128 Ka Hana Kapa. 



cum; cotvledones latfe. — Arbores frnticesve elati, rariiis scandentes. Folia alterna, 

 integerrima v. crenato-serrata, 3-5-nervia, subtus saepe canescentia; stipnlae in imam 

 intrapetiolarem bifidam coalitae, caducissim^. Florum glomeruli nunc ad axillas 

 sessiles solitarii, uuiic spicati, secus rliachin simplicem v. ramosam dissiti sessilesque. 

 Bractae minime. (H. & B.) 



P. albidus Gray, in Mann's Enumer., no. 430. — Shrub 5-8 ft. high, the yoimg 

 branches gray-tomentose. Leaves ovate, 3-4X1-234 in- on petioles of \i-\yz in., 

 quite acute, crenato-serrate, rounded or slightly contracted at the base, chartaceous, 

 sparingly hispid or glabrate above, shorth* white-tomentose underneath on the areoles 

 between the darker veins, tripli-nerved. Stipules triangular lanceolate, bifid to the 

 middle into subulate lobes. Flowers all sessile in axillary clusters of 3-4 lines in di- 

 ameter, which nearlv clasp the stem, white-tomentose or rather hispid, either dioecious 

 or moncEcious and then the female heads occupving the upper part of a branch, but not 

 rarelv both sexes in one glomernle. Bractlets minute. IMale perigone reddish, acutely 

 4-fid to the middle or less. Stamens little exserted. Female perigones on a thick, at 

 last fleshv receptacle, minutelv 2-4-toothed, the commonh- uncinate stigma longer 

 than the perigone. Found on all the islands, especiallv bv the roadsides through 

 forest clearings. \'ariable as to both size and canescence of the leaves. Not known 

 elsewhere. The Mamaki of the natives was second onh' to the Waoke in importance 

 as material for kapa. At present there is much more of it growing on the islands 

 than of Waoke. See Fig. 79. 



Bcehmeria Jacq. Stirp. Amer., 246, t. 157. — Flores monoici v. dioici, utri- 

 usque .sexus globoso-glomerati. Fl. $ : Perianthium 4-lobum v. 4-partitum, rarius 3-v, 

 5-partitum, lobis segmentisve ovatis valvatis dorso sub apice mucronatis v. muticis. 

 Stamina 4, rarius 3 v. 5. Ovarii rudimentum clavatum v. subglobosum. Fl. $ : Peri- 

 anthium tubulosiim, compressum v. ventricosura, ore saepius contracto 2-4-dentato, 

 frudliferum interdum auctum in angulos 2 acutos v. alatos dilatatum v. intus cellulo- 

 sum. Ovarium inclusum sessile v. stipitatum ; stigma elongato-filiforme, uno latere 

 pilosum, diu persisteus nee in ovario articulatum; ovulum a basi ere(51;um. Achaeni- 

 vim perianthio marcescente inclusum eique hand raro accretum; pericarpium tenuiter 

 crustaceum; dum liberum cxtus nitidum. Semen conforme, testa tenuiter membra- 

 nacea; albumen varium; cotyledones ellipticae v. ovatae. — Arbusculse frutices v. suf- 

 frutices, magis minusve pubescentes. Folia opposita v. alterna, aequalia v. inasqnilatera 

 dentata et rarius 2-loba, 3-nervia; stipuhi; liberae v. rarius intra petiolum basi connatas, 

 deciduje. Florum glomeruli fere semper unisexuales, ad axillas v. ad nodos v. secus 

 rhachin spicae v. ramos cj-mas pauniculiformis sessiles. Bractae parvte, scariosae. 



