168 MANN, 



2. MELICOPE Porst. 



The same in all points as Pelea, excepting the aestivation of the 

 corolla, which is imbricate ; and the leaves in some Australasian spe- 

 cies are 1 - 3-foliolate : they are simple in the Hawaiian species. (Vide 

 H. Mann, in Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. X. p. 316.) 



1. M. ciNEREA Gray. {Ermm. No. 75.) A small tree 20° more 

 or less in height, as are all the species of the genus, with the general 

 habit of Pelea. Leaves oblong, obtuse, the rounded base retuse, 

 coriaceous, pale, puberulent, as also the young branches, petioles, &c., 

 with a fine tomentum, which is persistent beneath ; pinnately veined, 

 slightly reticulated, 4' -5' long, V-2' broad. Petiole 9" -10" long, 

 nai'rowly margined. Peduncles axillary, solitary, short, canescent, 

 several-flowered. Calyx-lobes silky, half as long as the silky petals, 

 which are 3" long. Ovary puberulent; style short; stigmas 4, capi- 

 tate. Capsule 4-lobed, h' or more in diameter. 



Kaala Mountains, Oaliu. 



2. M. BAEBiGERA Gray. {Enum. No. 76.) The younger branches, 

 petioles, leaves, &c., minutely puberulent. Leaves oblong and obtuse 

 at both ends, gi-een, shining, and glabrous above, beneath densely vil- 

 lous-bearded with very long hairs along the midrib, and scattered and 

 more deciduous ones over the lower surface ; thin-coriaceous, curved, 

 and the upper surface convex, the lower concave. Petioles an inch or 

 more long, mai'gined. Peduncle shorter than the petioles, 1 -few- 

 flowered. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, puberulent, a little shorter 

 than the puberulent ovate-lanceolate petals, and 3" long. Capsule en- 

 tirely divided into 4 lenticular-ovoid follicles, which are divaricate, 

 sessile, and k' or more long. 



Mountains above Waimea, Kauai, about 3,000 feet, near " Halemanu." 



3. M. SPATHULATA Gray. (Eniim. JVo. 77.) Glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elongated, spatulate-oblong, or oblanceolate, obtuse, ta- 

 pei'ing to an acute base, 3' -6' long, l'-2' wide, pale and dull, incon- 

 spicuously feather-veined- Petiole 6" -8" long, slightly margined. 

 Peduncle short, bibracteolate ; the 1-flowered pedicels 3" -4" long, 

 bibracteolate. Calyx 3" long. Petals orbicular? glabrous (in the still 

 closed bud). Ovary glabrous. — The species only known by a single 

 immature specimen. 



"Mountains of Kauai."' 



4. M. ELLiPTiCA Gray. (Enum. No. 78.) Glabrous. Leaves ellip- 

 tical, obtuse at both ends, thin-coriaceous, the margins revolute, 2'- 

 3^' long, U'-2' wide, not strongly reticulated. Petioles 4"- 10" long, 

 slightly margined. Peduncles about the length of the petioles, loosely 



