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ing ilay 1911, Eock no. 8797-a (deeply lohed leaves) in herbarium College of 

 Hawaii; — Keanae Valley, ilay 1011, Rock no. 8797 in herbarium College of 

 Hawaii. 



To this variety may also be referred no. 8796 a specimen without flower or 

 fruit ; its position is, however, doul)tf ul. 



Cyanea scabra longissima Rock var. nov. 



(Plate 144.) 



Plant subherbaceous, nnarmed throughout; leaves lanceolate-oblong, gradu- 

 alh' narrowing into a short margined petiole, 30-50 cm long including the petiole, 

 5-10 cm wide, somewliat fleshy, light green ; peduncle short 1.5 cm, many-flowered, 

 corolla curved, 4-6 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, glabrous, waxy white, with pale lilac 

 streaks, the lobes muricate; fruit subglobose to ovoid, 10-12 mm long, orange 

 colored, seeds dark smooth shining. 



MAUI: Honomanu ditch trail along watercourses in dense swampy shaded 

 woods, northern slopes of j\It. Ilaleakala, April-May 1911, Rock no. S790 (flow- 

 ering and fruiting specimen) in the herbarium of the College of Hawaii. 



A rather distinct variety difl:'eriug from the species in the long lanceolate 

 leaves on sliort margined petioles and in being unarmed. It loves the deep and 

 shaded ravines, as well as the lianks of streambeds, where it grows in the dense 

 shade of the urticaceous Toncliardin Jatifnlid. 



Cyanea scabra sinuata Ruck 



Cyaiica scabra /i \ar. Hillebr. Mora Hawaii. Isl. 2?7. 1888. 



(Plate 14.5.) 

 "Leaves drawn out at the base into a shorter petiole, siliuately lobate with 

 numerous triangular somewhat obtnse lobes about 12 mm deep; corolla sparsely 

 hispid, sometimes glabrate, but nniricate on the lobes: peduncle 2.5-3.5 em long; 

 berry ovoid, 10-12 mm. 



MAUI: West Maui, Laliaina. AVailua, Waihce, Ilillebrand no. 5 in Iler- 

 barinm Berlin. 



The writer has not collected this variety, but it comes very close to some of 

 the sinnately-lobed specimens of variety variabilis, but dift'ers again in the short 

 petioles and short pedicels. 



Cyanea holophylla Ililleljr. Flora Hawaii. Isl. 2S7. 1888. 



(Plate 14G.) 

 "An unarmed slirul), 1.3 m high; leaves ovate or obovate-oblong, 25-35 cm 

 long, 7.5-12.5 cm wide, on petioles of 10 em. shortly acuminate, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base, sinuate or entire, glabrous, flaccid; raceme 1.87-3.12 cm: 

 pedicels 12 mm; calyx-lobes nearly twice as long as the tube, 12-14 mm; corolla 

 quite glabrous and smooth, otherwise as in C. scabra (upper anthers ciliate at the 

 apex)." 



MAUI : West Maui, Valley of Waiehu, Waihee Angust 1870, Ilillebrand in 

 Herbarium Berlin ; — Valley of Honokahau, flowering September 3, 1918, Rock 

 & Hashimoto, no. 13128 in herbarium College of Hawaii ; — Valley of Waihee near 

 streambed, flowering August 5, 1918, Rock & Hashimoto, no. 14079 in herbarium 

 College of Hawaii. 



The following legend appears on an accompanying label: "Cyaiica s\i. n. 

 hnbitu T)cUss(a acuiniiiafa. Frutex 4-pedaIis inermis glabcr; fol. ineinhranaccis 

 (jUtbris, subtiis paUidioribus. Icnicfc pctiohifis, obloncjis i)ifra rotinidnfis. supra 

 acuminatis. Pcduiiculi pctiolcj dimidio rel plus brcviorcs, muUiporrs." 



