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Section CLERMONTIAE GENUINAE. 



Hillel)r. Flora Hawaiian Isl. 2i'>. 1888. 



Clermontia Kakeana i\Ieyen Reise uni die Erde 11:358. 1843. 

 Clcvmonlia macrocarpa Cjaud. Bot. Voy. Bonite, t. 49. 1839-1852. 

 Clermontia macrophylla Nutt. Transact. Amer. Philos. Soc. II, 8:251. 1843. 

 Clermontia <jrandiflora y longifolia A. Gray in Proceed. Am. Acad. V:150. 1862 



(Plate 171.) 

 A tall shrub or small tree 3-(i m high, branching eandelalira-like, young shoots 

 tomentose; leaves obovate-oblong, 15-25 em long, 5-8 em wide, on petioles of 3-6 

 cm, sliortly acuminate or acute at the apex, acuminate at the base, closely den- 

 ticulate with callous teeth, but entire along the base, membranous when dry, a 

 dull green, not shining and glabrous above, faintly pubescent or puberulous 

 beneath; peduncle pubescent, 2-3.5 cm long, two to five flowered; pedicels 15-20 

 mm long, bibracteolate lielow or above the middle, or the bracteoles accrete to the 

 pedicels and therefore apjiarently at the base of the calyx; calyx green, ovarian 

 portion globose 10-13 mm in diameter, the tubular portion e(|ualling the corolla, 

 5 cm long, about 8 mm wide, suberect, green ; corolla yellowish green to pale rose- 

 colored ; staminal column and anthers glabrous, the latter purplish; berry globose 

 20-30 mm in diameter, faintly ribbed ; seeds pale. 



OAHU: Gaudiehaud in herbarium Museum Paris; — ]\leyen, Xuttal, in Her- 

 barium?; — ]\Iann et Brigham no. 232 in Herbarium Cornell; — Ilalemanu gulch, 

 March 1870, Ilillebrand in Herbarium Berolinense; — Waiolani ]\Iountain, AVawra 

 no. 1658 in Herbarium Vindolionense ; — Kaala ]\lts., Wawra no. 2246 in Her- 

 barium Vindobonense ; — Kaala. Ilillebrand in Herbarium Berolinense; — along 

 Tantalus. April 2, 1895, Heller no. 2059 in Herbarium Cornell. Gray Ilerljarium; 

 — Pauoa Valley, flowering January 7, 1909, Rock no. 711 in herbarium College 

 of Hawaii; — Waliiawa, flowering July 1908, Rock no. 8725 in herbarium College 

 of Hawaii; — Kaukonahua gulch, flowering ■May 15, 1909, Rock no. 8723 in her- 

 liarium College of Hawaii; — Waikakalau gulch, flowering October 1912, G. W. 

 Shaw no. 12839 in herbarium College of Hawaii; — Waiaiui Valley (Waiahole), 

 flowering January 22. 1909, Rock- no. 1199 in licrliai-ium College of Hawaii. 



JIOLOKAI: Ilillebrand in Herbarium Berolinense; — ;\lapulehu, Molokai, 

 flowering April 1910. in herbarium College of Hawaii; — Pukoo. Octolier 8, 1916, 

 A. S. Hitchcock no, 15032 in V. S. National Herbarium. 



IMAIJI: West Maui. Puukukui, September 24-26, 1916, A. S. Hitchcock nos. 

 14793, 14795 in U. S. National Herbarium ; — East !\Iaui, Ilonomanu ditch trail, 

 flow-ering IMay 1911, Rock no. 8815 in herbariiun College of Hawaii ; — Kahiki- 

 nui, southern slopes of Mt. Haleakala, flowering November 1910, Rock no. 8688 

 in herbarium College of Hawaii ; — Olinda pipeline trail, elevation 4000 feet, 

 October 1, 1916, A. S. Hitchcock no. 14928 in U. S. National llerbarimn. 



CJcrniiiiitiii Kah(<ui(i. while not so variable as oilier species of the genus Cli r- 

 iiioiitia, is nevertheless one of the most conniKiii spi'cies. It occurs on Oahu. ^lo- 

 lokai and j\Iaui, growing at elevations of l()()0-40()0 feet. The plant was com- 

 monly known as ('Icrmoiitin mnirocnvpa. but the sjieeific name Kalrnna given 

 by ^Icycn is the older one. INleyen also published the first description, while 

 (iaudicliaud only jmblished a ])late, which is, however, excellent and better than 

 any description. Ililleiirand records three varieties of this species in his Flora. 



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