which bear some resemblance to the flowers of our 

 golden rods. It has been found only on the island of Kauai. 



October 15 (2887). 



SIGESBECKIA L. Sp. PI. 900. 1753. 



Sigesbeckia orientalis L. Sp. PL 900. 1753. 



A common weed along Nuuanu avenue, Honolulu, and also 

 in cultivated ground. The Chinese use it in some manner as a 

 remedy for cuts or sores. A pubescent annual, with glands 

 on the slender, club- shaped involucral bracts. 



March to October (2036); original locality, "in China, media 

 ad pagos." 



VERNONIA Schreh. Gen. PI. 2: 541. 1791. 



Ycrnoiiia cinerea (L.) Less. Linnaea, 4:291. 1829. 

 Conyza cinerea L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1208. 1763. 

 A slender annual, one to two feet high, very different in ap- 

 pearance from the large, coarse American species. The leaves 

 are small, about an inch in length, the lower one obovate, and 



