145 



Trematolobelia macrostachys Zalill)ruck. in Coll. Hawaii Pulal. Bull. no. 2:45, 



pi. XI, XII. VAi. 

 Trci/iatOiarpiis niacrostucliys Zahlbrk. in Annal. Mus. Vindob. VI. 3-4. 432. 



18')1. 

 Lobelia inacrustacliys Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. \'oy. 88. 1832. 

 Dclissca ( ?j inacrostaclivs Presl. Prodr. Monogr. Lobel. 47. 1836. 



(Plates 21, 70, 71.) 

 Plant 1.5-4 m high, the woody stem erect 2.5-3.5 em thick, dividing at the 

 apex (only when Howeiing) eandelalira-like into five to sixteen or more hori- 

 zontal branches (the young branches densely pubescent) each 4 dm or rarely 1 m 

 long and terminating in a many tlowered raceme, the leaves rather abruptly fall- 

 ing oft' to bracts; leaves glabrous, membranous, lanceolate 25-30 cm long, 2-2.5 

 cm wide, acuminate, gradually narrowing into a margined petiole, faintly cre- 

 nate in its upper portion, with a small gland under each crenature; racemes 

 about 3 dm or more long, the pedicels horizontal, 2.5-3 cm long, bibracteolate in 

 the lower third, the bracts as long as the pedicels and longer, usiuilly 3.5 em, 

 2 nnn wide; calyx glabrous, its tube globose, about 6 mm, the lobes lanceolate, of 

 nearly the same length ; corolla glabrous, pale rose or pink, slender, 5-6 cm long, 

 about 5 mm wide, suberect before expansion, more or less arcuate when open, 

 ^ the two upper lobes spreading, the lower lip shortly tritld: staminal column 

 glabrous, excepting a small hairy patch at the base of each anther; only the two 

 lower penicillate: stigmatic hairs in a ringlet; capsule coriaceous-ligneous, sub- 

 globose 8x12 mm, with prominent lines and a broad umbonate indehiscent ver- 

 tex, tlie walls of the capsule pierced by numerous holes of various size, larger 

 towards the base, the peripliery of the holes with a thickened ring; seeds minute, 

 ovoid. 



OAHU: Lay et Collie, type in Herbarium Kew ; — U. S. Explor. Exped. in 

 Gray Herbarium; — Gaudichaud no. 150 (flower liuds only) in Herbarium IMus. 

 Paris: — Remy no. 297 in Herbarium ilus. Paris; — Mann and Brigluim no. 643 in 

 herbarium Cornell I'nivers. and Gray IIerl);iriuiu ; — (3n liigh ridges at eleva- 

 tions of 2000-3000 feet, on lioth ranges, llillebrand in Herbarium P>erolinense 

 and flowering and fruiting July 18()5, llillebrand no. 71 in Gray IIeri)arium: — 

 Punaluu Mountains, fruiting December 24-29, 1908, Rock no. 468 in herliariiun 

 College of Hawaii: — ridge leading to Ilauula from main range, fruiting De- 

 cember 23, 1908, Rock no. 471 in herbarium College of Hawaii ; — Konahuaniii, 

 on ridge, fruiting (young) January 8, 1910, Rock no. 6083 in herliarium CoUege 

 of Hawaii: — Konaluianai ridge, flowering Jlay 1912. I*. Ceresole no. 12841 in 

 herbarium College of Hawaii. 



:\[OLOKAI: U. S. Explor. Exped. :— 11 inebi'aiuC—Waikolu ridge ami open 

 fiat swamps above Waikolu. flowerbuds, April 1910, Rock no. 8819 in lierbarium 

 College of Hawaii ; — Pukoo, flowering October 8, 1916, A. S. Hitchcock no. 15n(i8 

 in U. S. National llerl)arium. 



:MAUI: West ilaui, Puukukui, September 24-26, 1916, A. S. Hitchcock no 

 14817 in U. S. National Herbarium; — East ^Maui, Olinda-Waikamoi pipe line 

 trail, Waikamoi gulch, observed only. Rock. Hept. 1910, March 1911. 



LAXAI : Upper parts of mountains. September 21. 191(i. A. S. Hitchcock no. 

 14684 in V. S. National Herbar. 



HAWAII : r. S. Exploring Exped., one single leaf in Gray Herbarium ; — 

 Hillebrand; — forests of Naalehu, Kau, south slopes of Mauna Loa, fruiting Jan- 

 uary 1913. Rock no. 10360 in Herbarium College of Hawaii; — Volcano of Ki- 

 lauea. fern forest open places, flowerbuds, May 1911, observed only (Rock) and 

 along automobile road to Kilauea crater proper, fruiting August 1917. Roclc in 

 Herbarium College of Hav/aii. 



