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sissimis integerrimis." — Mountains of Kauai. This was doubtfully 

 referred by Gray to D. Delessertiana, Gray, 1. c., which is Rollandia 

 Delessertiana, Gaud. Bot. Bonite, t. 75, which again appears to be iden- 

 tical with R. lanceolata, Gaud. I have little doubt that it is a variety 

 of D. coriacea, but only some leaves have been collected. 



257. Delissea obtusa (Gray, 1. c. p. 148): "fruticosa; ramis 

 junioribus floribusque undique pubescentibus; foliis (5-8-pollic.) mem- 

 branaceis oblongis serrulatis apice vel utrinque obtusis subtus parce 

 pubescentibus ; racemis plurifloris petiolum gracilem haud superanti- 

 bus ; calycis limbo minuto vel fere obsoleto ; corolla gracili subpollicari 

 incurva " ; columua staminea glabra ; seminum testa lrevissima niti- 

 diuscula. — Mountains of Maui. (M. & B. 466.) 



Var. mollis (Gray, 1. c.) : " caule crassiori ; foliis elongatis (subpe- 

 dalibus) oblongo-lanceolatis basi in petiolum breviusculum attenuatis 

 supra puberulis subtus molliter pubescentibus ; floribus pollicaribus 

 crassiusculis creruleis." — Mouna Kea, Hawaii. 



258. Delissea hirtella (sp. nov.) : fruticosa, ramosa, hirtella ; 

 foliis oblanceolatis utrinque acuminatis crebre serrulatis supra glabris 

 petiolatis ; pedunculis paucifloris petiolo brevioribus ; lobis calycis 

 lanceolatis ovario multo brevioribus. — Mountains above Waimea, 

 Kauai. — A large branching shrub, 20 feet high, hirsute with short 

 rusty hairs. Leaves 7 to 10 inches long, 2 to 3 wide. Petioles about 

 2 inches long. Only flower-buds seen, in which the sepals are scarcely 

 a line long. (M. & B. 574.) 



259. Delissea acuminata (Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 475, t. 76 ; 

 DC. Prodr. 7, p. 342, non Gray, 1. c. p. 148) : fruticosa, ramosa ; 

 foliis oblongis utrinque acuminatis denticulatis membranaceis pilosius- 

 culis subtus pallidioribus longiuscule petiolatis ; pedunculis petiolo bre- 

 vioribus ; pedicellis filiformibus nudis, floribus racemosis; calycis lobis 

 lanceolatis puberulis ovario dimidio brevioribus; corolla (12-16 liu. 

 longa) glabrata ; columna staminea hirtella ; seminum testa kevissima 

 flava. — Oahu. (M. & B. 233.) 



260. Delissea angustifolia (Presl, Prodr. Lob. p. 47) : fruti- 

 cosa, ramosa ; foliis lanceolatis acutis serratis, serraturis obtusis, petiolis 

 limbo dimidio brevioribus ; pedunculis axillaribus plurifloris petiolo 

 aaquilongis ; floribus corymbosis ; pedicellis filiformibus nudis ; calycis 

 lobis dentiformibus ciliolatis caducis ; corolla cum columna staminea 

 glabra; seminum testa teevissima nitidiuscula.- — DC. Prodr. 7, p. 343. 

 D. acuminata, & var. angustifolia, Gray, 1. c. p. 148. Lobelia angus- 



