Genus Isodendrion- — St. John 
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Fig. 6. Isodendrion laurifolium. a. Habit X^/4; h, stipules X 8; c, flower X 2; d, sepals X 2; e, lower petal X 2; 
/, lateral petalX2; g, upper petalX2; h, stamenX4; /, pistilX4. From type, Kaala Mts., Wilkes Exped. 
ally 3-lobed; style 3 mm. long, slender 
cylindric; stigma sub terminal, orbicular, peni- 
cillate; fruit not seen. 
TYPE: Sandwich Islands, Oahu, Kaala Mts., 
U. S. Exploring Expedition under Capt. 
Wilkes (US), (st. If. fl. i. fr.). Type examined. 
Also isotype (GH), (st. If.). 
In the original description Gray stated 
(1852: 96) that the blades were ''oblong- 
lanceolate, somewhat narrowed at both ends, 
obtuse at the base ...” "Only a single and 
incomplete specimen of this plant was 
gathered.” The isotype in the Gray Herbar- 
ium is only a scrap, a branch tip with three 
expanded leaves. The type in the U. S. 
National Herbarium is herewith illustrated in 
detail. The blade shape is better described as 
oblanceolate. 
