Euliiaeeae. 



This exeeediiiyly interesting Straussia, with decidedly specitie eliaraeters, is a 

 tree 12 to 2(1 feet high with ascending branches and is remarkable for the very long 

 pendulous panicles, the longest in the genus. It is restricted as far as known 

 to Xuuanu Valley in one of the small side gulches of Konahuauui. along a small 

 streambed at a thousand feet elevation. It is associated with Cliarpciificni obo- 

 viitii. Hihiscus Aniiiftiaiius. FoTottrHia saiidiriccufi<t, C'yrtandra and others. 



It was collected when in company with :\rr. Gerrit P ^Yilder, tioweiinii' and 

 fruiting :\ray. 1012. The type is Xo. 1(I2(I0 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium. 



Straussia oncccarpa Hbd. 

 Kopiko. 



STRAUSSIA ONCOCARPA Hbd. Flora Haw. Isl. (1SS8) ISM;— Del Cast. 111. Fl. Ins. Mar. 

 Pac. XL (ls9(i) 197. 



Leaves oliovate or sul orljic-ular .5 to ~.~' cm long, 3.7o em wiile, ou petioles of 4 to 12 

 ihiii, rounded at liotli ends, snbcoriaeeons, [lulieseent underneath, tlie costal glands bidden 

 umler tlie hairs; stipules triangular, obtuse 3 to I mm; panude short, -.5 to o cui long, 

 bearing one wliorl ot short rays, rust.v-pubescent, as are also the cal.vx and corolla; cal.vx 

 distiiM/tly dentate; corolla naked at the throat, its tube 4 mm; the lobes as long; drupe 

 oboNoid, 4-ribbed, tumid at the base, 1 L' mm long, S mm -SYide, with ,i small disc. 



Ilillebrand records this species from ITupalakua, ;\Iaiii, only. The writer col- 

 lected the typical >7. oiicocarpa on the Island of Lanai, ( nos. 8021: and S025 ) at 

 the head of AVaiakiola gulch, at an elevation of 2S00 feet. It is a tall tree 10 

 to 50 feet in height. The leaves are on slender petioles of little over 2.0 cm, 

 about twice as long as in Ililleln'and's specimens. On East i\Iaui specimens 

 were collected of this species whicii answer the original description in every detail 

 with the exception that some of the leaves are subcordate at the base and strongly 

 nerved (no. 8o40 ) ; this latter tree occni's in the open drier gulches back of 

 Mak'awao and is only about 25 feet tall. In the same locality occurs a tree 

 \\liicli must be referi'ed to the same s])ecies, the leaves are larger, pale green 

 the piauicle is 1 to 2 whorled, otherwise as in the species. 



Ilillebrand's var. [3. the writer collected on Kauai at Kaholuamano, probably 

 the type locality (no. 1935) fruiting. :\Iarch 3-10, lOOil The pauicles are shorter, 

 less tlian 2.5 cm and contracted: the leaves are obovate-olilong and rounded, 

 though etiueate at the base. 



A'ar. subcordata Rock var. nnv. 



Leaves as iii the species, liut thin idiartaia'ous, glabrous on both sides and snbcor<late 

 at the base, on \-ery short j'ctioles; jiaubdes of 3 whorls, ]iubcsi'ent, slender, 1 _! cm long in- 

 (dnding the [icduii<de, which measures often more than 7 cm; calvxdiml] dentate; corolbi 

 lobes half the lengtli of the tube. 



This vai-iet>- occurs ;it the AYailau pali on the Island of ^lolokai, at an eleva- 

 tion of tniK) feet. It is a small tree 25 feet in height, (.'oUeetel April, HHO, 

 HoH-ering, no. 7072 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium. 



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