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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



? (No. 5). Procumbent; leaves short, fleshy. On the coast-crater called "Diamond 



Tlili," near Honolulu ; also, in the sands of the low isthmus on Maui. 



? nov. sp., (No. G). Stem suffruticose, excessively scabrous, white; leaves small, 



hairy. On the arid Leeward portion of Oahu. 



' (No. 7 ); leaves subsessile. Frequent along the sea-coast ; Tauai, Hawaii, and 



elsewhere. 



G-en. Wedelioid, (No. 1). Leaves opposite, deeply divided, lobed and incised ; rays yellow. 



Frequent on West and Bast Maui, to the elevation of 2500 feet. 

 (Campylotheca ?, No. 1); Bidens-like. SulFruticose, three to five feet high; leaves 



simple, cuneate at base, ovate, petioled ; floret-rays ; aken. with only two awns. 



Frequent in the environs of the Great Crater, and at the upper base of Mauna Roa 

 ; perhaps not distinct. Low ; leaves mostly simple, but sometimes triparted. 



Sands of the low isthmus on Maui. 

 ■ (No. 2) ; congeneric; leaves deeply divided, the segments linear, entire. Barren 



cliffs at the Leeward outlet of the mountain-defile across West Maui. 

 ' nov. sp., (No. 3) ; leaves divided. On the Southern or Leeward side of West 



Maui. — Compare also, the species growing on the basal portion of Jlauna Kaala. 

 ^ (No. 4) ; leaves long, linear, sometimes divided. Found by Mr. Rich on 



" Hawaii," probably on the West side of Mauna Roa. 

 ; perhaps distinct. A shrub, six feet high ; leaves pinnately-divided ; long akenia 



or seeds. Frequent on the mountains behind Honolulu, at the elevation of from 1500 



to 2000 feet. 



^ nov. sp., (No. 5). One to two feet high ; leaves pinnatisect, dentate ; akenia or 



seeds coiled spirally. On the unwooded portion of the Mauna Kaala ridge. 



^ nov. sp., (No. C). A shrub, ten feet high; leaves pinnately-divided, serrate; 



flowers larger than in the other species. On the tabular summit of Tauai, about four 

 thousand feet in elevation. 



Gen. Compos. ? (No. 1). Stem suff"ruticose, six inches high ; leaves hairy, and resem- 

 bling those of Hieracium, but entire. On the mountain-ridge behind Honolulu, at the 

 elevation of 2500 feet ; rare. 



ScEevola (Koenigii ; bis No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to the Feejeean Group). White 



Tripolium; compare Chili, (and No. 11 Peru); Aster of authors. Very small flowers. 

 Growing along the margin of the wet ground near Honolulu ; probably introduced, in 

 company with the Jussiaea?, (and by colonial Whites). 



Coenotus Canadensis ?, (compare United States). Annual. Frequent in barren situations, 

 and probably introduced. 



Sonchus oleraceus, (bis Western Oregon, our Atlantic States, North Patagonia, Peruvian 

 Andes, New Zealand, Auckland Islands, Taheiti, and No. 2 Europe). Abundantly 

 naturalized ; introduced, probably by colonial Whites. 



(bis United States, and New Zealand) ; leaves more prickly, runcinate. Natu- 

 ralized, growing only in saline marshy ground ; introduced by colonial Whites. 



Xanthium strumarium, (bis United States, North Patagonia, and No. 1 Egypt). Natu- 

 ralized ; introduced by colonial Whites. 



Cressa (compare No. 3 California, Patagonia, and Peru). Margin of saline marshy ground. 



