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manu], above Waimea, Sept. 10-16, 1895, 
A. A. Heller 2,828. There were examined four 
isotypes at (BISH), (st. If. fl. fr.); one at (US), 
(st. If. fl.); one at (GH), (st. fl. If. fr.); one at 
(E), (st. If. fl.); and one at (L.), (st. If. fr.). 
In his original account Heller added that it 
was growing at 2,000 feet in a ravine between 
the forks of the Waimea river. 
Heller’s excellent and abundant type col- 
lection included mature fruit, but he neither 
described nor figured that state of the plant. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Kauai, Olokele 
Canyon, shaded slope, only one plant seen, 
July 3, 1926 , 0. Degener 17,348 (NY), (speci- 
men sterile); (GH), (st. If. fl. fr.). 
The specific name was obviously formed 
from the Latin, sub-, somewhat so; sessilts, 
sitting close (or stalkless); folium, leaf, in 
allusion to its nearly stalkless leaves. 
14. Isodendrion waianaeense sp. nov. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Figure 14. 
DIAGNOSIS TYPI: Frutex 3 m. alta, ramis 
3-4 mm. diametro divergentibus cortice 
brunneo vel griseo sublaevi, cicatricibus 2-2.3 
mm. latis suborbiculari-scutelliformibus pal- 
lidis laevibus, fasciculis 3, ramulis foliferis 1- 
16 cm, longis 2-3 mm. diametro cum 4-18 
foliis divergentibus non aggregatis, inter- 
nodis 2-15 mm. plerumque 3-5 mm. longis, 
foliis alternis, stipulis 2. 3-3. 2 mm. longis 
oblique deltoideis carina incrassata dorso 
glabro marginibus ciliatis, petiolis 1-3 mm, 
longis validibus glabris, laminis 3.9-12.5 cm. 
longis 19-43 mm. latis glabris crassis firme 
chartaceis elliptico- vel oblongo-oblanceo- 
latis supra olivaceis et prominente reticularis 
infra pallide viridibus prominente reticularis, 
floribus singulis axillaribus, pedunculis 0.2-1 
mm. longis bracteatis, pedicellis 0.2-1 mm. 
longis glabris, sepalis 3. 4-3. 5 mm. longis 1.5 
mm. latis lanceolatis vel anguste deltoideo- 
lanceolatis chartaceis 3-nervatis carina in- 
crassata in regio mediale purpureo sed in 
sicco brunnescenti ad apicem marginibus 
membranaceis ciliolatis, petalis inaequalibus, 
petala inferiore 10.5 mm. longa (postquam 
bullanda), ungue 6.5 mm, longo 1.7 mm. 
lato ligulato sed in medio latiore membranaceo 
5-nervoso ad apicem canaliculato opaquo pur- 
pureo sed in sicco bruneo, limbo 4 mm. longo 
2.7 mm, lato ovali cucullato carnoso opaquo 
viridescenti, petalis lateralibus 10 mm. longis 
ligulatis ad basim et apicem angustioris 3- 
nervosis, limbis 3.5 mm. longis 1.7 mm. latis 
carnosis, petalis superioribus 9.5 mm. longis 
1.5 mm. latis ligulatis 3-nervosis, limbis ob- 
tusis carnosis, staminibus aequalibus 5.2 mm. 
longis, filamentis ligulatis 1-nervosis, an- 
theris 2.5 mm. longis ovatis sacis anguste el- 
lipsoideis connectivo in apice piano extenso, 
ovario 3-11 mm. longo lanceoloideo, stylo 
3.5-4 mm. longo filiforme, stigmate laterali 
orbicular!, capsulis 7 mm. longis lanceo- 
ovoideis valvis 1.5-1. 8 mm. profundis extra 
viridescentis et purpureo-bruneo-striatis ner- 
vis vix evidentis, seminibus 3 mm. longis 2.1 
mm. diametro late ovalibus obscure viri- 
descentibus. 
DESCRIPTION OF TYPE: Shrub; 3 m. tall, the 
first branch 1 m. from the ground, the crown 
open; older bark brown to gray, nearly 
smooth, these twigs 3-4 mm. in diameter, 
largely free of stipules; leaf scars 2-2.3 mm. 
wide, suborbiclar-shield-shaped, pale, 
smooth, with 3 bundle scars; leafy branchlets 
2-3 mm. in diameter, leafy for 1-16 cm., the 
internodes 2-15 mm., commonly 3-5 mm. 
long; leaves alternate, spreading 4-18 in 
number, but not crowded; stipules 2. 3-3. 2 
mm. long, obliquely deltoid, the back smooth 
and with thickened, heavy midrib, the margin 
ciliate; petioles 1-3 mm. long, stout, gla- 
brous; blades 3.9-12.5 cm. long, 19-43 mm. 
wide, glabrous, thick, firm chartaceous, ellip- 
tic or oblong-oblanceolate, the margin irregu- 
larly low undulate, the upper surface olive 
green and prominently raised reticulate 
veined, the lower pale green and similarly 
veined; flowers axillary, single, the peduncle 
0.2-1 mm. long, many bracted; pedicel 0.2-1 
mm. long, glabrous; sepals 3. 4-3. 5 mm. long, 
1.5 mm. wide, lanceolate to narrowly deltoid 
lanceolate, chartaceous, but near the obtuse 
