377 



apex, 01" subeniai'jiinMto. very slmrtly innci'omilate ; corolla ."> cm or more, slightly 

 sigmoid, rose-colored or liuht jnirple with reddish streaks; staminal tulu^ glab- 

 rous, anthers puberulous, all tufted at the apex. 



OAHU: Kaala, Wawra no. 2241 in Herbarium Vienna; — slopes of Kaala 

 and Moanalna, Hillebrand in Herbarium Berolin. and Gray Herbarium. 



That this species has nothing in conunon with the TtoUandia Iluinljnhlfiana 

 tigured by Gaudichaud is evident on examining his plate (76) in the Atlas 

 Voyage Bonite. For further discussion see RoUaiiditi Ilumholdtiana. 



Wawra 's variety toiiiciilclla of his RoUandia Ilumboldfiana is in all proba- 

 bility a variety of />'. laiiccohiUt. The writer has not seen material of this 

 variety, nor does Hillebrand mention it in his Flora. 



Rollandia crispa Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie 459. 1826. 



Cyanca/ Rollaiuiia A. Gray Proceed. Am. Acad. V:149. 1862. 



Rollandia grandifolia Hillebr. Flora Hawaii. Isl. 245. 1888. 



Rollandia grandidora Drake Del Cast. 111. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif, \'II :218. 1892. 



(Plates 213, 214.') 



Sabherbaceous- 0.3-1.3 m high, smooth, the stem rather fleshy; leaves large 

 obovate oblong, 30-75 em long, 10-16 cm broad, shortly acuminate, sinuately cre- 

 nate or entire, gradually running out into a thick fleshy margined petiole of about 

 .8 mm, memln-anous, glabrous above, pale, almost white beneath, slightly pube- 

 scent or the widely-sweeping nerves shortly puberulous, rarely glal.n'ous; raceme 

 short and thick, 2-3 cm. many-tlowered or bracteate from the base, the pedicels 

 1-2 cm ; bracts broad obiong, obtuse, 18-8 nun, bractlets below the middle of the 

 pedicel and often accrete, 8-4 mm; calyx puberulous. obconical, the ovarian por- 

 tion 8-12 mm, the lobes as long or longer, broad oblong, obtuse apiculate, strongly 

 imbricate; corolla falciform 5-6 cm or more long, puberulous or pubescent with 

 short whitish hair, pale purplish-red, with deeper stripes along the nerves; stam- 

 inal column adherent in the lower third or half, glabrous, pale, the anthers of a 

 deeper color, the upper ones often hispid at the apex, the lower ones penicil- 

 late; berry globose 10 mm in diameter. 



OAHU: Gaudichaud in lierbariiun ^luseum Paris; — U. ^laun and Briuham 

 no. 58 in herbarium Cornell Fniversity and Gray Herbarium; — Pauoa Valley, 

 anno 1870, Hillelirand in Herbarium Berlin, Gray Herbarium, and herliarium of 

 the Bishop Jluseum ; — Waiaini Valley, windward Oahu, flowering January 22, 

 1900, Rock no. 1205 in the lu'i-harimn of the College of Hawaii and Gray Her- 

 barium; — Palolo Valley. Howei-insj' ]\Iay 2, 1912, Rock no. 10220 in herbarium of 

 the Colh'ge of Hawaii ;- -^It. Olympus trail, flowering ilareh 1918, Rock & Lyon 

 no. 14078 in herbarium of the College of Hawaii. 



L'ollaiidia crispa is certainly a distinct plant, but there is some doubt as to 

 the identity of it. Gaiuliehaud's specimen of his L'. crispa consists of a single 

 leaf, of which part of the petiole is broken ; there are no flowers or fruits left. 

 The margin of the leaf of the type is certainly ditferent from that of the plants 

 I'eferred to this species by H. ifaun. There is, however, a possibility of Gaudi- 

 chaud having had a younger leaf. 



It was probably on the strength of the crisp margin mentioned by Gaudichaud 

 that Hillebrand referred it to one of his varieties (S) of R. lanccolata. It is, 

 however, more likely that < laudichaud's 7i'. crispa is identical with the plants 



