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269. Delissea ambigua (Presl. 1. c. p. 47) : f'oliis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis utrinque acutis in petiolum brevera longe angustatis sinuato- 

 duplicato-triplicatoque-dentatis (dentibus calloso-mucronulatis) supra 

 planis glabris subtus hirtis retieulato-venosis rete fuscescente ; racemis 

 axillaribus ; ovario obconico glabi-escente ; lobis calycis ovatis subemar- 

 ginato-obtusis mucronatis paululum hirtellis ; corolla in nervis praeser- 

 tim hirta. Presl. — According to Chamisso, perhaps not distinct from 

 the preceding, but the calyx-lobes less auricled, etc. Lobelia ambi- 

 gua, Cham. 1. c. p. 221. — I know nothing of this or the preceding 

 species. Perhaps they should stand in Cyanea. 



270. Delissea Mannii (W. T. Brigham, in litt.): fruticosa, ramosa, 

 puberula; foliis lanceolatis acutis serratis subtus pallidioribus ; pedun- 

 culis petiolo subaequilongis pollicaribus ; calycis lobis linearibus ovario 

 bis longioribus ; corolla fere recta ; seminum testa minutissime striato- 

 reticulata. — Molokai. — Leaves 5 or 6 inches long, 1 to 1^ inches 

 wide. Calyx lobes 3 or 4 lines long, less than a line wide. (W. T. 

 Brigham.) 



271. Delissea fissa (sp. nov.) : fruticosa, ramosa; foliis sesqui- 

 pedalibus in petiolum longe attenuatis obovato-lanceolatis utrinque 

 praesertim basi acurainatis crenatis supra glaberrimis subtus parce hir- 

 sutulis ; racemis brevibus 8-12-floris; pedunculis pedicellisque brac- 

 teolatis cum noribus (sesquipollicaribus) glanduloso-villosis ; lobis caly- 

 cis lanceolatis ovario longioribus ; corolla purpurea dorso usque ad 

 basim fissa ; columna staminea glaberrima. — Valleys of Kealia and 

 Hanalei, Kauai. — A branching shrub about 10 or 12 feet high. (M. 

 & B. 577.) 



272. Delissea pilosa : " caule frutescente ; foliis subpedalibus 

 membranaceis obovatis utrinque acutis vel acuminatis eroso-crenatis 

 pilis brevibus mollibus hirsutis ; racemis brevibus in pedunculo 1-2- 

 pollicari hirsutissimo paucifloris; floribus parvis griseo-caeruleis pedicel- 

 lisque glabris ; lobis calycis linearibus [subfoliaceis] ovario oblongo 

 sequilongis." — Cyanea pilosa, Gray, 1. c. p. 149. — Mauna Kea, 

 Hawaii. 



273. Delissea asplenifolia (sp. nov.) : fruticosa, fere glabra ; 

 foliis membranaceis amplis (ultrapedalibus) pinnatisectis ; segmentis 

 lanceolatis sinuato-subpinnatifidis ala sinuata eontluentibus ; costa 

 rhachi petiolisque plurifloris aculeis brevibus armatis ; pedicellis brac- 

 teolatis; lobis calycis oblongis obtusiusculis ovario dimidio brevioribus ; 

 corolla gracili i'ere bipollicari. — Waiehu Valley, West Maui. — A 



