Rutaeene. 



^i'[i;ils exiirtly as in the spf ies; nuile Hoxti rs siiiiillcr, stamens of all sizes some as Ion;' 

 a- tlo' I'otaK: o\arv puliestent ^tit'iiia witli 4-^lolnilar lolies. ami sessile; capsn.le little 

 siiialli'V, eio'ucarp glalnxois. 



This \"iii-i('ty. which seems to Ije a. t\'pi(.*al lianc, hinniiii;' dense tailzies, was 



eiiUected tldwei'inu' and iruitin^' liy the writer in tlie valley of ilahaiia. Island of 



Laiiai, nii the dry iii)en wooded forehills, on July 24, 11)10. The t>'pe is no. SUoT 

 in Iht.- ColloLie of Hawaii llerliarinin. 



Pelea sandwicensis Gray. 



Aliiiii. 



(Plate 85.) 



PELEA SANDWICENSIS tiray Bot. U. S. K. ]-]. (IS.li) 34.y t. 37;— It. ilanu, Pror. Bost. 



Sor. Xat. Hist. X. (IsViii) 31."), et I'roc. Am. Acad. \'II, (1.S67) 159, et Proe. Kss. 



Inst. \', (IstiT) 107; — Pllnt. F\. Jlau'. Isl. (isss) (iii. — Brunelia sandwicenfis Gaud. 



l!ot. Voy. Vranie (ls3ii) 3!i sine deseiipt; — Hook, et \rn. IJeecli. ().s3i) 8U;— 



Kinll, Fi, ,Siids. (ls3r,') l,s4, no. l.jSSl. — Evodia sandwicensis tirake Del Cast. 111. 



PI. Ins. Mar. Pacif. VI. (ISWI) 133. 

 New Liranchlets, inftoreseenee, etc., tomentose with .i ratliei- hiisnte pnbescence; 

 leaves oiiposite, oval or oblong, thick eoriaeeons, glabrous above, more or less jmlierulent 

 iK'ueath, when young pubeseeut on the thick midrib, very veiny and reticulated, punctate, 

 iiumded at the aiiex or acute and mucronate, 7 to 15 cm long, 4 to S cm wide, on stout 

 ligiK'sient petioles of '_'o to 3."! nun; c.vmes axiUari , short peduncled, 3 to SI flowered; 

 jiedicels short, aniiuhate b.v the broad scars of the ovate sulnilate bracts; sterile Hovers' 

 sepals o\ate, acute, |iuberulous, 3 mm; petals 7 mm, oblong acute; stamens S, 4 as long or 

 longer than the petals, on liroad filauients, 4 shorter of une(|ual length; anthers sagittate; 

 oxai.v smaller than in the fertile flowers, pul.iescent, style pubescent 1 ..j mm long with 

 sliuit Ijluiitl.v notihed sti.Ljina; fei'tile flowers smaller, ox.arv tomentose, st.vle longer, with a 

 liluntl.v, shoiddobcit stigma; stamens not quite the height of the ovarv, anthers smaller; 

 capsule finely toincntose, or ylabrous wdien old, dee]dy four lohied, 2l) to lid mm in diameter, 

 the coci-i oval, endocarp finely pubescent. 



^V iiiedinni-sized tree, Imt pi-rhaps one of the lariiest for the genus Pelea, reacli- 

 ing a height of oO feet or little more, with a tritnk 10 to 12 iuehes in diameter. 



The Alain oeeui's in tlie wet forests of Calm, especially of the main western 

 raii.ge, where it is a common tr(>e at ;in elevation of 2000 to 2500 feet. The writer 

 met \vitli it most plentifiil.v in the motintains of Pnnalun, on the windward side 

 of Oahn, as well as on Konahttaiiui, l)ack of lloiiohiln. Several varieties of Ibis 

 species are known, jicrhaps donhtfiil. According to Dr. AVm. T. IJrigham, the 

 touLih wood of this species was used for tapa beaters. (Plowei'iug and fruiting 

 Xoveml)(^r 14. IflOS ; no. ill 2, ^Its. of Piinalun; fnuting Konahnanni, Novemher, 

 1012. no. 10215 College of Hawaii Ilerliariiim.) 



IliUehrand's var. ji. the writer collected at Wahiawa in the north fork of Kan- 

 k-oriahiia, .giilc-h on Oahn, on ;\la.\' 15, 190!), fruiting no. 304(). The leaves are per- 

 fi^ctl.\' ulalu-ons. and chartaceons, the ca[)sules are lar.g-er and also glabrous, even 

 when ver}" young. 



Pelea orbicularis Hbd. 



PELEA ORBICULARIS llb.l. FI. Haw. Isl. Msss) 07.— Evodia orbicularis Drake Del 

 last. III. Fl. Ins. ilar. Tacit. Yf. (Is90) 133. 



A r.ather siaall tree, stuuti'd, the young shoots i-oarsely hirsute; lea\"es ojiposite, snb- 

 oibirulai'. or orbiiaihir. emarginate at both ends, macroiiate at the .apex, thick coria,ceous, 



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