Campanulaceae. 
the ground. It was discovered by the writer in July, 1910, in the lower forests 
of Kohala, Hawaii, and in the gulches on the windward side, along the streams 
at an elevation of 1500 to 2500 feet, where it is not uncommon. It is exceedingly 
handsome when in flower; the numerous dark-purple corollae in the axils of the 
leaves give it a pleasing appearance. It flowers during the summer months. The 
type is No. 8810 in the Herbarium of the College of Hawaii. 
This very interesting and handsome Lobelia is peculiar to Kohala, Hawaii, 
after which district it is named. It was also observed along the lower Kohala 
ditch trial when in company with Mr. Bluett. 
Clermontia leptoclada Rock sp. nov. 
Branches srg loosely foliose; leaves oblong acuminate at both ends 12 to 18 
long by 2.5 to 4 em wide, denticulate ger callous teeth, dark green above, with a lack 
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purple-bluish tinge at the margins and apex, glabrou s above, coriaceous, with impressed 
veins, pale underneath and sparingly hispid along the veins sre midrib, on petioles of 
4 to 6 em; flowers all along the slender stem on ecyn Saas branching hirsute eS ee 
of 2.5 to 4 em, which are bracteate in the upper and: pedice els iw us Ss y three to four 
1.5 to 3.5 em long, bibracteolate at the middle, the bractlets linear subulate 5 mm a 
calyx, ovarian portion subglobose, the tube as long as eae corolla ,_burplish with promi- 
nent hispid nerves; corolla slightly baie 4.5 em long, lobes linear lanceolat , dark purple, 
hispid with white hair; staminal column purplish seta er the anthers “hi rsute along 
the Pahlaie. bluish oe the lower ones penicillate; fruit globose 2.5 em in diameter; 
seeds brown smooth shining. 
a species, which becomes a tree of 18 to 20 feet in height, was discovered 
by the writer near the summit of the Kohala mountains on Hawaii, along the 
Alakahi and Kawainui ditch trail at an elevation of 4200 feet, during the month 
of July, 1909, at which time it was found in flower and fruit. It is one of the 
many remarkable Lobelioideae which inhabits our high swampy plateaus. The 
type is No. 4760 in the Herbarium of the College of Hawaii. 
Clermontia Hawaiiensis (Hbd.) Rock. 
(Plate 199.) 
CLERMONTIA HAWATIENSIS Sigg Rock.—Clermontia macrocarpa var. Hawaiiensis 
Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 241 
Leaves ovate-obovate, ene undulate dark bia glossy above, trea’ os oles 
- presen pubescent along the veins zaite midrib; t eins impressed; g, 
3 t wide on petioles of 2 ares 3 ¢ reddish; Dedunetes s 2 to i early 3 tg . em 
eae ‘pedicel 2 to 4 em long; peduncle ‘pieasients in the upper fourth, bracts foliace- 
ous 2 to 3.5 em Toe. linear ong denticulate, dees bibrae teolate at the 
middle and at their common base, sahara calyx erheg obose Sa ovarian portion pro- 
nouncedly is dagite fa dorsal one almost wing-like, the tube gree or " purplish 6 “ oO 
ong, ong or even longer than the corolla; ate pts slit extending to the base, 
the lateral ie bey as the middle, each lobe strongly nerved, each nerve being a continua- 
tion of a ridge of the ovarian portion of the calyx; corolla a arched thickened 
toward the apex in the bud; staminal column glabrous, green or purple, a anthers pale purple 
or gr hirsufe along the sutt ures or glabrous, the two lower only penicillate, berry large 
3 em in diameter, 10 ridged, orange yellow 
This shrub or small tree reaches a oa of 20 or more feet. It is a very 
variable species; the leaves are sometimes oblong or ovate, the peduncle either 
very long and then twice as long as the pedicels and two-fiowered, or as long 
as the pedicels or little longer and then four-flowered; the two inner pedicels 
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