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dense fulvo-puberulentibus, c. 20 mm diametro; 
endocarpio hirtello. 
HOLOTYPE: Hawaii: Without definite locality, 
Jules Remy 626 (Paris). 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Hawaii. 
(h) var. racemiflora (Rock) St. John in Lloydia 
7:272, 1944. 
P. cinerea var. racemiflora Rock, Indig. Trees 
Haw. Ids. 241, 1913. 
type: Maui: Auahi, on aa lava, at about 1300 
feet alt., November 1910, Rock 8676 (Bishop). 
DISTRIBUTION: Maui. 
SPECIMEN EXAMINED: Maui: Pakiloi forest, 
March 1920, Forbes 2082.M. (Bishop). 
(i) var. Gaudichaudii (St. John) B. C. Stone 
in Pac. Sci. 16:369-371, 1962. 
P. Gaudichaudii St. John in Lloydia 7:272, 
1944. 
brunelia sandivicensis Gaud. nom. nud. in 
Bot. Freycinet Voy. in obs. 1826. 
TYPE: 'Sandwich Islands,’ Gaudichaud (Paris; 
fragment at Geneva ) . 
DISTRIBUTION: Hawaii, especially around Ki- 
lauea and vicinity. 
3. Pglea rnakahae B. C. Stone, sp. nov. 
Arbor; innovationibus minute puberulenti- 
bus; foliis maturis infra dense cinereis, laminis 
olivaceis, trichomiis ad 0.1 mm longis, cum 
squamulis interspersis; petiolis 10-22 mm 
longis, 1-2 mm crassis, glabrescentibus; laminis 
anguste ovatis vel ellipticis, rare late lanceolatis, 
coriaceis, ca. 3.5-12 cm longis, 1.5-5 cm latis, 
base cuneatis, apice subacutis; inflorescentiis 
axillaribus, cymosis unifloris (vel trifloris? ) , 
axibus cinereis, ad 12 mm longis, binodosis; 
floris ignotis; sepalis caducis; capsulis 20-24 
mm diametro lobis discretis follicularibus glabris 
punctatis, apice minute mucronulatis; endocar- 
pio glabro. 
HOLOTYPE: Oahu: Waianae Mountains, Ma- 
kaha Valley, near top of ridge, at about 4000 ft. 
alt., 21 October 1954, Gordon A . Pearsall s.n. 
( Bishop ) . 
A characteristic species closely allied to and 
simulating P. cinerea, but with glabrous endo- 
carp; similar also to P. cinereops but with glab- 
rous ovary. The disk may however be slightly 
puberulent. 
The cinereous indument is extremely fine, 
composed of waxy scales intermingled with hairs 
less than 0.1 mm long, obscuring the densely 
glandular-punctate surface of the lamina. The 
indument tends to persist on the younger peti- 
oles and stems, also. The leaf margins are usually 
very slightly inrolled; the lateral nerves are 
ascending, parallel, and united by a sinuate 
marginal nerve 1-8 mm or more in from the 
edge. 
SECTION Mega carp a stone 
4. Pelea Balloui Rock, Indig. Trees Haw. Ids. 
228, 1913. 
P. ukuleleensis St. John (as to flowering 
branch of type sheet), in Lloydia 7:267, 
1944. Syn. nov. 
The type specimen of P. ukuleleensis is a 
mixture of two species: the flowering material 
is from a plant of P. Ballouii; fruits of P. clusiae- 
folia are mounted on the same sheet. Hence the 
species is based on mixed material, of which 
both elements already bear valid names, and the 
name ukuleleensis is relegated to synonymy. 
The type of P. Balloui is: Maui: Haleakala, 
trail from Ukulele to Waikamoi Gulch at ca. 
5000 ft. alt., 25 October 1910, Rock & von 
Temp sky 8609 (Bishop). 
The type sheet of P. ukuleleensis is: Maui: 
Ukulele, July 1919, Forbes 749.M. (Bishop). 
4. Pelea Hiiakae B. C. Stone, sp. nov. 
Arbuscula; innovationibus minute puberu- 
lentibus glabratis; foliis, petiolis, ramulisque 
glabris; petiolis filiformibus 9-21 mm longis, 1 
mm crassis; laminis ellipticis base cuneatis vel 
subrotundatis apice obtusis vel rotundatis, 3.5- 
6.5 cm longis et 2-3.5 cm latis, glabris, costa 
media anguste dorsaliter salientis brunneis, 
nervis lateralibus paralleliter ascendentibus, cum 
nervio sublineare a margine distans 1 mm coali- 
tis; inflorescentiis axillaribus 2-3-nodosis, ad 
3.5 cm longis in fructu, axibus glabris, pedun- 
culis 3-8 mm longis, in crassitudine petiolo 
aequis, pedicellis clavoideis, sub calyce expansis; 
cymis unifloriferis; floris ignotis; capsulis ca. 25 
mm diametro profunde ( 2 A- 3 A) lobatis lobis 
