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Var. ? citrullifolia (Gray, 1. c. p. 148): "foliis bipinnatipartitis, 

 segmentis sinuatis; caule aculeis conicis creberrimis horrido." — Hawaii. 

 Oahu. 



278. Ctanea leptostegia (Gray, 1. c. p. 149): "glabra; foliis 

 ad apicem caulis siraplicis arborei confertis lanceolatis subsessilibus in- 

 tegerrimis undulatis (bipedalibus et ultra) ; facemis brevissimis confer- 

 tifioris ; calycis segmentis prrelongis e basi latiori angustissime lineari- 

 bus patentibus corolla gracili longioribus persistentibus." — Mountains 

 above Waimea, Kauai. — A very remarkable-looking plant, the erect 

 columnar trunk 30 or 40 feet high, bearing at its apex a dense spread- 

 ing tuft of leaves. Flowers dark purple. (M. & B. 575.) 



279. Ctanea tritomantha (Gray, 1. c. p. 149) : "caule simplici 

 arborescente orgyali ; foliis lato-lanceolatis membranaceis subintegerri- 

 mis fere glabri basi acutis tripedalibus (inch petiolo crasso 5-8-polli- 

 cari) ; floribus confertis magnis ; calyce pubescente, lobis linearibus 

 pollicaribus foliaceis ovario cylindraceo longioribus ; corolla tripollicari 

 extus tomento»o-pubescente in segmenta 3 longo-linearia mox divisa." 

 — Mouna Kea, Hawaii. (Expl. Exp.) 



280. Cyaxea superba (Gray, 1. c. p. 149) : caule arborea simpli- 

 cissima ; foliis ad apicem caulis confertis lanceolatis eroso-crenulatis 

 subcoriaceis bi- tripedalibus petiolatis; inflorescentia corollisque tomen- 

 tosis ; pedunculis elongatis nutantibus crebre bracteatis capitulo com- 

 pacto globoso terminatis ; lobis calycis oblongis foliaceis (margine 

 imbricatis?) ; corolla bipollicari tubulosa unilabiata, laciniis linearibus 

 patentibus. — Macrochilus superbus, Presl. Prodr. Lob. p. 47. Lobelia 

 superba, Cham, in Linnasa, 8, p. 223, 225. — Seen growing on the 

 Kaala Mountains, Oahu, but unfortunately not in flower. 



Clermontia, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 459. 



Calyx coloratus, supra ovarium productus, arcuatus, corollam aequi- 

 lon^am sub anthesi valvatim includens, ab ovario circumcisse caducus. 

 Corolla tubulosa, arcuata, semi-quinquefida dorso ad basim usque fissa, 

 lobis subsequalibus. Columna staminea a corolla libera. Antherae 2 

 inferiores barbatse. Stigma bilobum. Bacca subglobosa, bilocularis. — 

 Arbusculaa lactescentes, Sandwicenses, foliis integris, racemis axillari- 

 bus, pedicellis bibracteolatis. 



281. Clermoxtia grandiflora, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 459, 

 t. 73 ; Gray, 1. c. p. 150. Var. brevifolia, Gray, 1. c. Var. ob- 

 LONGiFOEiA, Gray, 1. c. C. persiccefolia et C. oblongifolia, Gaud. 



