154 ^'^ Hana Kapa. 



Ochrosia Juss. Gen. 144. — Calyx 5-partitus, eglaudulosiis, segmentis obtusis. 

 Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo c}'lindraceo ad stamina parum dilatato, fauce esqna- 

 mata; lobi 5, coutorti, dextrorsum obtegentes. Stamina supra medium tubi inclusa; 

 antherae lanceolatae, loculis basi inappendiculatis. Discus o v. brevissime annulatus. 

 Ovarii carpella 2 distincta v. base connata; stylus filiformis; stigma oblougum, 

 apiculo brevi 2-fido; ovula in quoque carpello 2-6, 2-seriata, ad utrumque latus 

 placentae prominentis superposita. Drupse 2, divaricatas, interduni basi connatae, v. 

 abortu solitariae, epicarpio tenuiter carnoso, endocarpio crasso duro nunc osseo saepins 

 a dorso compresso, sulco ventrali plus minus diviso. Semina solitaria v. 2 placenta 

 intrusa dnplici separata, plano-compressa, testa membrauacea; albumen o (v. carno- 

 sum?); cotyledoues magnae, planae, radicula brevi supera. — Arbores. Folia verticil- 

 lata V. rarius opposita, v. sparsa, tenuiter et crebre pennivenia. Cvmae ad apices 

 ramoruni pedunculatse, foliis ultimis alternae, demum laterales. (H. & B.) 



O. sandwicensis Gra}-, in Proc. Am. Acad., V, 333. — A much branching gla- 

 brous shrub, 6-12 ft. high. Leaves 3 or 4 in a whorl, elongate-oblong, 4-6XiH~2 in., 

 on petioles of /a-i in., shortly acuminate, chartaceous, shining above, the close and 

 faint nerves perpendicular to the rib and parallel and united b}' a distinct intramar- 

 ginal nerve. C3'mes compound, 2-3 in. long, divaricatingly branching, the angular 

 peduncle Yz-iYz in., the lateral pedicels y2-i line, the median flowers subsessile; the 

 bracteoles short ovate to dentiform. Calyx i '72-2 lines, with acute lanceolate teeth. 

 Corolla yellowish, hairy inside, dilated below the throat, lobes linear-oblong, equal. 

 Stamens inserted above the middle, with short hairy filaments and elongate included, 

 anthers. Stigma included, clavate. Disk of two glands. Drupes drj-, yellow, ellip- 

 soid or ovoid-elongate. Seeds one on each side of the placenta and peltately attached 

 to it. Testa thin chartaceous. Albumen hard flesh}-. Embryo axillar}-, shorter than 

 the albumen. 



Becoming quite rare on all the islands ; the hoolei of the natives who use the 

 bark of stem and root to dye yellow. This plant is often confounded with the related 

 Raiiwolfia sandwicensis DC. 



