Genus Isodendrion — St. John 
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ly contracted two thirds way from the base, 
claw 3.9 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide, elliptic- 
ligulate, membranous, 3-nerved, the limb 
narrowly elliptic, ciliolate, fleshy thickened 
but the 3 veins visible; upper petals 6.2 mm. 
long, slightly contracted, the claw 4.2 mm. 
long, elliptic-ligulate, membranous, 3-nerved, 
the limb 2 mm. long, 0.9 mm. wide, narrowly 
oblong-elliptic, ciliolate; stamens slightly un- 
equal, the lower ones 2 mm. long, the fila- 
ments 0.8 mm. long, ligulate, the anthers 1.2 
mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, narrowly elliptic, 
the base subsagittate, the connective with an 
apical flat mucro; ovary 1.2 mm. long, ovoid, 
longitudinally 3-lobed; style 3.6 mm. long, 
subulate; stigma lateral, pyramidal-conic; 
capsules 7-8 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, lance- 
ovoid, beaked by the persistent style, strami- 
neous, deeply 3-lobed longitudinally; placen- 
tae 2-ovuled; seed 2-2.2 mm. long, 1.8-2 mm. 
in diameter, obovate, brown maculate, shin- 
ing, the broad apex truncate and depressed. 
TYPUS: Kauai, Haupu Range, left hand 
(east) side of Kipu Kai gap, on a ridge side of 
wet gully, only one plant seen, Nov. 1, 1916, 
C N. Forbes 727. K (BISH), (st. If. fl. fr.). 
The specific name is given in honor of the 
collector, a vigorous explorer and botanist, 
Charles Noyes Forbes (1883-1920). 
2. Isodendrion hawaiiense sp. nov. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Figure 2. 
VERNACULAR NAME: "Wahine-noho-kula.” 
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DIAGNOSIS TYPi: Frutex 1-2 m. alta, ramis 
1.5-3. 5 mm. diametro cortice griseo sublevi 
longituditer sulcato, cicatricibus 0.7-1. 3 mm. 
latis depressi-rotundati-scutelliformibus pro- 
minentibus pallidis, fasciculis 3, ramulis foli- 
feris 3-15 mm. longis 0.5-1 mm. diametro 
atrorubescentibus glabris a stipulis persisten- 
tibus abditis cum 6-9 foliis subcongregatis 
divergentibus, nodis 2-10 mm. plerumque 3 
mm. distantibus, stipulis 2. 8-3. 3 mm. longis 
late ovato-deltoideis carina elevata et ad- 
pressi-puberulenta lateribus bruneis mem- 
branaceis marginibus ciliolatis, petiolis 5-10 
mm. longis 0.3 mm. diametro gracilibus albo- 
puberulentis, laminis 2-5.7 cm. longis 10-28 
mm. latis anguste ovato-ellipticis vel lanceo- 
latis vel etiam anguste lanceolatis chartaceis 
sparse adpressi-puberulentis summe in venis 
apice obtuso vel breve mucronato venis 
secundariis 6-8 in uno latere valde adscenden- 
tibus apicibus diffusis, supra atri-viridibus 
infra pallidioribus marginibus obscure de- 
pressi-serrulatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, 
pedunculis 2-3 mm. longis adpressi-puber- 
ulentis bibracteolatis in apice, pedicellis 2 
mm. longis adpressi-puberulentis, sepalis 
subaequalibus 4 mm. longis carina 5 -nervosa 
incrassata valde adpresse puberulenta lateri- 
bus membranaceis viridibus vel brunneis gla- 
bris marginibus ciliolatis, corollis irregulari- 
bus, laminis in tempo florescento reflexis, 
petala inferiore maxima 12.8 mm. longa 
(postquam bullanda), ungue subligulo 3- 
nervato marginibus membranaceis in medio 
incrassato opaquo canaliculato, limbo an- 
guste elliptico 5.2 mm. longo 2 mm. lato 
subtile petaloideo praeter in basi incrassato, 
petalis lateralibus 10.9 mm. longis unguibus 
6.9 mm. longis 1.8 mm. latis oblongo- 
ellipticis 3-nervatis marginibus membrana- 
ceis in medio carnoso canaliculato, limbo 4 
mm. longo 1.7 mm. lato anguste elliptico 
carnoso exteriore piloso non pellucido mar- 
ginibus sinuatis, petalis superioribus 11.1 
mm. longis unguibus 1.5 mm. latis 3-nervatis 
marginibus latis membranaceis in medio ad 
apicem incrassato non pellucido, limbo 4.7 
mm. longo 1.7 mm. lato anguste elliptico 
firmo carnoso non pellucido, staminibus 
aequalibus 2.8 mm. longis, filamentis ligu- 
latis late nervosis ad mediam partem exterior- 
em glanduliferis ad apicem cruciformibus, 
apice connectivi aculeifero, antheris 1.5 mm. 
longis ovatis saccis anguste elliptici-oblon- 
gis, ovario 2 mm. longo ovoideo minime 3- 
lobato, stylo 5 mm. longo tereto sinuoso, 
stigmate obliquo, capsulis 12 mm. longis 
ovoideis glabris pallide viridibus valde nervo- 
sis a stylo rostratis, seminibus 3.2 mm. longis 
1.8-2. 2 mm. diametro obovatis olivaceo- 
fuscis ad apicem truncatis excavatis. 
