150 Ka Ha)ia Kapa. 



Cordia Linn. Gen. n. 256. — -Calyx tubulosus v. campanulatus, striato-costa- 

 tus V. lasvis, apice 3-5-deutatus v. dentibus coliaereiitibus demiitu varie fissus v. calj-p- 

 tratus, fructifer saepe auctus drupa tameu brevior v. vix earn excedens. Corolla 

 infundibularis liypocrateriformis v. canipauulata lobis sen aiigulis 5 rarius 4 v. 6-a;, 

 in alabastro varie plicatis v. planis, imbricatis v. snbcoutortis. Stamina tot quot 

 corolla lobi, tubo aequaliter v. inaequaliter aiifixa, exserta v. inclusa; antherse ovatse 

 oblongae v. lineares, sagittat?e v. hastatas. Ovarium 4-loculare; stylus elongatus, 

 2-fidus, ramis breviter v. alte 2-fidis, stigmatibus capitatis v. clavatis; ovula erecta, 

 medio infra medium v. ima basi lateraliter affixa. Drupa cal\-ci persistenti, imposita 

 v. eo cincta v. subinclusa, putamine duro ssepe osseo crassoque, lociilis i-spermis 4 v. 

 abortu paucioribus. Semina ascendentia, exalbuminosa; cot3'ledones nunc crass^e 

 irregulariter plicatissimae, nunc saepius tenues latissime plicisque numerosissimis 

 flabellatas; radicula brevis. — Arbores fruticesve, indumento saspissime scabro. Folia 

 alterna v. rarius liinc inde subopposita, petiolata, integerrima v. denta. Flores ses- 

 siles, nunc in cj-mas dichotomas ramis scorpioideis, nunc in spicas cvlindraceas v. 

 capitula densa dispositi, saepius aurantiaci v. albi, nunc niaximi, nunc parvuli corolla 

 cah-cem vix excedente. ( H. & B.) 



C. subcordata Lam. DC. Prod., ix, 477. — Tree 30-40 ft. high with a broad 

 crown. Leaves ovate or subcordate 5-6X3-4 in., on petioles of i-iVi in., acuminate, 

 entire or wav}-, glabrous, excepting slight tomentose patches in the axils of the prin- 

 cipal veins. Flowers in short terminal or lateral cvmes. Calyx 5-6 lines, coriaceous, 

 irregularly and obtusely 3-5-toothed. Corolla large, campanulate, orange-colored, 

 tube twice the length of the calyx, the broadlv expanded limb 5-7-lobed, lobes 

 rounded, imbricate-contorted, one lobe external. Style as long as the tube. Drupe 

 ovoid, i-iyi in. enclosed within the calyx. Hawaiian /v//, Tahitian /o//, names indif- 

 ferently applied to either of several species. The wood is soft, durable, easilj- worked, 

 and very beautiful. From the leaves, as we have seen in Banks' account (p. 12), is 

 made the fine crimson dye with the juice of the fig. So far as I know the leaves of 

 the present species are equall\- good for the purpose with anv of the southern species. 

 C. Sebestena is cultivated in Honolulu, and flowers all the j-ear. 



