CHAP. XV 



THE SANDWICH ISLANDS 



327 



Peculiar Hawaiian Genera of Flowering Plants. 



Genus. No. of Species. Natural Order. 





3 



Violaccse. 



2. Schiedea (seeds rugose or muricate) .... 



17 



Caryophyllacese. 





1 



Rutacese. 





20 





4 







1 



Sapindacese. 





2 



Saxifragacese. 





1 



Begoniacese. 





2 



Araliaceae. 





5 





11. Triplasandra (drape) 



4 





12. Kadua (small, flat, winged seeds) 



16 



Rubiacese. 





5 







5 







5 



Compositse. 





2 





7 







11 







12 







2 





21. Wilkesia 



,,, 2 





22. Dubautia 



6 





23. Raillardia 



12 







2 



Lobeliacese. 





1 





11 





27. Rollandia 



6 



) 5 



28. Delissea 



7 





29. Cyanea 



28 



>5 



Loganiacese. 



30. Labordea 



9 





4 



Solanacese. 



32. Haplostachys (nucules dry) 



3 



Labiatae. 



33. Phyllostegia (nucules fleshy) 



16 



5» 



34. Stenogyne (nucules fleshy) 



16 



»> 





3 



Amarantacese. 



36. Charpentiera 



2 



Urticacese. 



37. Touchardia 



1 



38. Neraudia 



2 





Total 254 species. 



The great preponderance of the two orders Compositse 

 and LobeUacese are what first strike us in this Hst. In the 

 former case the facilities for wind-dispersal afforded by the 

 structure of so many of the seeds render it compara- 

 tively easy to account for their having reached the islands 

 at an early period. The Lobelias, judging from Hilde- 

 brand's descriptions, may have been transported in several 



