NEW AND NOTEWORTHY HAWAIIAN PLANTS.
By Dr. L. Ralkofer and J. F. Rock.
Alectryon macrococcus Radlkofer in Sitzungsber. K. Bayer. Ac. XX (1890) p. 255 et in Engl. & Pr. Pfl.-Fam. Ill, 5 (1895) p. 333.—Mahoe, gen. nov.? Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) p. 86.—Dodonaea sp. Drake del Cast. Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif. (1890) p. 144 in obs. ad. Dod. visc.—Vulgo Mahoe in Molokai teste Hillebr. 1. c. (quo nomine in Novo-Zealandia Melicytus ramiflorus Forest, salutatur t. Kirk in Forest Fl. N.-Zeal., 1889, p. 3).
Arbor mediocris; rami teretes, rubri—fusci, glabrati, juveniles striati, cum foliis novellis tomento adpresso sericeo flavescenticano induti; folia 2—5—juga; foliola magna, opposita, elliptica vel subovata, utrinque obtusa vel apice acuminata (t. Hillebr.), petiolulata, integerrima, undulata, coriaceo-chartacea, nervis lateralibus sat approximatis obliquis subtus ut et nervo mediano valido dilatato supra piano prominentibus, glabra (vel subtus t. Hillebr. laxe tomentosa), utrinque nitidula, sicca e viridi subfusca, epidermide non mucigera paginae superioris hypoderrnate suffulta; paniculae axillares, basi ramosae, parvae; flores—(ignoti); fructus 1—coccus, adhaerentibus loculis 2 abortivis; coccus evolutus globosus, pro gen ere maximus, corticosus, glaber, fissuris irregulariter areolatus, intus pilis setaceis singulis adspersus ; seminis testa Crustacea, brunnea, splendens.
Arbor—7 10 m alta. Folia petiolo ca. 10 cm longo adjecto 40 cm et ultra longa ; foliola cum petiolulis 1—1, 5 cm longis ca. 20 cm longa, 9 cm lata. Paniculae 10 cm et ultra longae. Fructus coccus diametro 2, 5 cm et ultra, pericarpio 1, 5 mm crasso.
In archipelagi Sandwicensis insulis Oahu, Molokai et Maui: Hillebrand! ("Oahu, on the S. W. slope of Mount Kaala, left branch of Makaleha;" "Molokai, on the pali of Kalaupapa;" ca. 1870; Hb. Kew. ; Berol.) ; J. F. Rock (Maui, in declivibus montis Haleakala meridiem versus, a. 1910, fl. et fr., ex ipso in litt. m. Jan. 1911; spechnina non vidi). 22. II. ii. L. Radlkofer.
The above description was communicated to me by Prof. Dr. L. Radlkofer of Munich for publication. (J. F. Rock.)
