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HAWAII: AVoods of Kona. Hillebraiid type in Herbarium Berolin. ; — lies 

 Saiidwifh, Hawaii, J. Reniy, 1851-185."). no. 808 in herbarium ihis. Paris; — 

 iloonuiahea, slopes of .Mt. Hualalai, rtoweriui;- June 10, 1909. Rock no. 3737 in 

 herbarium of the College of Hawaii: — Ilinalsapauula, Hualalai, tiowerbnds, June 

 10. 1909, Rock no. 3762 in lierbarium College of Hawaii: — Xaalehu forest, Kau, 

 3000 feet elevation, flowering January 1912, Rock no. 10003 in herbarium Col- 

 lege of Hawaii ; — forest of Kealakekua. tlowering February 10, 1912, Roek no. 

 10031 in herbarium College of Hawaii ; — Pulehua, South Kona, flowering Feb- 

 ruary 1912, Rock no. 10032 in herbarium College of Hawaii. 



Clermonfia cocnilea is the most common ('!< riiiiuitia in the southern part of 

 the island of Hawaii. It ranges from Kau to South Kona, extending over the 

 slopes of Jlauna Loa to Xortli Kima over the slo|)es of Mt. Hualalai. It can be 

 found at an elevation of 2000 feet above Xaalehu, Kau, in wet rain forests up to 

 an elevation of 4000 feet. It also occurs in the wet forest back of Kapua, where 

 it extends up into the Koa belt. It is not unconniKni in the forests above Keala- 

 kekua and on the slopes of Hualalai back of Iluehuc. In Kau it is a tree 15 to 

 20 feet in height with a trunk of about 4 to 5 inches in diameter, and is freel.v 

 branching. In the specimens from Kau, tlie calycine lobes are minute dentiform, 

 while in the Kona specimens the lobes are broad deltoid. In the latter locality it 

 is a shrub. 



The species was first collected bv Jules Rem.v, but was never described by 

 him. His specimen no. 308 in the Paris Herbariujii has long calycine lobes such 

 as are found in the Xorth Kona specimens. 



Clermontia Waimeae liock in Coll. Hawaii Publ. Hull. 2:40. 1''13. 



(Plate 1(57.) 

 A shruli 3-5 m high, man.\- branched, of the typical Clermontia t.\pe ; Ijranches 

 slender, glabrous; leaves bright green, glossy, subcoriaceous to chartaceous, 

 glabrous on both sides, only the young leaves puberulous underneath, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute at both ends, mucronate at the apex, crenate to crenulate, cal- 

 lous, covered with a tine impressed areolar network, midrib reddish, 10-15 cm 

 long, 2-3.5 cm wide, on petioles of 2.5-3.5 cm ; cyme 3-5 flowered, puberulous, 

 axillarv. the conmion peduncle 2-3 cm. jiedieels 10-15 mm, biliracteolate at or 

 below the middle; ovarian portion of cal.vx subglobose, 6-8 mm in diameter, the 

 lobes linear-lanceolate recurved, acute, 5-8 mm long, puberulous, corolla purple, 

 ■ slender, slightly curved, somewhat pubescent, 3-4 cm long, 3-4 mm wide, deepl.y 

 lobed more than half the length of the corolla, the lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 the dorsal slit not alwa.vs extending to the base, but often only be.vond the middle: 

 staminal colunui glabrous, anthers entirel.v glabrous, the lower ones bearded 

 onl.v: fruits dark orani;(' yellow, globose with ti'uncate apex and persistent cai.v- 

 eine lobes. 



HAWAII: Dense swampy forests aliove Waimea village, Parker Ranch, 

 elevation 4000 feet, flowering July 12, 1909, Rock, type no. 4794 in the ho'barium 

 of the College of Hawaii : — Waimea forests, flowering Jul.^• 1910, Rock nos. 4794-b, 

 4794-c, 4794-d, 4794-e;— Alakahi gorge, flowering July 13, 1909. Rock no. 4756;— 

 Kohala reservoir mountains of Kohala, flowering Jiily 1910, Rock no. 8847. 



Cleniioutia Waiiiicac is a very variable species, the most varialile part being 

 the eal.^'cine lobes. This species shows well the impossibility of establishing 

 li'enera on such a variable character as the length of calvcine lobes. 



