Campanulaceae. 
Clermontia Peleana Rock sp. noy. 
(Plate 200.) 
Leaves oblong acuminate 18 to 20 em long by 3.5 to 4.5 em wide, dark green above 
glossy somewhat lighter elses Ale with dark oarile veins = midrib, regularly 
crenate to gens age base of the le af, Ww pee is on a petiole of 4 t em; flowers ax 
usually two on hort pct of 1.5 with two small linear bee at the middie, 
pedicles 3 to 4 cm Ae wo Brneiocler: ad thal common base; calyx dark green, the 
ovarian portion turbinate 5 to 2 em in diameter, with iiuts teeth; corolla strongly 
arched when open, 4 to 5 em, dark blackish purple, thin not fleshy, silky, the apex 
almost returning to the agin fa the base; staminal -ecolum n glabrous dark pur teas as are 
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lobed stigma; fruit unknow 
This species, seeieis is a small, glabrous tree 20 feet in height, has long, more 
or less rambling branches. It was discovered by the writer on the Island of Ha- 
Wali, in the middle rain forest zone, at an elevation of 3800 feet, four or five 
miles below Kilauea voleano, along the government road. Only three plants 
were observed, one of which had never flowered. It is a very handsome species, 
and is associated with Clermontia Hawaiiensis, Cheirodendron Gaudichaudii, 
Cyrtandre, Cibotium tree ferns, Ilex, ete. 
It is named after the Hawaiian goddess Pele, whose abode is in the fires of 
Kilauea, in the vicinity of which this tree 2rows. 
The type is in the Herbarium of the College of Hawaii, No. 8800, collected 
flowering in July, 1911, and July 10, 1912. 
Clermontia arborescens (Mann). Hbd. 
a wai. 
(Plate 201.) 
fae aes ARBORESCENS (Mann) Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 242;—Del. Cast. Ill. FI. 
s. Mar. Pacif. VI (1892) 221—Cyanea arborescens Mann. Pro ec. Am. Acad, VII 
(1866) 1 83.—Delissea Waihiae Wawra in Flora (1873) 8. 
Leaves obovate nee 12 to 16 cm x 4 to 5 em, on petioles of 3 to 6 em, shortly 
acuminate or rounded, narrowing at the base, ¢ enate or serrulate, coriaceous, dark 
green, glossy above, paler underneath; peduncle ieee short fleshy, two flowered only, the 
i about 25 lso 35 p : 
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calyx green with a campanulate tube: — t 20 mm be thick obtuse or deltoid lobes of 
very variable len et separated b when 1 and partly connate when large; 
corolla exceedingly t ae and pee ts strongly seehad eee t 6 cm long of an even width, 
greenish white or sometimes cream color with a ti sta of reddish purple; anthers 
glabrous; berry yellow gc deeply hoeed oa crowned by the calycine lobes; seeds 
pale yellow shining. 
It is one of the most common Clermontia, next to the Oahuan C. macrocarpa, 
but unlike the latter inhabits the middle forest zone between 2000 and 4000 feet. 
It occurs on the three central islands, but is absent on Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii. 
It is peculiar to the wet forests, where it is a small tree 15 to 25 feet in height. 
The yellow berries, which reach the size of a little lime, are eaten by birds and 
the natives. It is conspicuous by its monstrous fleshy inflorescence, which is, 
next to that of C. drepanomorpha, the largest in the genus. The Oha wai ean be 
found along the Kula pipe line trail, East Maui, where it is extremely common. 
Also on West Maui (Kaanapali), Molokai (Pelekunu), Lanai (Haalelepakai), 
usually in company with species of Cyanea and Clermontia grandiflora. 
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