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P. SPATHULATUM H. Manii, {Enum. No. 20.) A small tree 15° -20° 

 high. Leaves rather thin-coriaceous, spatulate or cuneate-oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, or sometimes slightly pointed, quite glabrous, 

 3' - 4' long, 1' - 1^' wide, tapering into a short petiole. Peduncles axil- 

 lary or below the leaves, short, tomentose, 3 -7- flowered. Sepals very 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, 1" or less long, slightly tomentulose. Petals 4" 

 or' 5" long. Stamens less than half the length of the petals ; anthers 

 sagittate. Ovary tomentose and about the length of the style ; stig- 

 ma capitate. Capsule glabrate and nearly smooth. Seeds smooth, 



Kaala Mountains (and perhaps other parts) of Oahu. 



5. P. Gi^KBRVM Hook. & Am. {Enum. No. 21.) A small tree, glabrous 

 throughout. Leaves thin-coriaceous, 2' -5' long, I'-I^' wide, ovate- 

 obloug or oblanccolate, tapering at the base into a short petiole, the 

 apex obtuse, rounded, or more or less acuminate. Peduncles terminal, 

 or lateral and below the leaves, spreading or pendulous, glabrous, half 

 an inch or more long, racemosely or cor^'mbosely few- (5 - 9-) flow- 

 ered; pedicels 3" long. Sepals ovate, acute, 1^" long, glabrous. 

 Corolla G" long, white or cream-colored as in all the Hawaiian species, 

 cohering into a tube, the spreading tips 2" long. Stamens nearly as 

 long as the corolla tube ; anthers oblong. Style twice the length of 

 the glabrous ovary ; stigma truncate. Capsule subglobose, somewhat 

 compressed, glabrous, smooth or roughened, two-valved, the valves 

 coriaceous, an inch or less in diameter. Seeds numerous, closely 

 paclicd, 2" -3" in diameter, smooth. 



Mountains in the vicinity of Honolulu, Oahu. 



G. P. ACUMiXATUM H. 31ann. {Enum. No. 22.) A small tree 15°- 

 20° high. Leaves thin, chartaceous, oblanccolate, acuminate, entirely 

 glabrous, tapering into a petiole 3"-G" long. Peduncles axillary, 1'- 

 2' long, slender, coryml)ose]y 5-8-flowercd. Pedicels 3" -4" long. 

 Sepals and bracts narrowly subulate, 2" -3" long. Petals 4" -5" long. 

 Stamens less than half the length of the petals ; anthers sagittate. 

 Style slender, longer than the tomentose ovary ; stigma capitate. Cap- 

 sule tomentose, much tubcrculate-roughcncd. 

 Mountains above 'Waiinea, Kauai. 



Order IX. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



Herbs or shrubs, with opi?,osite entire leaves, symmetrical 4-5- 

 merous flowers, with or without petals ; the distinct stamens no more 

 than twice the number of the sepals, either hypognous or perigynous ; 

 styles 2 - 5 ; seeds attached to the base or the central column of the 

 1-celled (rarely 3-5-celled) pod, with a slender embryo coiled or 



