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Of Clermontia, Gaud., the specimens examined are reducible to two 

 species, viz. : — 



1. Clermontia grandiflora. Gaud., with its several varieties, 

 'Var. a. BREViFOLiA (01 grandljiora, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyc. p. 



459, t. 73) : foliis membranaceis ovalibus leviter obovatis ovatisve utrin- 

 que angustatis vel acutatis modice serratis bi-tripollicaribus, petiolo 

 gracili poUicari. — The flowers are evidently amplified^ or exaggerated 

 on Gaudichaud's plate. 



Var. /3. OBLONGiFOLiA ( C. persiccefolia and C. oUongifoUa, Gaud. 

 1. c. t. 71, 72) : foliis oblongis seu elongato-oblongis sajpe obtusis de- 

 orsum attenuatis repando-serratis 4- 6-pollicaribus, petiolo bi-tri- 

 pollicari. 



Var. y. LONGiFOLiA (C grandiflora, Hook. «& Arn. C KaJceana, 

 Meyen in Presl. Lob. C. macrophylla, Nutt. C. macrocarpa, Gaud. 

 Bot. Voy. Bonite, t. 49. C. viridis, Gaud. ined. in herb. Mus. Par.) : 

 foliis subcoriaceis vel membranaceis oblongo-lanceolatis seu anguste 

 oblongis creberrime serrulatis 3-9-pollicaribu3 basi in petiolum 1 -2- 

 poUicarem attenuatis. 



2. Clermontia parviflora, Gaud. ined. ( C. ohlongifolia, Hook. 

 & Am., non Gaud. C Byroni, pyrifoUa, seu parviflora, Gaud, in 

 herb. Mus. Par.) : fi'uticosa, glabra ; foliis membranaceis lanceolato- 

 vel subspathulato-oblongis breviter acurainatis crebre repando-serrula- 

 tis ; pedunculo pauciflorQ.pedicellis<iue brevibus petiolum baud su])eran- 

 tibus; floribas vix poUicaribus gracilibus leviter curvatis "ca;ruleis"; 

 calyce breviter 5-lobo corollam hinc alte fissam a3quante. — Hawaii 

 (and Oahu ?), first collected by Macrae. 



There are three species of true, fleshy-frutescent Lobelias, viz. : — 



1. Lobelia macrostachys, Hook. «&; Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 88 ; 

 Gaud. Bot. Voy. Bonite, t. 46. — Oahu and Hawaii. Gaudichaud's 

 plate exhibits flower-buds only. These when fully formed are 1^ to 

 2 inches long and mostly i-ecurved; the developed corolla 2 or 3 

 inches long, "pale" or "white with the summit lilac." 



2. Lobelia Gaudichaudii, A. DC; Gaud. 1. c. t. 45. — Oahu. 

 Vai\ Kauaensis : racemo puberulo ; calycis viscosi lobis breviori- 



bus, i. e. tube paullo longioribus. — Kauai. " Corolla pale, with pink 

 veins." 



3. Lobelia neriifolia (sp. nov.) : caule fruticoso crasso medulla 

 farcto ; foliis confertis elongato-linearibus utrinque angustatis in petio- 

 lum attenuatis coriaceis transverse venosis marline integerrimo revolu- 



