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much branched from a suffruticose base ; finely hirsute in the axils of 

 the leaves, and on the inflorescence. Leaves numerous, small, spatu- 

 late-linear, entire at the obtuse apex and mucronate, or slightly- 

 notched, 1-nerved, tapering at the hirsute-ciliate base into a very short 

 petiole. Panicle compound, diffusely branched, bracted. Calyx 2" 

 long ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, rather thick, narrowly scarious- 

 margined, longer than the 3-valved capsule. Seeds few, tuberculate- 

 roughened. 



On the mountains above Waimea, Kauai; abundant at " Halemanu." 



5. S. Menziesii Hook. {Enum. No. 29.) Leaves sessile, nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, long acuminate, three-nerved. Panicle contracted, 

 branched, erect. Calyx and pedicels pubescent-tomentose. — Very im- 

 perfectly known. 



6. S. HooivERi Gray. {Enum. No. 30.) Glabrous throughout. 

 Woody and stramineous at the base, terminating in a panicle and bear- 

 ing several opposite upright branches, also terminating in panicles. 

 Branches herbaceous, obscurely 4-sided, the leaves gradually diminish- 

 ing upwards among the branches on the panicle, and at length becom- 

 ing connate, subulate, and bract-like. Leaves 1^' or more long, 2i" - 

 3" wide, rather thin, lanceolate or broad-lanceolate, 3-5 nerved, nerves 

 parallel, distinct. Panicle as long or longer than the leafy branch, 

 bracted toward the base, contracted, 1^' wide ; primary bi'anches slen- 

 der and flexuose. Pedicels very slender, 2 or 3 times longer than the 

 calyx, spreading or recurved. Capsule 1" - 1^" long, longer than the 

 ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse sepals. 



7. S. LiGUSTRiNA Cham. & ScidecM. (Enum. No. 31.) Glabrous 

 throughout. Shrubby, upright and dichotomously much branched, 2° 

 - 3° high ; at the base often ^' in diameter. Leaves connate at the 

 base, l'-2' long, oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate to narrowly lanceo- 

 late 1^"- 3" wide, broadest above the middle, gradually narrowed to 

 the base, but sessile, shortly and abruptly mucronate, 1-nerved, mar- 

 gins thickish or slightly revolute. The thyrsus, or contracted panicle 

 interrupted, 2' -4' long, ^'-|' wide, and terminating the branches, 

 composed of 4 or 6 or more pairs of subsessile many-flowered cym- 

 ules. Bracts very small, ovate or subulate. Pedicels 1 J" -6" long, 

 thickened at the apex. Flowers l^"-2" long, the sepals of the 

 5- (or occasionally 4 - 6- ) parted calyx, ovate or oblong, obtuse, fleshy, 

 with scarious margins, obsoletely 3-nerved. Filaments elongated 

 and exserted. Capsule ovoid, a little longer than the calyx, 3-4- 

 valved. Seeds several, with a crustaceous and acutely tuberculate or 

 muricate tesra. 



Kaala Mountains, Oahu. 

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