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disk; petals 4, white, spreading, persistent, 
6-8 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, inserted on the 
margin of the disk, ovate, obovate or elliptic, 
minutely glandular-punctate, membranace- 
ous, ciliate and sparsely puberulous, apex ob- 
tuse or acuminate, base truncate; annular disk 
raised 0.5 mm. above point of petal insertion, 
glabrous; stamens numerous (about 150), in- 
serted on disk; filaments white, 1.5-5 mm. 
long, slender, subulate, glabrous; anthers 
white, 0.5-0. 8 mm. long, orbicular-ovate; 
style terete, subulate, slightly exserted or in- 
cluded, 2-4 mm. long, glabrous; fruit ovoid 
to subspherical, crowned by persistent calyx 
lobes, 1-2 cm. high, 1-1.6 cm. wide, glabrous 
or somewhat appressed-pilosulous, red, orange 
or yellow, minutely glandular-punctate; peri- 
carp fleshy, 1-2 mm. thick, seed globose, 
8-10 mm. in diameter; seed coat thin mem- 
branous, closely adhering to the pericarp; 
cotyledons 2, white or yellowish, minutely 
glandular-punctate, usually fused, but some- 
times only partly fused or entirely free. 
Lectotype: "Feejee Islands” (Fiji) Hinds 
1841 (K). 
Common name: "Nioi” (Rock, 1913^). 
distribution: High islands of Polynesia. 
In the Hawaiian Islands it is found on all the 
large islands except the island of Hawaii. 
Specimens examined: 
Kauai: Hanakoa, 750 ft., Aug. 28, 1926, 
Judd 44; Haupu, Kipu, 800 ft. alt., wooded 
slope, Dec. 25, 1933, St. John and Fosherg 
13,616; northeast of Kipu, June 17, 1926, 
Degener 7,304 (NY). 
Oahu: Koolau Mts.: Waimano, 6-1919, 
Russ; Waimano, E. branch, E. slope above 
pass, May 29, 1933, Russ; Waimano, Oct. 
1935, Meebold ( Degener 20,768 ) (M); ridge 
between Niu and Wailupe, April 11, 1917, 
Forbes 2438.0. Waianae Mts.: Near Kawaiha- 
pai, shaded dry slope, Jan. 27, 1929, Degener 
and Bush 7,303 (GH, NY); Mokuleia, Kaa- 
awa (= Kaawa?) Gulch, north of Kaala, 
dryish forest slope, Aug. 2, 1938, Degener and 
Odonez 12,192 (US, NY); Mokuleia, west side 
of east branch of E. Makaleha stream, 1300 
ft. alt., steep talus slope, in dryland forest, 
Aug. 31, 1950, Hatheway 376; Mokuleia, east 
side of east branch of Makaleha Valley, 
densely forested slope at 1600 ft., July 2, 1950, 
Degener, Hatheway and Greenwell 20,824 (US); 
Mokuleia, west branch of E. Makaleha Val- 
ley, 1800 ft. alt., dry forest on steep valley 
side, June 11, 1952, St. John 24,827; Moku- 
leia, west branch, E. Makaleha Valley, in small 
side gulch, 1750 ft. alt., Sept. 30, 1950, 
Hatheway 384; Makaleha Valley, May 2, 1918, 
Rock 17,003 (GH); Makaleha Valley, Oct. 23, 
1936, Meebold ( Degener 21,980) (M); Moku- 
leia, gulch southwest of Dillingham Ranch, 
in shade at 1700 ft., April 23, 1950, Degener, 
Hatheway and Carrol 20,613; Mokuleia, 4th 
gulch east of Puu Kaupakuhale, Kamananui, 
Puu Kaala, Oct. 23, 1932, Yuncker and Hosaka 
3,216 (US); half mile southwest of Pohakea 
Pass, single, dying tree on dry grass and 
lantana covered slope, July 30, 1932, Degener 
and Bush 4,194 (GH) ; Honouliuli, ridge above 
Kupehau, dry lantana covered slope, June 30, 
1935, Fosberg 10,993; Honouliuli, Kanehoa 
Gulch, dry slope, elev. 700 m., Oct. 12, 1927, 
Judd 63; Honouliuli, between Palehua and 
Palikea, near summit ridge, Dec. 16, 1935, 
Degener et al. 11,300; third small valley north- 
east of Palikea (contains pipe line arising 
from tunnel), dry woods, Sept. 19, 1932, 
Degener, Park and Bush 7,303 (GH, MICH, 
NY); north of Puu Pane, sunny gulch at 200 
ft. elev., south of ruin of cathedral, March 26, 
1950, Degener and Carroll 20,381 (US); on 
firebreak trail 1 m. north of Puu Kaua, 1700 
ft. alt., on dry slope, Sept. 5, 1952, Wilson, 
St. John and St. John 143; on firebreak trail, 
1 m. N. of Puu Kaua, alt. 1700 ft. on dry 
slope, Feb. 29, 1948, Cowan 843; Kahanahaiki, 
234 m. alt., dry river bottom, Oct. 16, 1925, 
Judd 23; southern slope of Kahanahaiki Val- 
ley, dry forest, Nov. 1, 1931, Degener et aL 
7,296 (GH, MICH, NY); Makua Valley,. 
May 1930, Russ; small gulch on south side of 
upper Makua Valley, dry forest, May 10,. 
1931, Degener, Park and Bush 7,293 (GH„ 
NY); Waianae, Feb. 1930, Meebold 8,629) 
