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Cyanea Bishopii Rock The Indig'. Trees Hawaii Tsl., add. 509, 1913, and 



Turrey Hot. CI. Bull. 44:233, pi. 13, 14, 1917. 

 Cyanea Kiiiithiana? Hillebr. Hora Hawaii. Isl. 264. 1888. 



(Plate.s .52, 155.) 



Plant subherbat-eous woody only at the base 10-14 dm higli, rarely branch- 

 ing, leaves crowded at the top, obovate-oblong. bluntly acuminate at the apex, 

 gradually tapering into a margined petiole of 3 em ; leaves 20-30 cm long, 4-7 

 cm wide (measured at their widest portion), sparingly hispid with scattered 

 Avhitish hairlets above, pubescent underneath, especially along the veins and mid- 

 rib ; iutlorescence densely clustered along the stem, immediately under the leaves, 

 extending down for about 12-15 cm; tlowers numerous on a short, hirsute, many 

 bracteate peduncle, <i nnn in length ; pedicels 5-6 mm when with tlowers, 12 mm 

 when with fruit, bibraeteolate aliuve the middle, bracteoles linear subulate 3 mm; 

 calyx hirsute the subglobose ovarian portion (i mm, calycine lobes as long as the 

 tube or longer; corolla slender, somewhat curved, 3 cm long. 4 mm wide, hirsute, 

 pale or lilac with whitish streaks, lobes very short, 3-4 mm, retrorsely dentate 

 above, the dorsal slit extending one-third the length of the tube ; staminal 

 column sparingly hispid, anthers densely covered with strigose pale purplish 

 hair, the lower ones only penicillate: Iterry subglobose, deep orange 8 mm in 

 diam., ci'owned by the calycine lobes. ■ 



MAUI: On ridge overlooking Wailuku. and liack of Lahaina, January 1871 

 (with fiowerbuds), E. F. Bishop co-type in Gray IIerl)arium, type no. 47 in 

 Herbarium Berlin ; — slopes of Haleakala, wet forest between Waikamoi and Ho- 

 'nomanu gulch, along Kula pipeliue trail, elevation 4000 feet, flowering May 

 IDll. Rock no. 8806 in the herbai'ium of the College of Hawaii; — same locality, 

 fruiting October 1910, Rock no. 8572 in the herbarium of the College of Hawaii ; 

 — upper forest of Puu Kukui, West ]\Iaui, 3000-5000 feet elevation, fruiting 

 September 24-26, 1916. A. S. Hitchcock no. 14846 in the U. 8. National lier- 

 l)arium and the herbarium of tln' College of Hawaii; — valley of Honokahau along 

 the trail to ilt. Eeke, 3000 feet elevation, Rock & Hashimoto, August 3, 1918 

 (observed only). 



Half of the specimen collected by ]\Ir. Bishop was sent to lliUebrand, so in 

 reality both can be considered the type. With the specimen in the Gray Her- 

 barium is a letter addressed to Professor Asa Gray by ilr. Bisliop, who writes as 

 follows : 



I have recently come to East Hampton, June 15, 1872, from the Hawaiian 

 Islands and have brought a few jilants which I have collected. While there I 

 had communication with Dr. Hillebrand, who has made large collections. But 

 he left for Germany, where he intends publishing a work on the Island Flora. I 

 have therefore some plants which are entirely new. All my collections have been 

 made on West ]\laui. 



I enclose two plants herewith: a Cyanea found at an elevation of 4000 feet. 

 It was unfortunately not quite open, but the buds are large and apparently of 

 full size. The plant has a simple uprisht stem about 2 to 4 feet high. There 

 are probably 10 to 15 full-sized leaves closely ranged at the apex of the plant. 

 The specimen is full sized. Found January, 1871. 



He then i-efers to the other plant, a Hesperomannia ; at tlie foot of the letter 

 is a note, probably written by Professor Gray, as follows: "Write and send 

 the Cyanea to Hillebrand." 



Hillebrand referred this plant doubtfully to Ciiiiiica Kuiilliinna (Gaud.), a 



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