246 MANN, 



mens indefinite, about 1' long, and tlie principal beauty of the flower. 

 Fruit about 2' in diameter, longer than broad, dark purple when ripe, 

 juicy and edible. 



Very common in valleys and on the lower slopes of the mountains in most places. 

 The Rose-apple is also found in the Society and Vltl Islands, and in the East Indies. Native 

 name, " Ohia ai." 



E. (Syzygium) Sandwicensis Gray. (Enum. No. 136.) A shrub 

 at times, often a very large forest tree. Branches, as the whole plant, 

 glabrous ; the leafy branchlets 4-sided, with sharply margined angles. 

 Leaves coriaceous, obovate or oblong, cuneate at the base, 3'-5' long, 

 or on small trees smaller, obtuse or pointed at apex. Petioles 3" - 4" 

 long. Peduncles axillary, solitary, rather slender, angled, shorter than 

 the leaf, bearing a small, once or twice trichotomous cyme of several 

 flowers, on short pedicels. Flower-buds 1^" long, subclavate or tur- 

 binate. Limb of the calyx very short, 4-lobed. Petals 4, 1" long, 

 caducous. Stamens few, 20 or more, little longer than the lobes of 

 the calyx, inserted on the edge of the disk. Style shorter than the 

 stamens. Ovary 2-celled, with 10 or more ovules in each cell. Berry 

 globular, 4' or less in diameter, dark red when ripe, pleasantly acid 

 and edible ; ripening 2 or 3 seeds. 



Common in mountain woods. Native name, " Ohia ha." 



Order XXXI. LYTHRARI^. 



Herbs or shrubs, with opposite or whorled (rarely alternate) entire 

 leaves. Calyx tubular, enclosing the 2- 4-celled ovary, but free from 

 it, and with the petals and stamens perigynously inserted in its tube. 

 Styles perfectly imited into one : the fruit a thin capsule : and the 

 seeds without albumen. 



1. LYTHRUM Linn. [Pukamole.] 



Calyx-tube cylindrical, striate; teeth short, 4-6, usually with as 

 many minute intermediate teeth or processes. Petals 4-6. Stamens 

 as many or twice as many as petals, inserted about the middle or near 

 the base of the calyx, nearly equal. Style filiform : stigma capitate. 

 Capsule oblong, 2-celled, many-seeded, enclosed in the calyx. — Herbs, 

 or rarely undershrubs, with opposite or scattered entire leaves, and 

 purplish or white flowers. 



Genus found in most hot and tropical countries; the species often sea-side plants. 



1. L. MAKiTiMUM ^iJA'. (E mini. No. 1S7.) A low spreading un- 

 dershrub, the stem often angled or wing-margined; glabrous through- 

 out. Leaves opposite, linear oblong, or oblanceolate, usually obtuse, 

 or tapering towards the base, sessile or very nearly so, paler beneath, 



