Guilandina bonduc L.

HERBARIUM
COLUMBIA UNIVER8ITY,
NEW YORK.
botanical gardfn
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PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
COLLECTED ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI, ON THE RIDGE WE8T OF
THE HANAPEPE RIVER,
By A. A. Heller, j/uly ll, 1895.
Caesalpiuia bonduc (L.)'Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32.	1814.
Gmlmdin^ bb^diiclLiX SPi. 381. 1753.	‘V
1 Hilldbrand unites" tits with Cciesaipinia bonducella Even
Üie most casual, examination of dried specimens shows that the
two _ are ? abundantly distinct, j As opposed to bonducella,, the
branches are morel climbing, glabrous, armed with fewer,
shorter, and straighter prickles. The leaves are broader,
blunter, and smooth.. The inflorescence is naked, and the flowers
•feweif andunuch larger. It seems to be rare on the islands.
A single vine, for it grows much like a grape vine, was found
-climbing over the.limbs of a fallen Koa tree, on the main ridge
west of the Hanapepe river, Kàuai, at ah elevation of about
Ü50Ô feet. "	v
July 11 (2541); original locality* r‘inTndiis.”
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