Myrsinaceae. 



variable. It is plentiful in different forms in the forests of Halemanu, above 

 Waimea, Kauai, where it is a small tree or shrub. 



It is not found at low elevations where 8. Lessertiana abounds, but is more 

 or less restricted to the higher levels, that is between 3000-5500 feet, or occa- 

 sionally even higher. To this species are referred Leveille's numerous new 

 species, which are not even forms of 8. sandwicensis. His S. punctata is identical 

 with Hillebrand's var. /3. denticulata a low shrub, which occurs on the high 

 plateau of Kauai in open bogs, or often also in the swampy forests. The 

 writer had at his disposal co-types of Leveille 's plants, which were kindly loaned 

 to him by the Brothers of the Catholic school of Hilo, to whom Abbe Paurie sent 

 one set of his duplicates. With the help of these plants the writer was en- 

 abled to straighten out Leveille's species, which could not have been done satis- 

 factorily with Leveille's short description only. 



Var. apodocarpa (Levi.) Rock. 



Suttonia apodocarpa Levi, et Faurie in Fedde Eepertor. X. 27/29 (1912) 44. 



Leaves linear, indistinctly multipunctate, 1 to 2 cm long, 2 to 5 mm -<vide, acuminate 

 glabrous, rugulose, with revolute margin, subpetiolate, long attenuate, fruits usually single 

 or 2 to 4 in a cluster, on very short pedicels, (according to Leveill§ sessile, but his specimen 

 at my disposal bears neither flower nor fruit) globose, 3 to 4 mm, crowned by the capitate 

 stigma. Abbe Taurie's number is 446, coll. Waimea, Kauai, Pebr., 1910. 



The writer's own material of this plant, which is not specifically distinct from 

 S. sandwicensis, but is a variety, was collected on the central plateau of Kauai in 

 September, 1909, fruiting no. 5605. Hillebrand's var. ^.denticulata occurs also 

 in that locality, flowering and fruiting no. 4967, Sept., 1909, and Oct., 1911. 



Suttonia lanceolata (Wawra) Rock. 

 Kolea. 



Myrsine sandjwicensis var. lanceolata Wawra in Flora (1874) 526. — Myrsine 

 lanceolata Heller in Minnes. Bot. Bull. IX. (1897) 873, not M. angustifolia. 

 Heller —Suttonia angustifolia Mez Das Pflzenreich 9. IV. 236. (1902) 337. 



Branches slender, glabrous, nodose, dark reddish brown, foliate only at the apex; 

 leaves, linear-lanceolate, dark green above, pale underneath, caudate-acuminate at the 

 apex, acute at the base, sessile or subsessile, minutely reticulate underneath, minutely 

 punctulate above, with black dots, 40 to 65 mm long, 5 to 8 mm wide; flowers single or 

 two in the axils of the leaves on short pedicels of 2 mm; flowers 3 mm, glabrous, sepals 

 ovate, subacute, sparingly punctate, half the length of the corolla; petals oblong, subacute, 

 sparingly punctate, with a reddish thickened margin, stamens the height of the ovary, 

 which is less than half the length of the petals, anthers acute, glabrous, ovary conical 

 with a sessile capitate stigma; drupes usually on the naked br'anchlets, bluish-black, 

 glaucous, 8 mm in diameter. 



This very distinct species is peculiar to the high mountains of Kauai, and is 

 not uncommon at the summit of Kauai, Mt. Waialeale, elevation 5200 feet, where 

 it grows as a small tree 15 feet or more in height in the open boggy country, in 

 company with Labordea Waialealae, Pelea Waialealae, Dubautia paleata, 

 Tetraplasandra Waialealae, Lobelia Kauaiensis, and others. It is an exceedingly 



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