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forms, and one new seed color is distin- 
guished. C. Judd (1920: 96) stated that the 
"blossoms vary in color from an orange scar- 
let to pale yellow." There is an early collection 
from Niihau, Foot of Plateau, S. E., January 
1912, J. F. G. Stokes. This now has faded, 
brown flowers, and is without color notes. 
However, the native informants on Niihau 
reported that the majority of the trees had 
orange flowers and red seeds. 
One of these color forms was marked in 
the herbarium by Dr. Rock with a name as a 
new variety. We refrain from adopting this 
name of his, since in his three publications on 
the subject he did not publish it, and appar- 
ently has not done so elsewhere. It seems that 
he decided not to publish it. In any case, the 
writer treats the plant not as a variety but as 
a forma. 
E. sandwkensis DegCner forma alba, forma 
nov. 
Floribus albis. Corollas white. 
HOLOTYPUS: Oahu, between Koko Crater 
and Makapuu, level plain, alt. 30 m., tree 6 m. 
tall, flowers white, April 19, 1931, E. P. 
Hume 187 (BISH). 
E. sandwicensis Degener forma lutea, 
forma nov. 
Floribus luteis vel luteo-viridibus. Corollas 
yellow, greenish yellow, or yellowish green; 
seeds red. 
HOLOTYPUS: Niihau, Apana Valley, 400 ft. 
alt., rocky dry gulch, tree 6 m. X 2 dm., 
flowers yellowish green, seeds red, August 14, 
1947, H. St. John 22,806 (BISH). Vernacular 
name: "wiliwili.” 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Molokai, Kamalo, 
Kapulei Ridge, arid rocky region, common, 
June 25, 1928, 0 . Degener 7,216. 
Maui, East Maui, Ulupalakua district, fl. 
greenish yellow, August 26, 1948, Karl H. 
Korte. 
Lanai, Mauna Lei, July 13, 1910, J. F. Rock 
8,118; Paomai, yellow flowered, September 
14, 1913, G. C. Munro 39, and 94, these last 
two probably being duplicates. 
All but one of these collections are leafless, 
as this is the common condition at anthesis. 
E. sandwicensis Degener var. luteosperma, 
var. nov. 
Seminibus luteis, corollis pallide viridibus. 
Seeds dull yellow; corollas pale green. 
HOLOTYPUS: Niihau, Nonopapa, 20 ft. alt., 
thicket on dry flat, tree 7 m. X 2 dm., fl. pale 
green, seeds dull yellow, August 13, 1947, 
H. St. John 22,769 (BISH). Vernacular name: 
"wiliwili lenalena." 
No other collections of this are known. 
Since it has distinctive color characters of 
both flower and seed, it is classed as a variety. 
ARALIACEAE 
Cheirodendron trigynum (Gaud.) 
Heller var. Hillebrandii Sherff 
Panax ovatuni H. & A., Bot. Beechey Voy. 84, 
1832. (See Fig. 6.) 
Not found by any recent collector, its 
record being from a collection by Lay and 
Collie of the Beechey Voyage (Hooker and 
Arnott, 1832: 84). It is certainly extinct now. 
This collection, the holotype of P. ovahm, is 
in the herbarium at Kew. A complete revision 
of the genus Cheirodendron in Hawaii has just 
been published by Sherff. In this he mentions 
(1954: 3, 4) Panax? ovatum H. & A. and dis- 
cusses (1954: 28) its placement. He repeats 
the descriptive characters given by Hooker 
and Arnott, but does not definitely place the 
species or key it. He tentatively suggests 
(1954: 27) that it is a synonym of C. trigynum 
(Gaud.) Heller var. halawanum Sherff. Be- 
cause the holotype of P. ovatum was a sterile 
specimen, one cannot be positive as to its 
identity. However, Sherff ’s placement of it in 
var. halawanum does not seem to be justified. 
This variety, known from abundant collec- 
tions on Oahu, Molokai, and Lanai, has the 
petioles 4-10 cm. long; the lateral petiolules 
7-34 mm. long; the terminal petiolules 17-42 
