Myrsine sandwicensis A.DC.

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PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
COLLECTED ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU, ON THE LOWER
SLOPES OF KONAHUANUI, ABOVE MANOA,
By A. A. Heller, June 3,1895.
Myrsine sandwicensis A. DC. -Ann. Sc. Nat. (II) 16:85. 1841.
| .Collected on the slopes of Konahuanui, Oahu, at 2500 feet
elevation. This species, appears to grow only on the edges of
|t.eep slopes where vegetation is more or less stunted. It was
seen in similar, situations on the ridge west of the Hanapepe
river, Kauai. 'Jthe leaves are srpall, often not over an inch in
length, obovateor spatulat, thick and coriaceous.. It is a
freely branching shrub. No. 2379.
HERBARIUM
COLUMBIA UNIVERSI i V,
NEW YORK.
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