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quite glabrous, often pale, greenish, or after 
dehiscence brown, dehiscent along the upper 
and lateral sutures; endocarp glabrous, pale, thin, 
late detaching; seeds often only one per carpel; 
testa crustaceous, shining black. 
TYPE: Leveille cites three specimens, all from 
Kalihi, Oahu, collected by Faurie: numbers 11, 
217 , and 217 bis. No type is designated. A search 
was made for these specimens in the herbaria of 
the Bishop Museum, the British Museum, the 
Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and at Edin- 
burgh, the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 
Gothenburg Botanical Garden, U. S. National 
Museum, Gray Herbarium, Arnold Arboretum, 
Cornell University, etc., but without avail. Many 
of Leveille s "types” are at Edinburgh or at the 
British Museum, but none of the cited specimens 
can be located. The original description is so 
short and noncommittal that alone it is meaning- 
less: "Affinis praecedenti a quo tantum differt 
foliis longius 10-25 mm petiolatis, oppositis; 
petiolo nec rugoso, nec vulnerato, corymbis 2-5 
floris, pedicellis bis bibracteolatis, apice incras- 
satis.” 
Rock (1914) reduced Pelea oahuensis to P. 
molokaiensis Hbd. (2 var. Hbd., on the basis of 
Paurie 217, which perhaps was at the Berlin 
Museum. The preceding species to which Le- 
veille refers in the above description is his own 
Pelea waianaiensis, which is more fully de- 
scribed. It is based on a single number ( Faurie 
215, isotype at Bishop), and is apparently a 
form of Pelea peduncularis Levi. The reference, 
however, is helpful in interpreting the present 
species, as the two are similar in appearance. 
In the absence of any type material, it seems 
necessary to designate a neotype, which would 
of course be replaced by original material should 
any turn up. The species, as interpreted here, 
is a very distinct and common one on Oahu, 
and is the Oahuan counterpart of the "moki- 
hana” or Pelea anisata Mann of Kauai; the same 
strong anisate odor is present in all parts, the 
flowers and fruits are very similar, and the 
specific differences are mainly in characters of 
the leaves and habit. There are a great many 
collections of this species, most of which have 
been determined as Pelea Wawreana Rock, 
which is, however, a very different species of 
Sect. Megacarpa. The following collection may 
be selected as neotype: 
NEOTYPE: Oahu: Waianae Mountains; Kunia 
trail, 26 March I960, B. C. Stone & G. Pearsall 
3282 (Bishop; duplicates to be distributed). 
DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Oahu. This is a 
very common species on both the Waianae and 
Koolau ranges. It may be identified in the field 
by its strong anise fragrance, very short essen- 
tially glabrous 3-5 -flowered cymes with small 
greenish flowers, and small cuboid green or 
whitish-green capsules. In the Waianae Moun- 
tains it occurs in company with Pelea peduncu- 
laris, P. kaalaensis , P. clusiaefolia var. crassiloba, 
and P. elliptica. 
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