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Lobelia gloria-montis longibracteata Rock 



Lobelia Gaudichaiidii loiujihractcata Rock in Coll. Hawaii Publ. Bull. 2 ;47. 1913. 



(Plate 59.) 

 Plant 3-5 m high branching candelabra like into five to seven erect, ascending 

 branches ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, nearly of even width, 18-20 em long, 3-3.5 cm 

 wide, glabrous, and not eiliate at the base; racemes larger than in the species 

 50-60 cm or more, five to seven forming one iutloreseence ; pedicels 5-6 cm long ; 

 bracts linear lanceolate, exceeding the length of the pedicels 6-8 cm or more 

 long, S-10 mm wide; calyx tube turbinate 1 cm high, the lobes three and one half 

 times the length of calyx tube; corolla as in the species. 



MAUI: Summit of I'luikukui on the edge of lao Valley in forests with 

 Clermontia grandifJom. Pelca. etc. ; — flowering August 1910, Rock type no. 8S1S 

 in herbarium College of Hawaii. 



This variety is at once distinguished from the species in its branching habit, 

 and larger size, but mainly in the long racemes with their long, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate bracts, and long calycine lobes. One of the handsomest Hawaiian 

 Lobelias. 



Lobelia Kauaensis (Gray') Heller in Minnes. Bot. Stud. 1X:911. 189". 



Lobcliii Gaiidiihaudii var. Kauaensis A. Gray in Proceed. Am. Acad. V:1.^0. 



1862. 



Lobelia Gaudiehaudii Hillebr. Flora Haw. Isl. 236. 1888 (not De Candolle) 



in part. 



(Plates 16, 42, liO.) 



Stem 1-2 m high, closely covered with leaf scars, about 3 cm in diameter; 

 leaves linear lanceolate glabrous even in very young plants, subsessile or on short 

 petioles 3-5 mm long, acuminate or acute at both ends, mucronulate at the apex, 

 coriaceous, 12-15 cm long, 15-20 mm wide, purplish beneath as are the somewhat 

 revolute margin, midrib and minute callous teeth; inflorescence branching into 

 two or visually four racenies 35-40 em long or more, the rhachis deep purple, 

 glabrous or pubernlous; pedicels 1.5-3 cm, bracteate at the base, the bracts 

 narrow linear lanceolate, purple, finely mucronate, glabrous or pubernlous ou 

 the margin, shorter than the pedicels, or of eciual length; calyx tube broadly 

 obconieal, the lobes twice as long (little longer than the calyx tube teste Gray), 

 corolla creamy-white with deep purplish streaks, 4-5 cm long, 1 cm wide at the 

 middle, the two lateral lobes linear, deeply cut 3-3.5 cm, 4-5 mm wide, the lower 

 lip shortly trifid; staminal column glabrous, as are the anthers, all bearded at 

 the apex; capsule black, pyriform, with a long acuminate conical vertex 12-14 

 mm high, seeds linear-reniform, glossy, of a reddish brown, the margins thick- 

 ened, shining. 



KAUAI: U. S. Explor. Exped. in Gray Herbarium; — Pohakupili, Wawra 

 no. 2044 in Herbarium Vienna; — bog at the head of the Wahiawa river, Octo- 

 l.er 19, 1895, A. A. Heller no. 2888 in the Gray Herbarium; — summit of Kauai, 

 I\lt. Waialeale in the bog, Howering September 1909, Rock nos. 5109, 5823, in the 

 herbarium of the College of Hawaii; — same locality October, 1911. Rock in her- 

 barium College of Hawaii ; — Hanapepe, 800 m. Abbe Faurie no. 552 in herbarium 

 Leveille and herbarium College of Hawaii ; — Mt. Waialeale, flowering, fruiting 

 October 21, 1916, Rock no. 12845 in herbarium College of Hawaii ; — same lo- 

 cality. A. S. Hitchcock no. 15499 in IT. S. National Herbarium. 



This species, while quite distinct, comes closer to the typical L. Gaudiehaudii 

 from Oahu ; the main dift'erence being the branching inflorescence, dark purple 

 stems, purplish leaves which are perfectly glabrous and very handsome creamy- 

 white flowers with deep purple streaks. 



