349 



The specimen collected by the U. S. Exploring Expedition is so fragmentary 

 that Dr. Gray evidently thought it to be the same as Dclissea undulata, especially 

 as the two fragmentary leaves were rather small and resembled those of D. un- 

 clulaia. 



Delissea subcordata obtusifolia AN'awra in Flora od. Allgem. r.ot. Zeit. XXXI : 



;. 1873. 



(Plate 196.) 

 Leaves 22.5-30 cm long, 10-17.5 em wide, broadly oblong, obtuse, even sub- 

 orbicular; calyciue teeth longer, often almost equalling the tul)e; the dorsal knob 

 of the corolla often wanting. 



OAIIU: Helemano, Waipio, Hillebrand in Herbarium Berolinense and Gray 



ITerbai'ium ; — Wawra no. 2355 (ex herb. Hillebrand') in ITei'barium Vienna. 



The first description was jniblished by Wawra in Flora as follows: "foliis 

 qiKtin in prri( cede lit i multo umplioribus, rotundatis.'^ 



Delissea laciniata Hillebr. Flora Hawaii. Isl. 249. 1888. 



(Plate. 197.) 

 "A branching shrub, leaves oblong in outline, 12.5-15 cm long, 9.25 cm wide, 

 on petioles 7.5-12.5 cm long, irregularly cut into patent acute lobes, the lowest 

 lobes 2.5-3.75 cm deej), with irregular serratures, somewliat decnrrent along the 

 petiole; raceme 3.75-5 cm. slender, naked in the lower half, 6-10-tiowered, the 

 pedicels 12 mm; bi'acts short linear; cal.vx oliconical, its teeth sliarp triangtdar or 

 subulate, 2 mm or more ; corolla 37 mm long, falcate, white, a dorsal knob below 

 the middle and generally two lateral ones a little higher, the lobes rather long, 

 their slits extending to the knobs; anthers faintly pubescent at the base; berry 

 bluish, obovoid, about 12 mm long." 



OAHU: AVailujie. Ilillebi-and in Herbariinn Berlin (type), and Gray Her- 

 barium; — specimens ex herli. Hillebrand in Risliop ^luseuni lierbariuni. 



This species has not been re-collected so far. 



Delissea laciniata parvifolia Rock n. v. 



(Plate 198.) 

 Leaves mueli smaller ()-ti.5 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, ovate, acuminate at both 

 ends, irregularly serrate, membranaceous; flowers smaller, 2.5 cm long, 5 mm 

 wide ; berry aliout 7 mm long. 



OAHIT: Wailupe Valley, Hillebrand, tyije in Herbarium Berolinense. 

 Hillebrand mentions this form in a footnote as follows: "A variety of the 

 same region has .smaller leaves wiiich are only irreuularly serrate." 



Delissea sinuata Hillebr. Flora Hawaii. Isl. 250. 1888. 



(Plate 199.) 

 "Stem simple, erect, 6-12 dm high, subherbaceous, leaves oblaneeolate or 

 spathulate, 25-27.5 cm x 5-7.5 cm, bluntl.y acuminate graduall.v contracting into 

 long petioles of 7.5-12 5 cm, the margin sinuate and denticulate with ap- 

 pressed teeth; peduncle 37-50 mm, nearly naked, the numerous flowers crowded 

 near the apex ; pedicels 10 mm ; bracts short linear ; calyx tube cylindrical, 8-10 

 mm long, the sharp subulate teeth one quarter to one third of its length; corolla 

 about 37 mm, curved, white, the dorsal gibbus generall.v wanting, but at the 

 middle when present; anthers faintly puberulous at the base." 



