304 Rock: SOME NEW HAWAIIAN PLANTS 
Dubautia Waialealae Rock 
Planta hirsuta, 2-3 dm. alta; folia coriacea, 15-20 mm. longa, 
4-6 mm. lata, terna, sessilia, oblanceolata; capitula 5-10 mm. 
diam., hirsuta, in pedicellis 4-27 mm. longis; corymbus foliaceus; 
involucrum angustum, bracteis 5—6; receptaculum conicum, hir- 
sutum, paleis 14-18; corollae luteae; pappi paleae lanceolatae, 
ciliatae; achaenia parce pilosa 
Whole plant hirsute, 2-3 dm. high, with stout woody branches 
covered with leaf-scars throughout; leaves  thick-coriaceous, 
crowded, 15-20 mm. X 4-6 mm., ternate, sessile, oblanceolate, 
acute, narrowing below, remotely denticulate in the upper half, 
covered with small stiff whitish hairs on both sides, many-nerved ; 
flower-heads 5-10 mm. in diameter, hirsute on pedicels of 4-27 mm. 
in groups of 4-18 at the ends of the branches, corymb foliaceous; 
involucral bracts 5 or 6, almost as high as the heads; receptacle 
conical, covered with long white hairs, paleae 14-18; florets 6-30; 
corolla bright yellow, slightly exserted, deeply 5-cleft, lobes reflexed ; 
pappus chaffy, the narrow lanceolate ciliate paleae as long as the 
hispid straight achenes. 
The type number is 5030 in the herbarium of the Board of 
Agriculture and Forestry of the Territory of Hawaii; collected 
(September 24, 1909) at the summit of Mt. Waialeale, Kauai, at an 
elevation of 5,250 feet, where the plant grows in company with 
Geranium humile, Lobelia kauaiensis, Pelea Waialealae, and Dro- 
sera longifolia. 
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, 
HONOLuLu, Hawau. 
