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8. Viola Oahuensis Forbes. Described in Occ. Papers Bishop 

 Museum, vol. 4, no. 3, 1909, p. 40 and plate. 



"Stem erect, simple or sparingly branched, 6 in. to i foot high. 

 Leaves 4.5-5 X 2-2.25 ii^-i ovate, uneven-sided, glandular-serrate, 

 acute, base acuminate, drawn out into a winged petiole of i inch. 

 Stipules lanceolate, glandular-serrate, acuminate, 7—14 lines. 



"Scapes or peduncles 1-3 on a stem, 9 lines long, with 2 narrow 

 acute bracts and a reduced leaf, bearing 2 flowers on peduncles of 

 nearly equal length, about 2 in., these bracteolate and often with 

 a reduced leaf. Sepals lanceolate, faintly puberulent, 3 lines 

 long. Petals about twice as long, white, broad, oblong to orbic- 

 ular, the lower saccate, not bearded. Capsule a little over 5 

 lines long, glabrous." 



Recorded only from the Koolau Range, Punaluu and Kahana 

 sections, on the island of Oahu, at altitudes of 1,800-2,000 feet. 

 Hygrophytic. 



9. Viola robusta Hillebrand. Described in his Flora of the 

 Hawaiian Islands, 1888, p. 16. 



Stem 3-5 feet high, light-wooded, pale, about 3^ in. thick at 

 the base. It is simple or sparingly branched in the upper por- 

 tion. The ascending branches are hollow, herbaceous at the 

 extremities, and carry many old and dry flower-stalks. The 

 stipules are long, persistent,, dark, broadly lanceolate, long- 

 pointed, denticulate, and about 3^ in. long. Leaves mem- 

 branous, puberulous underneath, ovate, acute, serrulate, 3-4}^ 

 in. long by 2-2 j/^ in. broad; base truncate or cuneate; petiole 

 l-i^/^ in. long. 



Flowers nodding, numerous; an inflorescence rises from nearly 

 every axil. The flowers are generally single, or 2-4 irregularly 

 disposed on a peduncle of very variable length. Pedicels 2 in. 

 long, bi-bracteolate about the middle, the bracts long-subulate 

 from a broad base, but often foliaceous. Sepals gibbous at the 

 base, but not produced, narrow-lanceolate, 3-4 lines long. Petals 

 twice as long, pale purple, oblong, the lowest saccate, the 4 upper 

 ones converging, assurgent. Anthers shortly apiculate, the 2 

 lowest with a narrow dorsal wing along their whole length, which 

 does not run out into a spur. Capsule 8-10 lines long, with 8-14 

 pale seeds on each placenta. 



Recorded only from the summit bogs of East Molokai, in very 

 wet situations, at altitudes of 2,500-4,000 feet. It grows in the 

 swampy soil, and on the moss\- trunks of trees. Native name 



