Campanulaceae. 
underneath, on petioles of 3 to 5 em, pee ey ee in the upper two- bias with callous tty 
eee in Se Hee tot [pies glabrous 6 to 8 em long with flowe em leng with 
ag tw wered; acts and bractlets gi stored. Saye dark purplish, a 
3 to ° em pe nie * Ba it lobes as ae ng the the 
cea yin t the ers erect; “purple, curved 4 to m Sn ae ey to 2 
cm neo. rats NG anal patents eee is sh; anthers bluish- lilae, Bisate along 
the t r ect penicillate; berry large aio hana yellow 3 em in diameter; 
th he lowe 
ee pashan rs brown, smoo 
This remarkable oe was discovered by the writer on the open swamp 
lands in the mountains of Kohala, Hawaii; also along Alakahi and Kawainui 
gorges at an elevation of 4000 to 5000 feet. It is a small tree 12 to 20 feet in 
height, and is peculiar to the boggy regions of West Hawaii, where the rainfall 
is enormous. It was collected flowering and fruiting in July, 1909, and again 
the following year during the same month on the high plateau, summit of Ko- 
hala; the type is No. 4745 in the Herbarium of the College of Hawaii. 
It grows in company with several species of Pelea, Cheirodendron, Tetra- 
plasandra, and a number of other species of Clermontia. It is remarkable for its 
handsome flowers, which are even larger than those of C. arborescens. 
The birds are very fond of its very large, bright-yellow fruits, which they 
hollow out until only the skin remains on the stalks. This, however, is the case 
with most of our Lobelioideae. The trunks of this species are thickly covered 
with moss up to the ultimate branchlets. The wood is soft and whitish. 
Clermontia persicaefolia Gaud. 
(Plate 197.) 
Pr 
VII (1839) 342;—Hhbd. FI. Haw. Isl. (1888) Sipe “Cast. Th TL. Ins. Mar. 
Pacif. VII as 92) 222;—He pag Mime See) eet -Clermon 
persicifolia Pres] oe sat (1836) 48.—Clermontia grandiflora var. 
8 oblongifolia Gray, in par . Am. Aead. V. (1862) 150;—H. Mann I. e¢. p. 
184 in part.— —Lobelia persicfolia ‘Endl. Fl. Suds. (1836) no. 1061.—Clermontia 
parvifiora Wawra Flora (1873) 4 
Leaves man tiermes ae oblong 8 to 10 em x 1 to 2 em acuminate or obtuse, coarsely 
erenate or serrulat e base gradually entra ting into a long petiole of 4’ to 6 em 
us and glaucous indernenth; hiya 10 to 14 mm, 
two flowered, with a pair oF bracts below the middle; pedicels 15 mm nore bibracteo- 
ar th e 
ase nd corol 
greenish when young, saauae than C. macrocarpa; the ovarian portion is turbinate. 
A handsome shrub or small tree 15 to 18 feet in height, sometimes growing 
on other trees. It is peculiar to the Island of Oahu, where it ean be found in the 
rain forests of the main range, and not uncommon on the mountain Waiolani, 
and also near the crater in Palolo valley at an elevation of from 1300 to 2000 
feet. It is much branching and has a beautiful, round, symmetrical crown ; 
flowers in spring. It also occurs on Mt. Kaala of the Waianae range. 
Wawra’s Clermontia parviflora No. 2206 in the Herb. Museum Caes. Palat 
Vindob., which the writer had occasion to examine, is really Gaudichaud’s Cl. 
Ge ncsiln 
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