66 Dhrc/or's Annual Report. 



Stenogyne affinis, sp. nov. 



Pul)(.'sceiis; foliis ellii)ticiis vcl elkptico-oblongis, obtusis, basi obtusis 

 vcl subrotundalis, pubcscentibus, crenatis, T.4-2.4 cm. longis, 0.9-1.2 cm. 

 latis, cum petiolis pubcscentibus 0.6-1,1 cm. longis; verticillastris bifloris, 

 pedicellis pubcscentibus 3 mm. longis; calyce pubescente, lobis inaequalis 

 2 mm. longis, tuba 6 mm. longa; corolla pubescente, subviride, annulo integer- 

 rinio, lobis superiore falcato loiige producto; staminibus exsertis ; nucellis 

 5 mm. longis. 



T3^pe locality, Piiu Hululiulu, Hawaii. C. N. Forbes, No. 

 834, H. Juue 12, 1915. 



Diffuse, with sharply angular, finely pubescent branches, 

 lycaves elliptical to elliptic-oblong in outline, obtuse or slightly 

 rounded at the base, crenate, pubescent on both faces, 1.4-2.4 cm. 

 long, 0.9-1.2 cm. wide, with pubescent petioles 0.6-1. i cm. long. 

 Flowers in whorls of two, on pubescent pedicels 3 mm. long. 

 Calyx pubescent, sub-bilabiate, the obtuse teeth slightly unequal 

 in length, hardly 2 mm. long, the tube 6 mm. long, veins quite 

 distinct. Corolla greenish, tomentose, shaped as in 5". microphylla 

 Benth., annulus complete or nearly so. Filaments and style long 

 exerted, slightly hairy to glabrous. Nucules 5 mm, long. 



This species has about the same relationship to S. microphylla 

 Benth,, that ^. vagans Hbd. does to 6". crenaia Gray. From ^, 

 microphylla it differs most strikingly in its much larger pubescent 

 leaves and laxer habit. Puu Huluhulu is a cinder cone of Mauna 

 Kea which has become isolated by lava flows from the north side 

 of Mauna Loa. [1S2] 



