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no. SS17-;i in lierbar. Coll. Hawaii; — Kalaupapa pali, flowering August 1911, 

 N. B. Nevin no. 8S17-b in herbar. College of Hawaii; — Ilalawa, June 1910, U. 

 Faui'ie no. ;i74 in herb. Leveille (La ]\Ians, Franee) and in herb. Coll. Hawaii 

 LANAI: At the head of ilaunalei Vallry cm stee|) nicky elilt's, July 1910 

 Roc'lx. observed only. 



The i)lant liad not been previously recorded from Ijanai ; it grew on the 

 vertical walls of jMaunalei gorge and could nut l)e collected. 



The natives call this species Aluhi on Kauai, and Puaala on Molokai ; the 

 plant has been compared by Hillebrand and that ajitly to ;i ealiliageJiead stuck 

 on a naked pole. The flowers are sweet-scented witli an odiu- like that of violets. 

 The natives of Wailau Valley on the windward side of IMolokai cultivate this 

 species in their front yards within the spray of the sea. 



The writer brought about ten large individuals of this species to Honolulu, 

 for the purpose of growing' them ; they all died, however, after a short time. 



The juice of the stem is watery and not glutinous and milky as in the other 

 Hawaiian LohrJinidrar. 



Brighamia insignis forma citrina Forlies & Ly dilate in r)ccas. Pap. B. P. Bish. 

 Afus. \'(.l. \'I. no. 4:11 anot. 1917. 



Leaves as in the species; calyx teeth shortei'. ronilhi lenKJii yellow, brighter 

 yellow on the inner side of the expanded lobes, tlie latter acute. 



KAUAI: Ilaupn range near Xawiliwili Bay. flowering, October 31, 1916. 

 Forbes no. 70(i-k in herliarimn Bisliop Mnsenin. lloiidlnln. 



Whether the plants from Kalalau, Kauai, ai'e referalile to this form or 

 belong to the species proper cannot be determined in absence of specimens from 

 Kalalau, where the plant has apparently been only (il>served by J. ;\I. Lydgate 

 and Forbes. 



