Eugenia in Hawaii — -Wilson 
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ous; annular disk raised 0.5 mm. above point 
of petal insertion, puberulent; stamens nu- 
merous (about 150), inserted on disk occupy- 
ing 0.5 mm. of the marginal region; filaments 
white, 1.5-5 mm. long, slender, subulate; 
anthers white, 0. 5-1.0 mm. long, orbicular- 
ovate; style terete, subulate, slightly exserted 
or included, 2-4 mm. long, sparsely pilose; 
ovules 8 in a cell, berry ovoid and asymme- 
tric, 1. 2-2.0 cm. high, 1.2-1. 6 cm. wide, 
sparingly appressed-pilosulous, light orange- 
yellow, shiny, minutely yellow glandular- 
punctate, crowned by the persistent calyx 
lobes; pericarp fleshy, 1-2 mm. thick; seed 
globulose, 8-9 mm. in diameter; seed coat 
thin, membranous, closely adhering to the 
pericarp and free from the surface of the coty- 
ledons; cotyledons either completely fused 
or only partly so, or entirely free. 
Type: Oahu, "Northern slope of Kaipapau 
Valley," Degener and Park 4,169 (BISH). 
distribution: Endemic to the island of 
Oahu. 
Specimens examined: 
Oahu: Koolau Mts.: Pupukea, dry gulch 
side, Sept. 28, 1925, Judd 20; Pupukea, elev. 
300 m., Nov. 2, 1925, Brown 1, 274 ; Kahuku, 
entrance of Pupukea-Kahuku trail, lower edge 
of decadent dry forest among lantana, Nov. 
22, 1931, Degener , Park, and Kwon 7,297 
(BISH, NY); Laie, Kahawainui Gulch, elev. 
100 m., March 2, 1928, Judd 71; Hauula, 
Papali Gulch on trail, March 1933, Judd; 
Hauula, on top of small cliff, elev. 160 m., 
Sept. 8, 1926, Judd 54; Kaipapau, northern 
slope of Kaipapau Valley, moderately dry 
woods near top of ridge, Oct. 11, 1931, 
Degener and Park 4,169 ; Waimea, N. fork of 
Kamananui stream, very steep, north facing 
valley wall, alt. 750 ft., April 16, 1949, St. John 
23,683, and Sept. 5, 1952, Wilson, St. John and 
St. John 142 , and Nov. 18, 1952, Wilson and 
Lamberton 163; gully having prominent dyke, 
north-north-east of Puu Kamaohanui, Dec. 
11, 1932, Degener 7,302 (NY). 
Closely related to Eugenia rariflora, E. koo- 
lauensis may be clearly differentiated by its 
distinctly concave leaves which have sub- 
appressed puberulence on the lower laminar 
surface. It is a rare species and occurs in the 
rain forest of the Koolau Range on Oahu. 
8. Eugenia molokaiana K. Wilson and J. 
F. Rock, sp. nov. 
Figs. 1 and 2 
Arbor 2.5-3 m. alta, ramulis foliosis 0.5-1. 5 
mm. diametro manifeste tetragonis usque 
teretibus, crebrissime brunneis subadpressi- 
pilosulis, internodis 7-24 mm. longis, foliis 
oppositis 2. 0-3.0 cm. longis, 1.4-2. 0 cm. 
latis, suborbicularibus, ellipticis vel obovatis, 
apice obtuso vel apiculato rare retuso, basi 
subcuneato, laminis coriaceis concavis, mar- 
gine integris valde revolutis, supra olivaceis 
minute pustulatis novellis dense subadpressi- 
pilosulis, in aetate nitidi-glabrescentibus, sub- 
tus pallide flavidi-viridibus minute glandu- 
losi-punctatis dense subadpressi-puberulenti- 
bus, petiolis 1-3 mm. longis 1 mm. latis 
dense brunneis subadpressi-pilosulis, floribus 
solitariis in bracteorum axillibus, bracteis 
subulatis dense brunneis subadpressi-pilosulis 
1-1.5 mm. longis 1 mm. latis, pedunculis 5-7 
mm. longis 0.5 mm. latis subadpressi-pilosu- 
lis, calycis tuba 2-3 mm. longa 3-4 mm. 
diametro subadpressi-pilosula, a 2 bracteis 
persistentibus subulatis brunneis subadpressi- 
pilosulis subtensa, bracteis 1. 5-2.0 mm. 
longis, calycis lobis 4 ovatis viridibus carnosis 
persistentibus longitudine inaequalibus, quo- 
rum uno jugo opposite 2 mm. longo 2 mm. 
lato, altero 3 mm. longo 2 mm. lato, petalis 
4 albis in disci annularis margine insertis 
ovatis vel obovatis 4 mm. longis 3 mm. latis 
membranaceis ciliatis, apice obtuso, basi 
truncato vix puberulo minute glandulosi- 
punctato, pistillo tereti subulato 2-5 mm. 
longo basi dense puberulenti supra glabroso, 
stigmati peltato, fructibus ovoideis sym- 
metricibus in sicco 8 mm. diametro dense 
adpressi-pilosulis rubris insigniter flavidi- 
glandulari-punctatis calycis lobis persisten- 
tibus coronatis. 
