64 Director's Aymual Report. 



Phyllostegia electra, sp. nov. 



Iloloseriacea; foliis ellej^lico-laiicfolatis, scrratis, acuniinalis, basi acutis 

 vel subrotumlatis, subtus hispidulis, 6.7-9 cm. longis, 2.5-4.4 cm. latis, cum 

 petiolis 1.3-3.5 cm. longis; racemis terminalibus, simpliciis vel paniculatis, 

 2 dm. longis, pedicelli.s 0.6-1 cm. longis; floribus parvis, calyce holoseriacei, 

 tuba 5 mm. longa, lobis lanceolato-linearibus, 2 mm. longis, corolla alba, 

 pubescent!, 9 mm. longa, labiis subaequalibus. 



Type locality. Power line trail between Kapaka and Kualapa, 

 Kauai. C. N. Forbes, No. 143, K. August 6-9, 1909. 



Sub-erect with holoseriaceous branches. Leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, serrate, acuminate, the base acute or slightly rounded, 

 hispidulous or nearly glabrate above, very shorth' hispid below, 

 6.7-9 cm. long, 2.5-4.4 cm. wide, with petiole 1.3-3.5 cm. long. 

 Inflorescence a simple terminal raceme, or with a pair of lateral 

 racemes from the larger foliaceous bracts below. The lanceolate 

 foliaceous bracts decrease in size upward, generally shorter than 

 the pedicels. Flowers in whorls of 4-6 on pedicels 0.6-1 cm. long. 

 Calyx holoseriaceous, the tube 5 mm. long, the teeth linear lance- 

 olate, 2 mm. long. Corolla white, the tube nearly straight pubes- 

 cent, 9 mm. long, the lips nearly equal, one third the length of 

 the tube. 



Separated from other species of Phyllostegia \)\ the combina- 

 tion of its characters. The right hand branch of the figured 

 specimens is teratological. The branch is contorted, bent like a 

 knee and thickened on the outside at the flowering node, the inner 

 or opposite pedicels being absent. 



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