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(I. P. ir. CoUectUm. PLATE XCI 



Bunchosia sp. 



This tree was doubtless introduced to Hawaii from South 

 America. There are only two specimens of its kind growing in 

 Honolulu. Its fruits are edible, but not especially palatable. It 

 is a small tree liaving terete branches, and its opposite leaves 

 are oblong-elliptical, dark-green above and a lighter, somewhat 

 glossy-green beneath. The petioles are short. The axillary in- 

 florescence comes in long, slender cymes, and the five-petaled 

 flowers are yelow. When ripe, the obovate fruit is a purplish- 

 yellow, having usually two seeds, and but one seed when abortive. 



