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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Gen. Violac, (No. 1). A shrub, six feet high; leaves oblong-ovate, serrulate. Growing 

 in a ravine on the Southern flank of Mauna Kaala, at the elevation of a thousand feet ; 

 (pointed out to me by Mr. Brackenridge). 



— -■ (No. 2). A shrub, six feet high ; large obovate coriaceous leaves, six inches by 



two ; flowers small, inconspicuous, and greenish, arising along the stem from the old 

 wood, short pet. Growing in the same locality, on the Southern flank of Mauna Kaala; 

 (pointed out to mo by Mr. Brackenridge). 



(No. 3) ; habit of the last, but the leaves smaller, subsessile, with few crenatures. 



Growing in the same locality, on the Southern flank of Mauna Kaala; (pointed out to 

 me by Mr. Brackenridge). 



Nov. gen. Silenoid, (No. 1). Long, trailing, broad-leaved ; a terminal corymbose panicle; 

 the flowers Stellaria-like. Tauai, Oahu, and from the elevation of one thousand feet to 

 that of five thousand in the forest on Mauna Kea. 



(No. 2). A foot high ; the stem shrubby at base; dichotomous upright branches; 



leaves lanceolate, small, broader than in (No. 5), to be mentioned presently. Tauai ; 

 and frequent on the intervening plain on Oahu, North of the Mauna Kaala ridge. 



Paritium tiliaceum, (bis No. 1 Metia to the Feejee Islands, and compare Brazil); the 

 "hau." Properly submaritime, but owing to some unexplained local peculiarity, the 

 thickets of this plant commence only at a distance from the sea-shore, in the ravines 

 at the base of the mountains. On the gradual slope between Hilo and the Great Crater 

 extending to the elevation of a thousand feet above the sea. 



Hibiscus Youngianus, Gaud. ? (No. 3) ; leaves somewhat scabrous ; flowers rose-colored. 

 Frequent in marshy ground, on Oahu ; as also on Hawaii, between Hilo and the Great 

 Crater, the leaves sometimes deeply lobed. 



nov. sp., (No. 4). Highly ornamental ; leaves deeply lobed, and resembling those 



of Vitis and of certain species of maple; flowers yellow. Clinging to the face of lofty 

 precipices in the mountain-defile across West Maui. 



Gen. Hibiscoid, (No. 1). A small tree, fifteen to twenty feet high ; leaves broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, nearly entire ; calyx very small, cylindrical, with about six small, linear, deci- 

 duous appendages; flowers large, white with a pink centre; a projecting column of 

 long stamens; fruit also small. On the mountains behind Honolulu ; and on the Mauna 

 Kaala ridge. 



Gossypium nov. sp., (No. 2). A shrub; 5-lobed, velutinous leaves; and very short brown 

 or nankin-colored wool. On the arid Leeward portion of Oahu, and of West Maui ; 

 (harmonizing with the vegetable growth around, and) clearly indigenous. 



Senebiera (didyma). Abundantly naturalized in waste places; in company with other 

 weeds, taking temporary possession of the Desert environs of Honolulu, and springing 

 up after the slight winter rains, like an indigenous growth of annual plants. Introduced, 

 (probably from the Western coast of America). 



Cleome spinosa, Lin. Prickly and five-leaved ; the flowers pale-purple. Abundantly natu- 

 ralized ; introduced, probably from Tropical America, and by colonial Whites. 



Thespesia populnea, (bis No. 1 Samoa to the Feejee Islands ; see also Tarawan coral-islands). 

 Planted around the dwellings of the natives, in the village of Kaimo and elsewhere; 

 also in the gardens of residents, having been introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



(Gossypium, bis No. 1 Metia to the Feejee Islands. Naturalized.) 



