34 Xeiv I lai^'iillaii I'ldiils. 



ilocrihcd n<i llil)iscus willi the characters of I lil)isca(k'li)lni>, thimi;!] 

 l\cv. J. M. I^\(latc informed mc, that he renienil)ere(l collectint;" this 

 species at Kawaihae, and calhn^' I linel)rand"s attention to its jjccnl- 

 iarities. It is (hfficult to nndcrstand \vh\- llint'l)rand slionld send 

 specimens to Mann without retaining- (hiphcates, l)nt Mr. J. \\ l\ock 

 informs me tliat he saw no specimens of 1 liljiscadelphns in tlie 

 liinel)rand cohection at HerHn. As tlie native vei^etation at Ka- 

 waihae has ])ractically (hsappeared, the s])ecies is probably extinct. 



Viola kauaiensis (Iray. far. wahiawaensis, var. nov. 



PLATE IV. 



Tliis well marked variety differs from the species in its leaves which 

 are cuneate at the base, never truncate or reniform. As in the species the 

 petinles \ary s.;"reatl\' in lens^th. and the fragrant dowers vary in size. All 

 llie plants oI)ser\ed at the Waliiawa bog belong t(* tlie variety, tliose at the 

 type locality, mountains aliove Waimea, Alakai swamp, and Leliua makanoe, 

 to tlie species. 



Type in the B. P. B. ]\I. Herbarium, collected at the Wahiawa swamp, 

 Kauai, T. H.. August, IQ09, by C. X. Forbes, X"o. 166, K. There are two 

 unmnnltered specimens in tlie B. P. B. "SI. Herbarium, collected at the 

 \\'ahi;i\\a swamp 1)y Rc\'. J. M. L>'dgate. 



Cyrtandra olona, sj). nov. 



I'LATE V. 



Stem 6 dm. higli. unbranched. glal)rous in all parts. Leaves opposite, 

 brnadly ovate in outline, obtusely rounded at the apc.x. truncate at the base, 

 a few sliglitly uneven-sided, crenate except at tlie l)ase, glal)rous, \'ery dark 

 green alio\'e, paler I)elow, nerxes prciminent. 15.4- 16 cm. long, 12-12. 5 cm. 

 wide, petioles 6-1 1.5 cm. long. Idnwers ( se\eral ? ) on a cdmmon peduncle of 

 7 mm.; the pedicels of the same length, liracts not seen. Calyx cu]i-shaped, 

 sJTortly 5-clcft witli deltoid, acute lol^cs, glabrous, 8 mm. high. C(Trolla small, 

 white, sliglitly curved, i.i cm. high. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



Type in the !'>. 1'. I'.. M. Herb.-irium, collected at the Wahiawa moun- 

 tains, Kauai, 'P. H., .\ugust. 1909, by C. ,N. Forties. No. 213. K. 



The mature. l)luish-gTeen. and the coarsely veined juvenile 

 leaves are rather suggestive of the Olona. Tiniclutrdia lati folia. The 

 species is distinct from any Cyrtandra known to me. but may prove 

 to l)c distantly related to C. cyaiicoidcs R<ick. Only a single speci- 

 men of each of these Cvrtandras is recorded. 



