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Hence, he certainly obtained the vernacular 
plant name from the natives and applied it 
correctly. It means the woman dwelling in the 
foothills. He recorded it in a French orth- 
ography, but it is here altered, 'Vahine” to 
"wahine,” to make it conform to the estab- • 
lished orthography of the Hawaiian language. 
The Hawaiian word "kekaha” means land un- 
suited for taro growth. As most of the land at 
the foot of Hualalai is of lava little decom- 
posed and very arid this reference to it as 
rocky, waste land is apt. That makes the 
habitat more precise, but the locality is still 
vague. 
The species is named for its occurrence on 
the island of Hawaii. 
3. Isodendrion Hillebrandii sp. nov. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Figure 3. 
DIAGNOSIS TYPi: Frutex, ramis glabris 1-4 
mm. diametro a stipulis persistentibus aspera- 
tis deinde semilevibus griseis sulcatis, cica- 
tricibus 0.7-1. 5 mm. lads depresse scutelli- 
formibus, fasciculis 3, ramulis foliferis 1-5 
cm. longis cum 5-11 foliis divergentibus non 
condensatis 1-1.5 mm. diametro viridi- vel 
rubro-tinctis, nodis 1-6 mm. plerumque 2 
mm. distantibus, stipulis 3-3.5 mm. longis 
late deltoideis carina incrassata et dense 
adpressi-puberulenta lateribus membranaceis 
brunneis marginibus ciliolatis, petiolis 5-7 
mm. longis 0.4-0. 5 mm. diametro gracilibus 
dense subadpressi-puberulentis, laminis 1.9- 
3.3 cm. longis 8-16 mm. lads ellipticis sub- 
coriaceis supra atri-viridibus infra viridibus ab 
initio in venis adpressi-puberulentis praesertim 
infra sed supra deinde subglabris excepta ad 
basim, nervis secundariis 4-6 in uno latere 
valde adscendentibus arcuatis confluentibus, 
marginibus valde crenatis apicis obtusis, 
floribus solitariis axillaribus, pedunculis 2-4 
mm. longis dense albis adpressi-puberulentis 
ad apicem bibracteolatis, bracteis 2 mm, 
longis sepalis simulantibus lanceo-ovatis cili- 
atis in dorso puberulentis, pedicellis 1.5-3 
mm. longis dense albis adpressi-puberulentis, 
sepalis 3. 6-3. 8 mm. longis 1.8 mm. lads 
oblongo-ovalibus 3-6-nervosis carina in- 
crassata valde adpressi-puberulenta lateribus 
membranaceis glabris marginibus ciliolatis, 
petalis irregularibus exterioribus adpressi- 
puberulentis petala inferiore 11.9 mm. longa 
(postquam bullanda), ungue 7.4 mm. longo 
2.2 mm. lato anguste elliptico 5-nervato in 
medio incrassato ad apicem incrassato et 
canaliculato non pellucido, limbo 4.5 mm. 
longo 2.5 mm. lato carnoso lirmo marginibus 
sinuatis, petalis lateralibus 10.7 mm. longis, 
ungue 6.7 mm. longo oblique oblanceo- 
oblongo asymmetrico in medio incrassato, 
limbo 4 mm. longo 1.9 mm. lato oblique 
oblongo-ovali nervoso incrassato non pellu- 
cido, petalis superioribus 10.8 mm. longis 
subligulatis, ungue 7 mm. longo 1.9 mm. 
lato angustissime elliptico 3-nervato in medio 
nervoso et ad apicem semi-incrassato margini- 
bus membranaceis, limbo 3.8 mm. longo 1.9 
mm. lato oblique oblongo-ovali incrassato et 
nervoso, staminibus 1.5-1. 8 mm. longis sub- 
aequalibus omnibus in apicibus connectivor- 
um armatis mucro 0.1 mm. longo, filamentis 
0. 5-0,7 mm. longis subulatis ad basem ex- 
teriore inflato glanduloso, antheris 1.3 mm. 
longis 0.8 mm. lads oblongis saccis in basi 
submucronatis, ovario 2.8 mm. longo 1.2 mm. 
diametro lanceoloideo, stylo 5.1 mm. longo 
crasse filiforme, stigmate oblique suborbi- 
culare, fructu ignoto. 
DESCRIPTION OF TYPE: Shrub; stems gla- 
brous, older ones 1-4 mm. in diameter, 
roughened by the long persisting stipules, 
later nearly smooth, gray, checked with longi- 
tudinal and transverse fissures; leaf scars 0.7- 
1.5 mm. wide and half as high, very de- 
pressed rounded shield-shaped, with 3 bun- 
dle scars; twigs leafy for 1-5 cm., bearing 5- 
11 leaves that are well spaced and divergent; 
upper leafy stem 1-1.5 mm. in diameter, 
greenish or reddish; nodes 1-6 mm., com- 
monly 2 mm. apart; stipules 3-3.5 mm. long, 
broadly deltoid, the midrib heavy, raised and 
densely appressed puberulent, the sides mem- 
branous, brown, the margin ciliolate; petioles 
5-7 mm. long, 0.4-0. 5 mm. in diameter. 
