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magna, folium subsequans : pedunculus sesquiimciam longus ; rami 6-8 oppositi, sesquiunciam longi, aplcem 
versus iterum duos vel tees ramulos oppositos gerentes ; pediceUi umbellati quaterni, duas Hueas longi. Sti/li 
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 was among the plants foimd in Oahu, but no notice has 
been taken of it in Mr. Collie’s notes. 
Ord. XXII. RUBIACE^. 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, 
tees vel quatuor imcias longa, unciam vel sesquiunciam lata. Petiolus brevis lineam longus. Stipiila 
interpetiolaris, lata, brevis, mucronulata. Pedunculus terminalis. Calycis tubus ovato-globosus ; limbus 
brevis, 4-dentatus. Corolla infundibuliformis, 4-loba, ahtheras iucludens. Stylus apice bifidus. Fructus 
baccatus, bilocularis, loculis polyspermis. 
This has much the habit of Stylocoryne racemosa, Cav., but cannot be placed in that genus, on account 
of the quacfridentate 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 coroUa, but the mature fruit is a dry bilocular 
polyspermous berry, as in P. f 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-hemisphserica erosti'ata. — Cham, et Schlecht. in 
Linnoia, 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 floresque glomeratos gerentibus, calyce corollaque 
pubescentibus. 
The flowers may be said to be in axillary pedunculate capituli, if the axis of the panicle be viewed as a 
continuation of the branch. The calyx and coroUa 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. centrantlioides ; 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 ; ramis teretibus versus apicem compressis, foliis lanceolatis longe 
acuminatis distincte petiolatis subcoriaceis, stipulis triangulari-acuminatis, floribus axillaribus 
subbinis pedicellatis, calycis dentibus anguste lanceolatis corollae tubum sequantibus, capsula 
globosa. — Chatn. et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 4. p. 163. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 431. 
