238 MANN, 



pinnatifld-inciscecl or very deeply doubly-toothed, the teeth sharply 

 pointed, membranaceous, pinnately veined, softly tomentose beneath, 

 becoming glabrate, as is the upper surface ; the terminal leaflet 2' -3' 

 long, 1^'- 2' wide, the lateral leaflets shortly petiolulate and smaller; 

 all occasionally subcordate. Peduncles 1 - 3-flowered, axillary or ter- 

 minal, short ; when branched the pedicels 1' or less in length. Calyx- 

 tube sparingly setose-prickly and tomentose ; the lobes 6" - 8" long, 

 long pointed, and as long as the broadly-ovate, pink or red petals. 

 Receptacle rather hairy. Fruit ovoid, ^'-1' long, red, but hardly edi- 

 ble, bitter. A variety is much less pubescent but otherwise the same. 



Woods and Plains of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, Hawaii, where it is common. Kauai. 



2. R. Macr^i Gray. {Enum. No. 124.) A much branched and 

 spreading, rather weak shrub, 5° -6° high; young branches, &c., quite 

 tomentose, and armed with slender prickles. Stipules subulate, rather 

 large, sometimes almost setaceous. Stem leaves 3-foliolate, those of 

 the flowering branches smaller and 3-lobed. Leaflets roundish or 

 ovate, obtuse or acute, li'-2^' long, somewhat coriaceous, canes- 

 cently-tomentose beneath, glabrate above ; thickly doubly toothed, 

 the teeth, though short and broad, mucronate ; the lateral leaflets 

 shortly, the terminal more decidedly, petiolulate, or rarely sessile. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, quite prickly, 1-flowered, l'-2' or more long. Plow- 

 ers 1' in diameter, red. Calyx-lobes very tomentose, not hispid- 

 prickly, oblong, usually acute, %' long after flowering, the edges serrate 

 from the middle to the apex. Petals obovate, often notched at the 

 apex, as long as the calyx. Ovaries hirsute with hairs which persist 

 on the ripe fruit, which is sweet and edible, k' or more in diameter. 



Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Halealcala, East Maui, at an elevation of 6,000 feet, audj;here- 

 abouts. 



2. PRAGARIA Linn. [Ohelo papa.] 



Calyx 5-cleft, with 5 persistent bractlets, making it look as if 10- 

 cleft. Petals 5. Stamens indeflnite. Carpels indeflnite, on a convex 

 receptacle ; style ventral, short, pei'sistent. Ovule solitary. Achenia 

 indefinite, minute, often sunk in the receptacle, and at length decidu- 

 ous, dry, and hard. Seed ascending. — Perennial herbs, usually stolon- 

 iferous, sericeous or villose, or rarely glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate. 

 Stipules meiubranaceous, sheathing. Scapes erect, few-flowered. 

 Flowers white, rarely yellow, nodding or somewhat erect, polygamo- 

 dioecious. 



A small genus, but the species widely distributed over the temperate regions, and in 

 the mountains of the tropics in places. 



1. F. Chilensis Ehrh. {Enum. Wo. 125.) A pei'ennial herb from a 

 thickened stock; very silky-pubescent. Leaves on petioles 2' -6' long. 



