148 Ka Han a Kapa. 



chartaceoiis, papillose underneath, prominently nerved. Stipules truncate and 

 sheathing. Flowers terminal, single, sessile. Calyx tube angular, the 4-5 lobes 

 falciform, dilated towards the obtuse apex, spreading with the plane vertical, \]2 in. 

 long, equalling or exceeding the corolla. Corolla Mhite with 7-S obovate-oblong, 

 suberect lobes. Anthers enclosed. Fruit 4-5-angled, pyriform, \\^-2 in. in both 

 diameters. (Fig. 88.) 



Flowers of both species fragrant, and the fruit pulp used for dyeing vellow. 

 The native name nanii was applied to G. Rem\-i, and ]iaii to G. Brighamii. 



Suttonia (Myrsine) A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel., 349, t. 38. — Flores polygamo- 

 dioici. Calvx, parvus, 4-5-fidus, persisteus. Corolla 4-5-partita v. 4-5-petala, rarius 

 brevius 4-5-fida, laciniis patentibus recurvisve, imbricatis rarius valvatis. Stamina 

 4-5, filamentis brevibus, v. subelongatis, basi petalorum insertis; antherae breves. 

 Ovarium globosum v. ovoideum, in st3-luni brevem v. elongatum v. fere obsoletum 

 attenuatum, stigmate simplici capitato inaequaliter lobulato v. dilatato fimbriato v. 

 lobato; ovula uumerosa v. pauca, placentas immersa. Fructus pisiformis, siccus v. 

 subcarnosus, i-spermus. Semen globosum, sessile, basi intrusum, reliquiis jslacentas 

 iudutuui, all)umine corneo Itevi v. leviter ruminato; embryo elongatus, C3-lindraceus, 

 saspius arcuatus v. sigmoideus. Frutices v. arbores glabri, rarius pubescentes v. 

 tomentosi, ramulis saepe crassiusculis. Folia coriacea, integerrima, rarius serrulata. 

 Flores parvi, in fasciculos axillares sessiles v. pedunculatos dispositi, sessiles v. 

 breviter rarius longius pedicillati, bracteati, bracteis ssepe imbricatis deciduis. Flores 

 rarissime 5-7-meri. (H. & B.) 



S. Lessertiana A. DC. Prod, viii, 96. — Tree 20-50 ft. high, with a rough, 

 tuberculate bark. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, thick coriaceous 

 opaque, the veins hardl}- prominent and connected by a continuous marginal nerve, 

 glabrous on both faces, graduall}' merging in a short petiole. Flowers in the axils 

 of the leaves and on projecting spurs of the bare branches in fascicles of 2-7, pedicels 

 with short bracts at base. Cah'x deeply 5-7-parted, the lobes somewhat acute. 

 Corolla 1^-2 lines, twice the length of the cah'x, yellowish, with reddish dots, thin, 

 deepl}' divided into 5-7 lanceolate lobes. Stamens little shorter than the petals, the 

 broad ovate anthers emarginate at the base. Ovary with 3-4 ovules. Stigma on a 

 short style, capitate, on the fruit 5-laciniate or fimbriate. Drupe dry, rather globose, 

 reddish with a chartaceous pj^rena and a single round seed. ( Fig. 89. ) 



B3' the natives this and several other species are called koira, and formerly- 

 they extracted a red dj^e from the bark, or as others claim a black d3-e. This tree pre- 

 fers the higher regions of the mountain slopes and is common on Konahuanui, Oahu. 



