lyS Ka Hana Kapa. 



nunc majoribus herbaceis v. coriaceis. Stipulse variae. Flores flavi v. nibri, ssepe 

 speciosi, racemosi, racemis laxis in axillis siiperioribus v. ad apices ramorum paiii- 

 culatis. BractejE parvre v. rarius majores et inenibranace£e, ssepiiis cadiicissimfe ; 

 bracteolge o. 



C. Kauaiensis Mann, Enum. 120. — A small tree with loose, spreading 

 branches nnarmcd, the shoots fulvo-tomentose. Leaves abruptly bipinnate with 1-5 

 pairs of pinnpe, each pinna with 4-8 pairs of leaflets, the common racliis 3-5 in., the 

 pinnas I/2-3 in. long. Leaflets oblong, i-i/^X^s iu- obtuse at both ends, retiise, 

 membranaceous. Stipules and stipellse none or small wart-like. Raceme terminal, 

 hoary, 1-3 in. long, denseh- florifcrous from the base; the pedicels 1-2 in., jointed 

 above the middle. Bracts acute, ciliate, caducous. Calj-x glabrous, pinkish, the 

 short tube 2 lines, the lowest lobe concave 6-7 lines, the others oblong obtuse, 3-4 

 lines. Petals pinkish-purple, shorter than the cal3-cine lobes, the uppermost one 

 obcordate, folded, of deeper color, the lateral ones sub-orbicular, the two lower ones 

 obovate. Stamens exserted, declinate, the filaments hair}- broad and flat below. 

 Ovar}' glabrous, sessile, 3-5-ovuled. vStyle incurved; stigma small. Pod obovate, 

 3-3 J^ Xi/i-2 in., with a dorsal wing 3-4 lines wide running along its whole length 

 and ending in an uncinate point flat, thin, indehiscent. Seeds 2-4, transverse, pale, 

 ovate, flat with a punctiform hilum at the base. The native Uhiiilii. 



Byronia Endl., in Ann. Wieu Mus., i, 1S4 — Flores poh^gami. Calyx parvus, 

 4-6-lobus. Corolla 5-9-partita V. lobata. Stamina lobis corollse isomera v. iis duplo 

 plura, filamentis subulatis; antherae oblongae. Ovarium globosum, io-i8-loculare, 

 stigmate sessili discoideo. Drupa lO-iS-pv-rena, pyrenis cartilagineis. — Arbnscnlae 

 V. arbores glaberrimre. Folia alterna, coriacea, lucida. Cvnije 3-chotomae, axillares. 

 Drupae parvse, sicc^e mtilticostatae. 



B. sandwicensis Endl., in Inc. cit. — A fine tree, 20-40 ft. high, quite glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptico-oblong or obovate, 2-4X1-252 in., on petioles of 6-15 lines, obtuse, 

 narrowing toward the base, entire or rarel}' serrulate, coriaceous, dark green, glossy 

 with impressed nerves. Flowers numerous in cymose pannicles of 2-4 in. length, the 

 naked and compressed peduncle '2-2 in., the pedicels 3 lines, bibracteolate below the 

 middle, the bractlets 1-15^2 lines. Calyx i line, coriaceoiis, 4-lobed, the lobes rounded. 

 Corolla 2 lines, rotate, white, deeply 6-io-cleft. Stamens 6-10, half the length of the 

 corolla, with short ovoid anthers. Stigma of 12-20 rays. Drupe blue-black, flesh}' 

 globose, compressed, 3-4 lines in diameter, many-ribbed when dry, containing 10-20 

 separable pyreuas. Plate 26 in Gray's Botany of the U. S. Exploring Expedition. 



