Rutaeeae. 



en both sides, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous, densely pmu-tate underneath slightly 

 pubescent along the salient midrib, proiuiuently veined, the arcuate intramarginal nerve 

 somewhat distant from the edge of the leaf, rounded at both ends or retuse at the apex, 

 occasionally bluntly acute and niucronate, often subemarginate at the base, 6 to 11' 



.- , -. -_...-_ „ . .. ., ^.^. ,_ „^^„„„„ as is the whole 



plant, sepals ovate, acute, 3 mm, almost deltoid, petals linear-oblong, acute, 1 em long, 

 glabrous as are the sepals, stamens rudimentary, as high as the ovary, the latter 1.5 mm. 

 glabrous; style slender tiliform, (i mm, or more, often protruding beyond the petals, 

 glabrous, with a four lobed stigma, the lobes slender oblong, 1 to 1..5 mm in length, 

 pubcrulous; male flowers as large as the female flowers or smaller petals broad, obloug, 

 acute, usually 12 mm long and 4.5 mm wide, glabrous, many nerved; stamens S, 1: nearly 

 as long as tlie petals, the filaments broad, thin, and penninerved, the remaining 4, two- 

 thirds the length of the others, anthers oblong, deeply split at the base; ovary rudi- 

 mentary; style slender 3 mm, with a very indistinctly four notched, almost capitate 

 Btigma; capsule nearly 5 cm transversely, and 18 to 20 mm high, somewhat chartaceous, 

 glabrous, the 4 follicles united half their length, in shape niucli like that of F. iolcdiiicii, 

 recurved, 1 to 2 seeded, rarely one or two aliortive; endocarp loose, chartaceous, glabrous; 

 seed large, 9 mm long, ovoid to sub-orbiculAr, black, shining. 



This exceedingly interesting species, which has been called the Diokiliaiia of 

 Hawaii, is a small tree or shrul), and is peculiar to the summit ridges and 

 swamps of the Kohala mountains on Hawaii. It occurs only at an elevation of 

 4000 to 5000 feet, and is exceedingly connnon at the summit of the Kohala range 

 called Kaala. It inhabits the dense rainforest where moss covers the gromid 

 over a foot deep and where most beaittiful 5-feet-high violets abound. When 

 bruised it emits an exceedingly strong odor of anise, raueli more so than the true 

 >i)oliliana of Kauai, I'iha anisata. If a l)raneh is bruised accidentally 1)}' work- 

 ing one's way through the .jungle, the odor emitted can be detected for a long 

 distance through the forest jungle. The species has the biggest capsule in the 

 genus and also the largc^st flowers. 



The writer has (excellent and most complete material of this species, which 

 seems to be related to P oblongifolia, in all stages of growth. It was first col- 

 lecte<l Ijy the writer on July 13, lOOi), flowering and fruiting, in the forests of 

 Kohala, no. -1:455; it was again collected in June, lOlO, in the same locality and 

 on the summit of Kohahi proper, where it is most abundant in the swampy .jungle 

 liordering a liig open liog. Certain forms resemble somewhat Pelca parvifoha 

 Ilbd. 



The type is no. 83(16 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium and was collected at 

 th(^ summit of Kohala, Hawaii. It also borders the edges of the great valleys of 

 Alal'iahi and Kawainui in the heart of the mountains at an elevation of 4200 

 feet, Avliere tliey ar(^ enwrapped liy clouds ten months or more of the year. 



Pelea Balloui Rock sp. nov. 



A small tree or shrub; leaves ovate or oliovate rounded at both ends, occasionally 

 refuse at the ajie.x, thick coriaceous, opaipie, finely reticulated on both sides especially 

 underneath, the salient n)idrili reddish, ]aibescent, as is the under surface of the young 

 lca\'es, soon glabrate, the intramarginal ner\'e not distant from the edge of the leaf, 

 but with one set of nieshes intervening 5 to 10 cm long, 3 to 7 cm wide, on ])etioles of 



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