AFRO-INDIAN 



REGION S. 



483 



crinited sp. of Mauaa Kea, among grasses, and in other situations on Mauna Haleakala, 

 at the elevation of 7500 feet. 



(No. 6). A tall^ shrub ; berries red, astringent. In woods between the Great 



Crater and Mauna Roa, at the elevation of 4000 feet. 



nov. sp., (No. 7); a well-marked species; leaves lanceolate, pointed, sinuately 



serrate; nofr. On the tabular summit of Tauai. Apparently the same species, Berberis- 

 leaved, growing on the North flank of Mauna Haleakala, at the elevation of 6700 feet. 

 The Berberis-leaved species growing also on the mountains behind Honolulu. 



Cyathodes (No. 3); a shrub. In the forest on Mauna Kea, sometimes fifteen feet high, 

 and even epidendric on the trunks and branches of trees ; extending in a more humble 

 form into the pastoral district. On Mauna Haleakala, three to six feet high, and fre- 

 quent from the elevation of 2000 to 5.500 feet. Gri'owing also on the mountains 

 behind Honolulu; and perhaps the same species, but low, in bogs on the tabular summit 

 of Tauai. 



(No. 4) ; leaves narrower, and more pointed ; berries mostly red, often perma- 

 nently invested with the corolla; the style persistent. On Mauna Kea, from the 

 elevation of 8700 to 11,000 feet. Abundant at the elevation of 9500 feet on Mauna 

 Haleakala. 



— — ■ (No. 5). A shrub, two to three feet high. Clrowing chiefly in the environs of 



the Great Crater and on Mauna Ixoa ; where it is abundant, ceasing at the elevation of 

 9100 feet. Apparently the san^e species, at the elevation of 11,500 feet on Mauna Kea. 



Gen. Lubinioid, (bis No. 1 lower down). On the North flank of Mauna Haleakala, to 

 the elevation of 6700 feet; the flowers dark purple, and the corolla 6-cloft. 



Myoporum (bis No. 1 lower down). Extending into the pastoral district on Mauna Kea, 

 to the elevation of 7-00 feet. 



Audibertia? (No. 1). Habit of Salvia; tufted; leaves large, hastate; calyx two-lipped, 

 the teeth nearly equal ; flowers purple and ornamental, the corolla tubular. On Mauna 

 Haleakala, from the elevation of 3000 to 5700 feet. 



Phyllostegia (No. 12). Upright, smooth ; leaves ovate ; flowers pale purple. In the 

 pastoral district on Mauna Kea, to the elevation of 9700 feet. 



(No. 13) ; pubescent; flowers small, white. On Mauna Haleakala, at the eleva- 

 tion of about 5500 feet. 



Nov. gen. near Phyllostegia, (No. 1). Full of branches, climbing; leaves small, smooth, 

 pointed; flowers small and green, the lower lip of the corolla not enlarged. Com- 

 BJencing in the forest on Mauna Kea at the elevation of 5000 feet, and extending to 

 9500 in the pastoral district. On Mauna Haleakala, from the elevation of 5500 to 

 9500 feet. 



(No. 2) ; flowers larger, the lower lip very slightly enlarged ; carpels fleshy, 



berry-like. On Mauna Haleakala, at the elevation of 6700 feet. Apparently the same 

 species, at the .saw-mill near Hilo, at the elevation of 1500 to 2000 feet. 



(No. 3) ; belonging to the genus with small lower lip. Leaves lanceolate, crenu- 



late. Found by Mr. Ilich "on Hawaii," probably on the Western side of Mauna Roa. 



Solanum nigrum ? (bis lower down, and Taheiti to the Feejee Islands, and compare No. 

 28 California, Chili, and Peru). Naturalized in the pastoral region on Mauna Kea, to 

 the elevation of 9000 feet. 



