Genus Neraudia — COWAN 
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is taken from this diagnostic character of the 
leaves.) The flowers are sessile, the leaves 
usually palmately veined, and both leaves and 
calyx lobes are thin compared to variety melas- 
tomaefolia. 
Fig. 5. Distribution of Neraudia melastomaefolia 
Gaud. var. uncinata Cowan (half-black dots) and 
var. parvifolia Cowan (complete black dots). 
Neraudia melastomaefolia Gaud, variety pu- 
bescens Cowan, var. nov. 
Fig. 6 
Diagnosis typi: A var. melastomaefolia differt 
in foliis subtus adpressi vel suberecti-pilosis, 
achaenibus sine constrictione completa 3 mm. 
longis marginibus exterioribus involutis. 
Description of all material examined: Tree 
to 6 m. tall with ascending branches, main stem 
to 13 cm. in diameter; upper branchlets pilosu- 
lose, hairs few to many, erect or sub-erect. Peti- 
oles 1.0-4. 5 cm. long, averaging 2.5 cm. long, 
pilosulose, hairs few to many, appressed, sub- 
erect, or erect. Leaf blades 6.0-19.5 cm. long, 
1.5-6. 5 cm. wide, averaging 10 cm. long, 4 
cm. wide, elliptic, thickish, palmate; above 
glabrous, below pilosulose, many appressed or 
sub-erect, ascending hairs present; margin entire, 
base cuneate and decurrent or slightly rounded 
and sub-obtuse, apex evenly or abruptly long- 
acuminate. Pistillate flowers sessile, calyx pilo- 
sulose, few to many ascending, appressed hairs 
present, beak attenuate apically with four acute 
teeth at apex; stigma 3-8 mm. long, one side 
often without receptive stigmatic hairs; calyx 
surrounding mature achene thin, fleshy-coria- 
ceous, 7.5-13.5 mm. long and 6-10 mm. wide, 
averaging about 10 mm. long and 8 mm. wide 
when fresh but drying to 5-8 mm. long, and 
3.0-5. 5 mm. wide, averaging 6 mm. long and 
4 mm. wide. Achene 2. 5-3. 5 mm. long, averag- 
ing 3 mm., apical portion conic without com- 
plete, definite, constriction at base, basal portion 
occupying at least half of height of achene, 3-4 
mm. in diameter at base, rounded, often deeply 
furrowed, outer margin strongly involute; seed 
ovoid with acute apex. Staminate flowers sessile 
or rarely pedicelled, calyx pilosulose, hairs many, 
ascending, appressed, and occasionally with few 
shorter uncinate hairs, lobes navicular, 3.5-6 
mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide, with acuminate or 
long-acuminate apex; pistil rudiment 0.8 mm. 
long; filaments 3.5-5 mm. long, 0.6-0.8 mm, 
wide; anthers 1.5-2 mm. long, 0.5-1 mm. wide. 
Type: Heller 2792 , Kauai, Kaholuamanu, 
above Waimea, Sept. 2-9, 1895. (Type de- 
posited in Bishop Museum [Ho]; parts of type 
collection in P, G, UC, GH, NY, and Mich. ) 
Range: Island of Kauai, rain forest, 3,000- 
4,000 feet altitude. 
Specimens examined 
Data complete: Head of Awaawapuhi Valley, 
Honopu, St. John et al. 22890, 22891 (Ho); 
Waimea, forests of Kokee, Skottsberg 993 
(Ho); Kokee-Nualolo Trail, Selling 3097 
( Ho ) ; Near Kokee Stream, Degener 181 89 
(NY); Halemanu, Rock 2374 (Ho) .(2374- 
2386 [GH, Ho]); Kaholuamanu, Rock 9007 
(Ho); Kaholuamanu, Rock 3327 (3326-3329) 
(Ho); Kaholuamanu, Forbes 398-K (Ho); 
Haupu, 2,000 feet, MacDaniels 887 (Ho); 
Waimea Drainage Basin, Kokee, West Side, 
Forbes 829-K (Ho); Waimea Drainage Basin, 
West Side, Kokee, side of Waimea Canyon, 
Forbes 863-K (Ho); Hii Mountains (Slopes of 
Puu Kahili, southwest of peak), Forbes 667 -K 
(Ho). 
Data not complete: Kauai, part of Mann and 
Brigham 624 (Ho). 
The character separating this group from 
variety uncinata, which it closely approaches 
