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described as S. Nelsoni Dunal, that is the speci- 
men in the British Museum collected ”in 
insulis Sandwich/’ by David Nelson in 1788. 
There is a photo of this in the Bishop Mu- 
seum. It has small, cordate, entire leaves, like 
the ones described by Brown for var. typica. 
CUCURBITACEAE 
Sky os niihauensis , sp. nov. 
Fig. 7 
NOM. VERN.: "pua o Kama” ( = the flower 
of Chief Kama; or perhaps merely a modifi- 
cation of "kaukama” = cucumber) . 
DIAGNOSIS HOLOTYPI: Liana annua herba- 
cea, caulibus ad 10 m. longis supra arbores 
fruticesque scandentibus vel decumbentibus 
gracilibus pallide viridibus deinde glabratis, 
novellis puberulentis pilis in initio glandulo- 
sis, pilis in nodis persistentioribus, internodis 
6-20 cm. longis cirrhis oppositifoliosis cum 
pedunculo rigido 8-30 mm. longo puberu- 
lento 2- 3-partitis, partibus 7-15 cm. longis 
ad basim puberulis ad apicem glabris dense 
spiralis, foliis multis, petiolis 13-50 mm. 
longis scabro-puberulentis, laminis subvaria- 
bilis sed frequentissime 4.5-11.5 cm. longis 
4.2-14 cm. latis suborbicularibus tenuiter 3= 
lobatis digitatis cum sinibuslate U-formatis 3- 
15 mm. profundis apicibus acutis basi profunde 
cordata membranaceis supra pustulato-scabris 
pallide viridibus cum nervis pallidioris infra 
dense pustulato-scabris et in nervis scabro- 
puberulentis marginibus subintegris nervis 
palmatis 3-fidis, nervis lateralibus dichotomis, 
ramis juvenalibus fortioribus cum laminis 6.7- 
9.5 cm. longis 6.2-11.3 cm. latis suborbiculari- 
bus 3-5-lobatis lobis 2.5-4 cm. longis sinibus 
late U-formatis marginibus subintegris vel pau- 
ce dentatis et remote apiculato-denticulatis, 
paniculis masculis 1.5-9. 5 cm. longis glandu- 
loso-puberulentis, pedunculo 12-70 mm. lon- 
go, pedicellis 2.7 mm. longis gracilibus, 
alabastris 2-3 mm. diametro forte depresso- 
suborbicularibus pallide lutescentibus vel al- 
bis, perianthiis in flore 8-8.5 mm. diametro 
tubo 1.5 mm. longo subrotato, lobis 5 inae- 
qualibus 3-3.5 mm. longis 1.8-2. 2 mm. latis 
late lanceo-ovatis extra capitato-glanduloso- 
puberulentis intra minute ita, columna stami- 
nali 1.5 mm. alta, 5 antheris 1 mm. longis 
hippocrepiformis, inflorescentiis femineis ca- 
pitatis axillaribus, pedunculis 10-15 mm. 
longis 9-13-floriferis capitato-glanduloso- 
puberulentis, corollis epigynis patelliformis 
vel subrotatis extra minute capitato-glandu- 
loso-puberulentis et intra etiam minute ita, 
tubo 1.2 mm. diametro, lobis 1 mm. longis 
elliptico-ovatis, stylo 1 mm. longo glabro, 
lobis stigmatis 3 ligulatis recurvatis, ovario 
3-5 mm. longo anguste turbinato tertia infera 
nuda vel sparse hirsutula, parte supera velata 
cum incrementis multis digitatis vel spatulatis 
dense hirsutis pilis in initio minute capitato- 
glanduloso, capitis in fructu 12-17 mm. dia- 
metro globosis dense hirsutis, fructibus 6-7 
mm. longis 5-6 mm. latis 2-3.5 mm. crassis 
late lanceolatis infra albo-puberulentis supra 
velata cum incrementis adscendentibus 1.5- 
3 mm. longis digitatis vel spatulatis integris 
vel furcatis dense catenulato-glanduloso-hir- 
sutis, seminibus solitaribus 3.9 mm. longis 
3.5 mm. latis 1.9 mm. crassis lenticularibus 
marginibus rotundatis, testis pallide luteis vel 
brunneis duris lucidis, hilo 1.9-2 mm. longo 
elevato cartilagineo albo simili ad duam 
parem labias in linea formata. 
Annual climbing herbaceous vine; stems 
climbing as much as 10 m. over trees or 
bushes, or decumbent, slender, pale greenish, 
at length glabrate; young shoots puberulent 
and the hairs at first glandular, the hairs per- 
sisting longer near the nodes; internodes 6-20 
cm. long; tendrils oppositifolious, with a 
stout rigid, common stalk 8-30 mm. long, 
puberulent, forking into 2 or 3 tendrils 7-15 
cm. long, puberulous towards the base, gla- 
brous towards the tip, closely coiling; leaves 
numerous; petioles 13-50 mm. long, scabrous 
puberulent; blades slightly variable in form, 
but the commonest shape 4.5-11.5 cm. long, 
4.2-14 cm. wide, suborbicular, shallowly pal- 
mately 3-lobed, the broad U-shaped sinuses 
