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MAT'I: East Jlaui, western slopes of 'Sit. llaloakala, on the crater of Pnn- 

 nianiau. elevation 70U0 feet, tio^vering- October 11, 191U, Roek type no. 8595 in 

 herbarium of the College of Hawaii. Gray Herbarium, herbarium New York 

 Botauic Garden, herbarium Sydney Hot. (lard., Hi'rbai'iuiu Hero!.. Herbarium 

 Vienna. 



A .small tree lU to 20 feet tall, with few very robiust branches, having at first 

 glance the aspect of a Dracaena. It is soft-wooded, and glabrous. This very 

 curious tree, which has almost an antediluvian appearance, comes nearly between 

 Clennonlia and Cyanea Its decidedly cymose inflorescence places it with the 

 former genus, while the dorsal slit of the corolla does not always extend to the 

 base, but to the middle. It also has a characteristic of the genus Dclissca, and that 

 is the thickened portion or knob in the flowerbud about the middle, indicating 

 the termination of the dorsal slit ; though the seeds, which in Delissea are deeply 

 wrinkled, are smooth and shining in the species in question. 



This remarkable tree is undoubtedly one of the oldest forms of oiir Hawaiian 

 LohcUoideac, as it is so strikingly different from all the rest of the Lohdioideae 

 inhabiting these islands. 



This species was discovered by the writer October 11, 1910, on the island of 

 JIaui, on the western slopes of Jit. Haleakala, on the crater of Puunianiau, at 

 an elevation of 7000 feet, in a locality wliere no one would expect to find a 

 member of this wonderful tribe. It grows in open, dry scrub in company with 

 plants belonging to the upper forest zone, siu'h as KaiUavdia plati/pliylla, Argtj- 

 ru.ilpliimii rircsccH.'i, Sapliara cJirn.'nipInilhi. Siniliiluiii Ilali iilalac. etc. Unfortu- 

 nately, only three trees are in existence, and as they are peculiar to the above 

 locality, it will not be long before they will have shared the fate of so many of 

 our native trees, becoming extinct, as cattle have free access and browse on the 

 lower brandies within their reach.* 



Clermontia fulva Lj\l. in b^edde Repert. Spec. nov. XII :506. 1013. amend. 



(Plate 170.) 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, undulate, pale green, slightly puliescent luiderneath, 

 especially along the midi-ib and nerves, the margins wav\-, crenate and with nu- 

 merous teeth, acute to acuminate? at the apex, acute at the base, 23 em long, 8 cm 

 wide, on petioles of 2.5 cm; peduncle 1 em, bracteate at the base, the bracts sub- 

 foliaceous, greeu glabrous ; pedicels not bracteolate, 1.5 cm, pubescent, yellowish ; 

 calyx ovate, ovarian portion about 13 mm. the teeth triangular 3 mm long acute, 

 distant; corolla suberect, (bud) 3 cm long, yellowish tomentose, fruit unknown. 



KAITAI : Kaahao (in specimen), Kauhoa (in puliiication), flowerbucls, ]\Iarcl) 

 1910, Urban Faurie no 11 in Herbarium ricveille. La Alans, France. 



No specimens are extant in other herbaria as far' as the writer is aware; the 

 description has been drawn up by the writer from the miserable specimen in 

 Leveille's herbarium. 



The species is indeed an odd Cleniuittita; it has more the habit of a Cyanra. 

 The inflorescence as far as can be made out is apparently a cyme. 



* The writer's fears in regard to the destruction of this rare species, were well founded; 

 the species has become e.xtinct. While on Maui for the i)urpose of taking photos of Luhclioi- 

 fh'iir. he made a special trip to Puunianiau to see tliis species once more, but to his great 

 sorrow not a vestige of this interesting species coiihl be found; it hail sucnimbed to the 

 ravages of cattle. 



