166 MANN, 



long. Calyx lobes broadly ovate, Ih'' long. Petals ovate, 2'' long. 

 Stamens much shorter than the petals. Ovary glabrous ; style a little 

 longer than it, 4-parted nearly to the base, the divisions clavate, stig- 

 matic at and near the summit. Immature capsule puberulent and 

 deeply 4-grooved. 



VaUeys of Kealia and Hanalei, Kauai. 



3. P. AURicuL^FOLiA Grra>j. {Enum. Xo. 68.) Glabrous. Leaves 

 verticillate in threes, coriaceous, pale, oblong-spatulate, auricu- 

 late at the narrowed base, sessile, 3^-8' long. Flowers in fascicles 

 in the axils of the leaves, often of those which have fallen, so as 

 to be on the naked stem. Capsule deeply 4-parted ; the cocci oval- 

 oblong. 



Mauna Kea, and Kohala Mountains, Hawaii. 



4. P. IvAVAiENSis H. Mann. {Enum. No. 69.) Leaves oppo- 

 site, oval, 2^' -4' long, 1=^-2^ wide, coriaceous, glabrous and very 

 conspicuously and finely reticulate-veiny above, beneath clothed with 

 a dense velvety villosity, which is especially thick on the midrib. 

 Petioles ^'-1' long. Flowers small, solitar}' in the axils, on slender 

 pedicels 2" long. Calyx lobes rounded-ovate, %" long. Petals thin, 

 ovate, obtuse, 1\" long. Stamens short. Style about the length of 

 the glabrous ovary, terminated by an obtusely 4-lobed stigma. Cap- 

 sule 4-parted, one or more of the ovate glabrous cocci often abortive. 



On the mountains above Waimea, Kauai, at an elevation of 3,000 feet, more or less, 

 at " Halemanu." 



5. P. ANiSATA H. Mann. {Enum. No. 70.) Leaves elongated- 

 oval or oblong, obtuse, somewhat attenuated at the base, 2' - 7' long, 

 l'-2' wide, chartaceous, loosely reticulate-veined. Petioles ^'-1' 

 long. Flowers usually solitary in the axils, rarely 2 or 3 together, on 

 pedicels l"-2" long. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, less than 1" long. 

 Petals oblong or oblong-ovate, thrice the length of the sepals. Sta- 

 mens very short, not exceeding the calyx-lobes. Ovary glabrous and 

 slightly lobed. Capsule but slightly 4-lobed, h' in diameter, splitting 

 by a loculicidal dehiscence to the centre into four triangular segments 

 joined at the base. Exocarp thick and woody : endocarp papery and 

 smooth within. 



On various parts of Kauai, but most abundant near Hanalei. Native name^ " Maki- 

 haua." 



6. P. OBLONGiFOLiA Gray. {Enum. No. 71.) A very variable 

 species. Leaves oblong or oval, contracted towards the base, or ob- 

 tuse or even retuse at both ends, coriaceous or chartaceo-coriaceous, 

 somewhat shining, copiously and conspicuously feather-veined, and 

 minutely reticulated, 2' - 4' long, on petioles 6" - 9" or more long. Pe- 



