I:!"
f ;
ï i ïa
; í it
I
I i ! I < !
infimum foliolorum p a r, stipulis subulatis, racemis axillaribus erectis folio brevioribus, legumine
péndulo lineari compresso membranáceo sub-8-spermo.
This species seems to have been observed by Gaudichand (Freyc. Voy. p. 94.) to whom we have dedicated
i t ; but he says that tlie pods are uarroiv and short, which does uot well apply to ours. The whole plant is
perfectly smooth; the leaves about sLv inches long, aud the leaflets an inch and a half; these last are
on short petioles, about a line in length: the lower pair only are provided with a slender filiform gland,
rather more than half a line long, ndiich is incrassated and blunt, not acute a t the apex as in C. oxyadcna, to
ivhich this species seems allied. The pod is about three lines broad, and 3-4 inches long, very compressed
and membranaceous, suddenly aud sboifly attenuated at both extremities. There are complete septa between
the seeds, which are flat and almost black.
O rd. X I I I . R O S A C E ® . Juss.
1. Osteomeles anthyllidifoUa. L in d l. in L in n . Soc. T r . v. 13. p . 98. t. 8. D e Cand.
Prodr. V. 2. p . 633.— P yrus anthyllidifolia. Sm. in Rees' Cycl.
O rd. X IV . O N A G R A R I® . Juss.
1. JussiiEa angustifolia; lierbacea erecta glabra, foliis subsessilibus lineari-lanceolatis
utrinque acuminatis, floribus brevissime pedicellatis, calycis lobis 4 acutissimis, tubo cylin-
draceo elongato. D C .— L am . Diet. 3. p . 331. III. t. 2 8 0 . / 3. D e Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p . 55.
We agree with Gaudichand in refei-ring the species found in Oahu to J. angustifolia. The leaves, however,
are slightly petiolate, and the lobes of the calyx, although acute, are not remarkably so. Mr. Collie,
in his notes, remarks that the petals are obovate, retúndate, and emarginate; theii- claws, internally, and the
bases of the stamens, are somewhat villous.
O rd. X V . L Y T H R A R I® . Juss.
1. 'Lyúwxxm maritimum ; caule fruticoso, foliis oppositis e t sparsis lanceolatis acutis basi
obtusis subtus glaucescentibus, floribus breviter pedicellatis erectis bibracteolatis 6-petalis
6-andris. D C .—Humh. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 6. p . 193. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p . 82.
This we possess, from the same country, from Mr. Menzies, Mr. Macrae, and Chamisso.
O rd. X V I . M Y R T A C E ® . Juss.
1. KícX\’oúdiCXQi% pohjmorpha; foliis oppositis breve petiolatis coriaceis utrinque glabris
vel subtus sericeo-tomentosis, pedunculis tri-multifloris terminalibus e t axillaribus corymbosis,
floribus pedicellatis, calycibus ramulisque glabris vel sericeo-tomentosis.— Gaud, in
Freyc. Voy. p . 482. t. 108 et 109. D e Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p . 225.
a . Foliis subrotundo-ellipticis cordatis.—/3. Foliis ovatis vel ovato-ellipticis basi ro tu n datis.—
y . Fobis oblongis basi acutis.—d. Foliis lanceolatis.
These vaiietics, again, but particularly the first, occur either perfectly smooth or more or less tomeutose.
Specimens of aU of them are in the Collection, and we possess, in addition, several distinct forms of the
second variety, collected by Mr. Slacrae. Var. ¡3. was found long ago by Mr. Menzies, but was probably
confounded by Smith with his M. villosa,to which it is indeed too closely allied, and perhaps only distinguishable
by the pedicellate flowers. This ap2>ears, according to Gaudichaud’s valuable observations, to be a most
variable plant. Nothing, says he, is more remarkable than the M. polymorpha, which is found with linear
leaves towards the summit of the mountain, but successively linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, ovate, obovate,
, , , J ilpscendiii«'': and which, from smooth and shining, as in
to ilf. d tfu s ’j ^ J J the present plant we have termed short, are not more
J f J e leaf; ’this is, however, common to most of the geuus, but not to the
following species.
2 Metrosideros macropus; foUis oppositis ovatis longe peUolatis coriaceis g labris, corymbis
terminalibus, floribus pedicellatis, bracteis bracteolisque oblongo-lanceolatis p e r inflores-
centiam subpersistentibus, calycibus pedicellisque glabris.
Rami cortice vriseo tecti. Folia opposita, ovata, vel enipticotovata, t e i obtusa, duas vel fres uncías
loufa rcsqûruucial, adduas uuciaslata, c o ria c e a , intevemuia,glabra, supra u i tA utnuque parallebm venosa,
t e r v m l reticulata margino plano, petiolus unciam vel sesqniimciam longus, foho dinnd.o brevion Co,ymb,
multiflori basi bract’eis oblongo-lanceolatis semiunciam longis involucrati. P e d u r ^ h pedicolhqiie gUbn,
Z brrtcoUs infloresceutia peracta vel citius deciduis suffulti. Calyx turbinatas Imvis, qumquelobus lobis
obtusis. Peíala lobis longiora. Capsula calyce persistente infra medium cmcta, globosa, 3-valvis, loculicida.
Semina aptera, subulata, lineam longa. _ „ * j , a t
Wc have been enabled to d r.w up this deseription more f u l , by meaus of speenucns eoleeted by Mr.
Wenave ueen cua i . . j v once inclined to place most confidence, the
in * . polymorpha, M. diffusa, and their alUcs, ive had almost an-anged it as a variety of forme.,
1 Jambosu U a k ic ccm is ; eymis lateralibus abbreviatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis utrinque
attenuatis. De Cand. Prodr. v. S. p . 286. -E u g e n i a Malaceensis. L m n .-C o r r . Ann. Mus.
9. p . 292. t. 25. f . 2.
Juss.
J99.— Cucurbita Lagenaria.
O rd. X V I I . C U C U R B IT A C E ® .
1. L agenaria vulgaris. Ser. in D e Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p .
Lin n .
1 Cucumis M eh . L in n .— De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p . 300.
1 Sicyos pachijearpus ; ramis glabris, foliis cordatis 5-7-lobatis deu titelatis supra glabris
subius papiUoso-scabris, cirrliis glabris trifldis, floribus masculis paniculatis fmmmeis capi-
tato-congestis, fructibus ovatis rostratis inermibus.
T h e Ic v e s are decidedly but not deeply iv e or sometimes seven-lobed; smooth on their upper surfaee.
th e leaves are i they are fm-nished with small white tubercles, similai- to those which
, nedunelo abont tbrec-fom-ths of an inch long, that springs from the same axil with that vvh.eh supports
tee m te s Z fruit is ov.ate, about a line and a half long, suddenly attenuated into a beak wh.eh is almost
Z tec ieuoth ot the broad portion: many fall off before maturity, leavi.^ only four or 6 . 0 to each
n e t u Z tie re are no spines, but tee surface appears somewhat uneven. There is one seed m e a c h .-
t L spedes appears most nearly allied to N. microphyllus, H K K., but ^ e r s in man, particulars. It was
collected by Mr. CoUie among the volcaiuc rocks on Diamond Hill, m Oahu.