6o Director^ s Annual Report. 



I/abordia I^ydgateii, sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbuscula, raniulis pubescentibus; foliisellipticis vel obovatis, 

 supra j^labris, subtus hirsutis, 5.9-7.4 cm. longis, 2.1-2.9 ^^^- l^tis, cum petio- 

 lis 0-3 mm. longis; cymis 6-21 floris, pilosis, bracteis subulatis; floribus par- 

 vis, flavis; calyce lobis lanceolatis, 2 mm. longis, corolla glabra, tuba gracili, 

 5 mm. longa, lobulis lanceolatis, 2.5-3 mm. longis. Capsula globosa, 4 mm. 

 lata, 2-valvis. 



Type locality, Wahiawa drainage basin, Kauai; ridges near 

 the swamp. Rev. J. M. Lydgate, flowering and fruiting speci- 

 mens, no date. C. N. Forbes, No. 179, K. August, 1909, flower- 

 ing specimens. 



Shrub or small tree with pubescent branchlets. L,eaves ellip- 

 tical to obovate in outline, glabrous above, hirsute below, 5.9-7.4 

 cm. long, 2.1-2.9 cm. wide, with petiole not over 3 mm. long. 

 The cyme open, slender and pilose, 6-21 -flowered. Flowers small, 

 pale yellow. Calyx parted to near the base, the lobes lanceolate, 

 2 mm. long, a little less than half the length of the corolla tube. 

 Corolla glabrous without, pilose within, the slender tube about 

 5 mm. long; the slender spreading, lanceolate lobes, about one 

 half that length or slightly longer. Capsule globose, smooth, not 

 winged, 2-valved, 4 mm. in diameter. 



This species has smaller fruits than any other species known to 

 me. In general appearance the plant might suggest L. hiiiella 

 Mann, but the floral characters are essentially different. 



[.76] 



