Rock: Notes on HAWAIIAN LOBELIOIDEAE 233 
4. Cyanea Remyi sp. nov. 
Plant glabrous throughout; leaves thick, chartaceous, mostly 
38-40 cm. long and 15 cm. wide, on petioles 10-12 cm. long; 
peduncle 7-8 cm. long, pedicels filiform, 1 cm. long; flowers (only a 
single flower bud remaining) purplish pink, glabrous, and of very 
thin texture. [PLATE 12.] 
Kaval or NimHau: without definite locality, 1851-1855, J- 
Remy 302 bis, type, in the herbarium of the Natural History Mu- 
seum at Paris. The specimen is labeled Delissea but represents a 
typical Cyanea. The species has not again been collected and is 
very distinct. Nothing is known in regard to height or habit of 
growth. 
5. CyANEA Bisnopti Rock, Indig. Trees Haw. Isl. 509. 1913. 
Cyanea Kunthiana? Hillbrd. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 264. 1888: Not 
Delissea Kunthiana Gaud. 
Matt: on the ridge overlooking Wailuku, back of Lahaina, 
West Maui, January, 1871, E. F. Bishop, type; slopes of Haleakala, 
wet forest between Waikamoi and Honomanu Gulch, along Kula 
pipe line trail in dense swampy jungle, west of Olinda, East Maui, 
at an elevation of 4200 feet, October, 1910, J. F. Rock 8572 
(fruiting specimens); May, 1911, J. F. Rock 8806 (flowering speci- 
mens). Type specimens are preserved in the Gray Herbarium 
and in the herbarium at Berlin (PLATE 13) ; the other two specimens, 
which agree with the type, are in the herbarium of the College of 
Hawaii (PLATE 14). 
With the type specimen in the Gray Herbarium is a letter 
addressed to Professor Asa Gray by Mr. Bishop, who writes as 
follows: 
I have recently come to East Hampton, June 15, 1872, from the Hawaiian Islands 
and have brought a few plants which I have collected. While there I had communi- 
cation 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 Maui. 
I enclose two plants herewith: a Cyanea found at an elevation of 4,000 feet. It 
was unfortunately not quite open but the buds are large and apparently of tull size. 
The plant has a simple upright stem about 2 to 4 feet high. There aie 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 refers to the other plant, a Hesperomannia; at the 
