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duncles shorter, or those bearing sterile flowers longer, than the 

 petioles, 1 - few-flowered, more or less clustered or loosely cymose. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate, a third as long as the ovate-lanceolate petals. 

 Style twice as long as the glabrous 4-lobed ovary. Capsule deeply 

 4-lobed, an inch, more or less, in diameter. 



Mountains of Oahu, In various parts. Kauai. Hawaii. 



7. P. ROTUNDiFOLiA Gray. {Enum. No. 72.) Glabrous. Leaves 

 orbicular or nearly so, about 2.i'-3' in diameter, sessile, coi'iaceous, 

 rather shining, very veiny and reticulated, especially beneath. Flowers 

 several in a short-peduncled cyme. Calyx lobes ovate, more than 

 one-half shorter than the petals which are 3" long. Style twice as long 

 as the puberulent ovary. Capsule 1' in diameter, deeply 4-lobed ; the 

 cocci oval. Endocarp minutely puberulent within. 



Mountains behind Honolulu, Oaliu. 



8. P. Sandwicensis Cr^-ay. {Enum. No. 73.) Glabrous at matu- 

 rity or nearly so, but the new branchlets, inflorescence, &c., tomen- 

 tose with a hirsute pubescence. Leaves oval or oblong, 2^' -4^' long, 

 l^'-2^' wide, very coriaceous, glabrous, or sometimes puberulent 

 beneath, especially on the very thick midrib, very veiny and reticula- 

 ted. Petioles stout, 7" -15" long. Cymes short peduncled, 3 -several 

 flowered. Pedicels short, annulate by the broad scars of the ovate- 

 subulate bracts. Flowers 1^" long. Calyx-lobes round ovate, half the 

 length of the petals. Style usually longer than the tomentose, deeply 

 4-lobed ovary; stigma 4-lobed. Capsule flnely tomentose, 1^' or 

 more in diameter, deeply 4-lobed ; cocci oval. The papery endocarp 

 finely pubescent within. 



Mountains behind Honolulu, Oahu. "West Maui, on the, mountains. 



9. P. VOLCANTCA Cira]/. {E7ium. No. 74.) A tree sometimes 40 

 feet high, the trunk a foot and a half in diameter. Young branches, 

 &c., tomentose with a hirsute pubescence, which disappears with age. 

 Leaves oval, 4' -6' long, 2' -3^' wide, obtuse at both ends, coriaceous, 

 glabrous above, below sparsely hirsute. Petioles stout, li'- 2' long. 

 Peduncles axillary, ^' - 1^' long, bearing a loosely few-flowered, pan- 

 iculate cyme. Pedicels stout, 1"- 2" long. Calyx-lobes ovate, canes- 

 cently pubescent as are the petals, though more sparingly so, and one 

 half the length of the latter, which are 3" long and ovate-lanceolate. 

 Ovary tomentose, as long as the style ; stigma 4-lobed. Capsule large, 

 1^' in diameter or even more, one or more of the cocci often abortive. 

 The cocci glabrous, more or less laterally flattened, acute or carinate 

 at the sutures. Endocarp glabrous within. 



Forests of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Kaala Mountains, Oahu. 



