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attenuate at base ; calyx 5-fid ; fruit solitary, peduncled, arising along the woody stem 

 below the leaves. Forest on Mauna Kea, at the elevation of 6000 feet. — Apparently 

 the same species, in the district of Puna. 



; perhaps distinct from the last. Only a shrub. On the mountains behind 



Honolulu. 



Maba (No. 7) ; but no flowers. A tree, thirty to forty feet high ; leaves small, twisted, 

 dull, and minutely reticulate. On the mountains behind Honolulu. 



(No. 8); " distinct from the last," according to Mr. Brackenridge ; the leaves 



larger. "North flank of Mauna Kaala." 



Alyxia (No. 9) ; lanceolate, rather long leaves ; the fruit rather large. On the moun- 

 tains behind Honolulu. 



(No. 10). Stem white ; leaves broad ; flowers small ; fruit large, pointed. Oahu. 



(No. 11) ; leaves linear obtuse; fruit small, and apparently moniliform. Southern 



base of Mauna Kaala. 



(No. 12). A woody vine ; the leaves odorous, and often gathered by the natives. 



nov. sp., (No. 13) ; near A. scandens. A vine ; the fruit large, eaten by the 



natives. 



(Kauwolfia Sandwicensis ?, No. 1 ; recorded as) Ophiosyloid ?, see Gajrtner. Leaves ver- 

 ticillate, petioled ; fruit bilobed. On the " mountains on the West side of the gap 

 behind Honolulu," Brackenridge ; rare. 



Gen. Loganioid, (No. 1). Four to five feet high; leaves in terminal fascicles, subsessile, 

 penninerved, the under surface white with numerous dark nervures ; fruit 2-3-valved, 

 the seeds numerous. On the mountains behind Honolulu, at the elevation of 1500 feet. 



Geniostoma (No. 6); a congener of Feejeean sp. ; leaves rather narrow; terminal 

 corymbs. " On the mountains on the West side of the gap behind Honolulu," Brack- 

 enridge ; rare. 



? (No. 7). Leaves obovate, somewhat coriaceous; lax or pendent cymes; corolla 



5-fid, hairy inside, the tube a fourth of an inch long. On the tabular summit of Tauai. 



Labordia ? (No. 5). A small tree, fifteen feet high, with the trunk five inches in diameter; 

 leaves opposite, entire, cushioned at base, or rather forming a short sheath ; capsule 2- 

 valved, ovoid, three-fourths of an inch long ; style persistent; seeds small, and nume- 

 rous. "Forest on the North flank of Mauna Kea, at the elevation of 2000 feet," 

 Brackenridge. 



(No. 6) ; compare the last species. Leaves lai'ge, lanceolate, sheathing at base, 



the under surface hairy ; no flowers. On the mountains behind Honolulu. 

 Cyrtandra (No. 12). Sub-herbaceous, two to four feet high ; leaves broad-lanceolate. 



Datura stramonium, (No. 1 ; bis United States, and compare Chili and Peru). Natural- 

 ized around Honolulu; in barren places a low annual, and ripens quicker than else- 

 where; introduced, probably by colonial Whites. 



Stachytarpha ; bis Tongatabu, and compare (No. 1) Rio Janeiro The stem shrubby. 

 Abundantly naturalized; growing in beds in the environs of Hilo; having been intro- 

 duced by colonial Whites. 



Amaranthus (compare No. 1 Metia and Samoa); leaves lanceolate, veiny. "Hawaii," 

 Mr. Rich; and apparently the same species, with prominent white nervures, on Tauai. 

 Introduced, probably by colonial Whites. 



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