Kubiacece.] 



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magna, folium subsequans : pcdunculus sesquiunciam longus ; rami 6-8 oppositi, sesquiunciam longi, apicem 

 versus iterum duos vel ti - es ramulos oppositos gerentes ; pedicelli umbellati quaterni, duas lineas longi. Styli 

 duo brevissimi. 



This is a very remarkable species, and we have seen it in no other collection. The flowers are not 

 expanded, so that we cannot describe the fruit. It M as among the plants found in Oahu, but no notice has 

 been taken of it in Mr. Collie's notes. 



Ord. XXII. RUBIACEiE. Juss. 



1. Petesia? terminalis ; foliis oblongis basi obtusis apice acutiusculis membranaceis 

 glabris, paniculis terminalibus racemosis folio dimidio brevioribus, corollse hypocrateriformi 

 lobis tubo brevioribus, stylo bifido. 



Caulis dichotome ramosus. Folia oblonga, basi obtusa, apice acuta vel obtusiuscula, membranacea, glabra, 

 tres vel quatuor uncias longa, unciam vel sesquiunciam lata. Petiolus brevis lineam longus. Stipula 

 interpetiolaris, lata, brevis, mucronulata. Pedunculus terminalis. Calycis tubus ovato-globosus ; limbus 

 brevis, 4-dentatus. Corolla infundibuliformis, 4-loba, antheras iucludens. Stylus apice bifidus. Fructus 

 baccatus, bilocularis, loculis polyspermis. 



This has much the habit of Stylocoryne racemosa, Cav., but caunot be placed in that genus, on account 

 of the quadridentate calyx and bifid style. 



2. Petesia ? coriacea ; foliis oblongis basi subacutis apice obtusis coriaceis glabris, corym- 

 bis terminalibus densis paucifloris folio multo brevioribus. 



We only possess this in a very imperfect state : there is no corolla, but the mature fruit is a dry bilocular 

 polyspermous berry, as in P. ? terminalis, exhibiting the remains of four teeth at the apex. It is closely 

 allied to the last species, but the leaves are more obtuse and coriaceous. 



1. Kadua cor data ; ramulis teretiusculis, foliis sessilibus superioribus cordatis acuminatis, 

 cyma di-trichotoma foliosa, capsula turbinato-hemisphcerica erostrata. — Cham, et Scldecht. in 

 Linncea, v. 4. p. 160. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 431. 



In our specimens, all the leaves are perfectly sessile : those towards the bottom of the branch are oblongo- 

 lanceolate, while a pair of cordate ones subtend each division, both general and partial, of the inflorescence, 

 giving it a remarkable bracteated appearance. Of this we possess the lower leaves only, in a specimen from 

 Mr. Menzies. 



2. Kadua glomerata ; ramulis inferne teretiusculis superne compressis, foliis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis basi subiter in petiolum brevissimum contractis, panicula terminali, ramis elongatis 

 oppositis apice bracteas duas foliaceas fioresque glomeratos gerentibus, calyce corollaque 

 pubescentibus. 



The flowers may be said to be in axillary pedunculate capituli, if the axis of the panicle be view ed as a 

 continuation of the branch. The calyx and corolla are pubescent : the teeth of the calyx are linear and very 

 rigid. Hedyotis conostyla, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. p. 471. t. 94, is a species of Kadua, bearing considerable 

 affinity to the present. We possess also from Mr. Macrae another allied species, K. centranthoides; ramulis 

 inferne teretiusculis superne compressis, foliis cordato-lanceolatis subsessilibus, panicula terminali, ramis 

 brevibus oppositis apice flores subnudos glomeratos gerentibus, calyce corollaque glabris. 



3. Kadua acuminata ; rami's teretibus versus apicem compressis, foliis lanceolatis longe 

 acuminatis distincte petiolatis subcoriaceis, stipulis triangidari-acuminatis, floribus axillaribus 

 subbinis pedicellatis, calycis dentibus anguste lanceolatis corolla? tubum aequantibus, capsula 

 globosa. — Cham, et Schlccht. in Linncea, v. 4. p. 163. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 431. 



