Critical Species of Pelea — Stone 
411 
Fig. 1. Pelea kauaiensis H. Mann. Holotype specimen, Mann & Brigham, Cornell Univ. Herb. A leaf, 
showing pubescence and venation of lower surface; a flower (the entire 1 -flowered inflorescence), showing 
the glandular-punctate appearance; floral parts; immature capsule in side view; and reconstructed conjectural 
top view of a mature capsule. 
rotatis; exocarpiis ad basim sparse puberulenti- 
bus glabrescentibus; endocarpio sparse hirtello 
trichomiis ad suturas dorsales aggregatis; lobis 
diseminatis; seminis ovoideis, ca. 5-6 mm 
longis; testa Crustacea nigra nitida. 
HOLOTYPE: Oahu: Koolau Range, Kipapa 
Gulch, Waipio, on southerly ridge in woods at 
1800 ft. alt., 16 October 1932, Edward Y. Ho- 
saka 809 ( Bishop ) . 
This species seems to be related to Pelea 
descendens St. John, which however is charac- 
terized by smaller capsules 13-17 mm in diame- 
ter, with glabrous exocarp and quite glabrous 
endocarp. Pelea Hiiakae is also related to P. 
Wawraeana Rock, which differs in that the 
pubescence of the endocarp is restricted to the 
innermost part of the sutures (and may some- 
times be lacking), and in the more compact, 
shorter, multi-flowered pubescent inflorescences. 
The species is named in honor of Hiiaka, 
youngest sister of the goddess Pele, heroine of 
the tales of Pele and Hiiaka. 
It must be noted that this specific name was 
first applied to certain specimens from the island 
of Kauai which were thought to represent an 
undescribed species ( Stone 1626, Faurie 225, 
and Lydgate s.n. ) . Since doubt remains as to the 
fruiting state of these plants and their specific 
distinctness from Pelea anisata, they must re- 
main undescribed. The name Pelea Hiiakae must 
now be borne by the Oahu plant described 
above, as this is the first publication of the name. 
Should the Kauai plants ultimately prove dis- 
tinct, another name will be given to the species. 
5. Pelea kauaiensis H. Mann Jr. in Proc. Boston 
Soc. Nat. Hist. 10:313, 1866. 
Fig. 1 
A small tree to 5 m high, with opposite 
leaves; innovations minutely but densely tawny - 
puberulent, but the branches quickly glabrate, 
at the 3rd or 4th node quite glabrous. Leaves 
distinctly petiolate, petioles 12-30 mm long, 
flattened ventrally and narrowly and shallowly 
channelled and nearly glabrous or with a few 
scattered minute trichomes at the margins; the 
rounded dorsal surface especially near the distal 
