Riitaoeae. 



"Th;it this variety is speeitically distinct from P sapiifacfolia is pretty evident." 

 lie Ljoes on sayint; : "One old capsule was found on the tree, but unfortunately 

 it dropped to the uround and could not be found in the dense taugie of ferns 

 and weeds \vhich were growing at the foot of the tree. * * * From what I 

 reeolleet of it. it was entirely too deeph' lobed to belong to the same section as 

 /' sajKilarfolia." 



rnfortunately the writer has not collected the species, having only little ex- 

 plored the forests of Kealia or Hanalei. However, there seems to be evident 

 proof that tlie true species P sapotacfolia has not eulioid but deeply-grooved or 

 lobed capsules. The variety may be described as follows. 



\'ar. dumosa Rock var. mn-. 



Shnililiy, with rather b^tout branches, leaves sinaller than in the spefies, whorled, 

 ovate olilong or sliglitly spathulate, attenuated at the base, roumled or eniarginate at the 

 a|K'.\, glabrous above, villous underneath especially on the midrib, the petioles of the 

 young leaves liiisute; petioles shorter than in the species about 1.5 cm; iiowers as in 

 the s|iecies, cajisnles IS mm in diameter, deeply 4-parted to more than half the length of 

 the cocci, strongly marked with concentric wrinkles; endocarp glabrous. 



This variety Avas collected Ity the writer on the summit of Mt. Waialeale, Kauai, 

 at an elevation of 5200 feet, tlowering and fruiting Septemlier 2-4, 1909. The 

 type is nuud)ered -1974 in the College of Hawaii llerl)aritnii. 



It is very unlikely that the variety y procumbeiis Hillelirand, is in reality a 

 variety of /' sapotacfolia, and until better materiid is at hand nothing can be 

 done to\vai'ds solving the question. The writer collected specimens of a pro- 

 cumbent Pelea on Waialeale (no. 8854') without fruits, which seems to answer 

 the description of Hillebrand's variety y procuinbciis, but in the writer's mind 

 conid not be associated with P sapotacfolia. 



Pelea Waialealae Wawra. 

 Aiionia or AJaniwai. 



PELEA WAIALEALAE Wawra in Flora (1S73) lOS;— Ilbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1SSS) Ii3;— 

 llcdler I'l. Haw. Isl. (1S97) 841.— Evodia Waialealae Drake, Del Cast. Til. Fl. Ins. 

 Alar. I'ac. A'l. (LSflll) 13-t. 



A slinib or tree; leaves quaternate, lanceolate, 5 to 8 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide, acute, 

 narrowing .at the base into a margined petiole of fi to 8 nun, coriaceous, glalirous, covered 

 underneath with minute dots, opaque, with jirominent veins and midrib, marginal nerve 

 close to tlie edge; flowers fasciculate, shortly stalk-ed, pedicels biliracteolate near the 

 Ita^i' ;ind jiuberulous; male flowers: sepals broader than high, L* nun, rounded, petals 7 ]nni, 

 thin oldong acute, somewhat pubescent outside, stamens, 8, 4 as long or longer than the 

 |iet.'ils, the remaining ones a little shorter, on very broad filaments, anthers oblong, ovary 

 rniliinentary, with a 4-notched sessile stigma; female flowers: smaller tlian male flowers; 

 o^"arv glabrous, surrounded at the base with the rudimentary anthers which are scarcely 

 as high as tlie o\;iry; style filiform, 1 mm, stigma 4 lobed. each lobe 1 nun long; ca]isule 

 111 mm in dbanieter, glabrous, strongly veined, deeply parted, thin chartaccous, the cocci 

 globose, kc.ded along the sutures, endocarp glabrous, shining, seeds angular, black shining. 



AA^a^vra says in his description: "Male flowers mucli smaller than the female 

 flowei-s," a statemeid" which the writer finds to be the reverse. In fact, nearly 

 all species of Pelea have the male flowers larger than the female flowers. 



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