Critical Species of Pelea — Stone 
413 
of the 1961 International Code of Botanical 
Nomenclature. 
Little need be added to the descriptions of P. 
recurvata and P. cruciata, but it should be men- 
tioned that Skottsherg 2863, commented upon 
by Skottsberg (1944) as P. cruciata, is actually 
a specimen of P. recurvata, as the endocarp is 
quite glabrous. 
6. Pelea Lakae B. C. Stone, sp. nov. 
Arbor ad 5 m alta, ramis divaricatis, trunco 
ad 5-10 cm diametro, innovationibus dense hir- 
sutulis, trichomiis pallide albobrunneis adpressis 
ad 1 mm longis; petiolis ramulisque glabratis; 
petiolis 10-65 mm longis, 1.5-3 mm crassis; 
laminis ellipticis vel subovatis vel subobovatis, 
coriaceis, 4-25 cm longis, 2.5-11 cm lads, base 
cuneatis vel obtusis, apice subacutis, obtusis vel 
subrotundatis, supra glabris, infra puberulentibus 
in pagine juvente glabrescentibus, costa media 
salientis stramineis vel brunneis puberulentis 
( trichomiis cum squamulis glaucis interspersis ) , 
nerviis lateralibus curvate ascendentibus in ex- 
tremis cum nervo marginale arcuato 2-10 mm 
intra margine coalitis, reticulis venulosis minori- 
bus intervenantibus; inflorescentiis axillaribus 
cymosis, cymis ad 2 cm longis axibus puberulen- 
tibus glabratis, 2-4-nodosis, 3-5-floriferis, pe- 
dunculis 2-7 mm longis pedicellis ca. 3 mm 
longis; floris ignotis; bracteis deltoideis extus 
puberulentibus; capsulis maturis 22-32 mm di- 
ametro profunde (34) lobatis lobis recurvatis 
pre- et postdehiscentionem et paullo reflexis, 
uni- vel diseminatis, base 8 mm altis, lateraliter 
compressis, apicem versus angustatis subfalcatis; 
exocarpio minute denseque puberulento non- 
ruguloso; endocarpio glabro in suturam basem 
centralem excepto, trichomiis paucis aggregatis; 
seminis ovoideis, 5-6 mm longis, testa Crustacea 
nigra nitida. 
HOLOTYPE: Oahu: Koolau Range, Pupukea, at 
about 2000 ft. alt., at edge of small boggy region, 
17 September 1961, B. C. Stone & A. K. Chock 
3633 (Bishop; duplicates to be distributed). 
A species reminiscent of Pelea recurvata of 
Kauai, but with a puberulent rather than gla- 
brous ovary, and a few hairs clustered near the 
innermost angles of each suture on the endocarp. 
The specific name honors Laka, goddess of 
the hula. 
7. Pelea Lohiauana B. C. Stone, sp. nov. 
Fig. 2 
Arbuscula? ramis virgatis elongatis, innova- 
tionibus ramulis petiolisque dense tomentellis, 
trichomiis stramineis val pallide brunneis ca. 
0.8-0.9 mm longis; foliis maturis glabratis, ju- 
venilis tomentellis; petiolis 20-30 mm longis, 
glabrescentibus, supra canaliculatis glabris; lam- 
inis ellipticis coriaceis 7-15 cm longis 3.5-7 
cm latis base apiceque rotundatis vel paullo 
emarginatis, marginibus paullo revolutis, costa 
media prominente, nervis lateralis 5-9 (-12) 
per latere unico, cum nervo marginale continue 
vel paullo arcuato intra margine 1-2 (-5) mm 
coalitis; inflorescentiis cymosis (3-) 5-7-flori- 
feris longe-pedunculatis tomentellis, pedunculis 
12-38 mm longis ad nodo primo, 1-2-nodosis, 
bracteis oppositis lanceolatis 1.5-2. 5 mm longis 
concavis; axibus majoribus 5-14 mm longis; 
pedicellis 2-5 mm longis; floris masculis pro 
genere magnis sepalis ad 5.5-6 mm longis et 
ca. 4.5 mm latis, extus hirsutulo-ciliolulatis intus 
Fig. 2. Pelea Lohiauana Stone. Staminate flowers 
and floral parts of Degener 23984. 
