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stem, are very densely bearded with stiff and reflexed, many-jointed, 

 brownish-red hairs : these are much longer, denser, and more persistent 

 than those of the rest of the plant. The ample foliaceous bracts, char- 

 acteristic of the related C. grandijlora, are here wanting. Corolla fully 

 an inch long, white, the throat ampliate, and the lobes widely spreading. 

 — It is to be regretted that the specimens secured of this remarkable 

 species are scanty and imperfect. (M. & B. 616 pro parte.) 



314. Ctrtandra Lessoniana, Gaud. 1. c. t. 54; Hook. & Am. 1. 

 c. p. 91 ; Gray, 1. c. p. 351. C. Hillebrandi, Oliver, in herb. Gray, 

 is apparently a form of this species with broadly ovate calyx-lobes, 

 which are separated nearly or quite to the base. There is also an- 

 other form, if it be not a distinct species, with very narrow, almost 

 linear calyx-lobes, which are more or less united, in some cases form- 

 ing a tubular calyx which is split down on one side, or with a single 

 free lobe ; the corolla is arcuate with a broad lip, and the leaves prom- 

 inently reticulate-veiny beneath. (M. & B. 617, 77 pro parte.) 



315. Cyrtandra paludosa, Gaud. 1. c. ; Hook. & Arn. 1. c. ; 

 Gray, 1. c. Described as glabrous, but showing a soft fulvous pubes- 

 cence on the young shoots in the more common form of the species, 

 which becomes quite pronounced on the petioles and large veins of the 

 leaves as well, and with something of the character of that of C. ceno- 

 harba, on a form (probably referable here) from the foot of Wahiawa 

 falls, Kauai, where it is constantly kept moist by the spray. 



316. Cyrtandra Garnottiana, Gaud. 1. c. t. 53; Hook. & Arn. 

 1. c. ; Gray, 1. c. (M. & B. 116, 126, 77 pro parte.) 



317. Cyrtandra laxiflora (sp. nov.) : foliis ovali- seu ovato-ob- 

 longis acuminatis argute serratis membranaceis basi plerumque obtusis 

 supra hirsutulis subtus molliter pubescentibus ; pedunculis petiolum 

 gracilem adaequantibus laxe cymoso-multifloris ; pedicellis filiformibus 

 hirsutis ; calyce 5-partito, lobis linearibus corolla cylindrica hirsuta 

 (fere semipollicari) dimidio brevioribus ; fructu glabro ovato-globoso. — 

 Waialua Mountains, Oahu. — A well-marked species, resembling C. 

 Macrcai in foliage and inflorescence ; but the leaves are narrower, 

 the larger ones 6 or 7 inches in length by 3 or 4 in breadth ; the pedun- 

 cles are much longer, as also the pedicels, the latter nearly half an 

 inch long, and hirsutely pubescent; the flowers are nearly twice as 

 large and pubescent ; the calyx lobes linear and obtuse. Ovary almost 

 glabrous. Immature fruit half au inch long, ovate, inclining to globose. 

 (M. & B. 615.) 



