Campanulaceae. 
Clermontia tuberculata Forbes. 
(Plate 202.) 
CLERMONTIA ATA Forbes Occas. Papers B. P. Bish. Mus. V. (1912) 8, pl. 3. 
Leaves obovate to obl os setae ts glabrous, coriaceous, the veins on the under: 
aed ace nee te ies em, with petioles 2 to 3 em long; pedumete two 
red 5 mm eid pedicels 3. em, er covered with small tubercles; caly ee cam- 
panulate with short obtuse lobes, which together with the oe fleshy ¢ lie ey 
with pronov satire tubercles; anthers dark red, glabrous; berr y globose strongly ier 
on the outside 1.3 em in stameter seeds smooth, yellow, shiny, ovoic 
This small tree, which reaches a height of about 12 to 15 feet, was discovered 
by Mr. C. N. Forbes of the Bishop Museum, who collected it on the Island of 
Maui on the slopes of Haleakala, in the wet forests near Ukulele (5000 feet). 
The writer collected specimens of this species a year later from the identical 
tree from which Mr. Forbes derived his material. One other tree was seen 
along a stream bed, its branches touching the rushing waters, between Puukakai 
bill and the Kula pipe line trail, when in company with Dr. P. Ceresole. 
It comes nearest to Clermontia arborescens Hbd., but does not grow to such 
a size. It is a very distinct species, differing from all other Clermontiae in its 
tuberculate inflorescence, a character which, however, occurs in certain species 
of Cyanea new to science. 
Clermontia coerulea Hbd. 
(Plate 203.) 
CLERMONTIA COBRULEA Hkd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 243;—Del. Cast. Il. Fl. Ins, Mar 
Pacif. VIL — val 8 ie 
Leaves oblong 12 15 em long 2 wide on petioles of 3 to 5 em shortly 
acuminate, contracting at the base, minately Raced glabrous ee membraneous, 
with a scattered pubescence along ‘the midrib undernea th; peduncle slen nder 2.5 to 4 em 
long, with air of short bracts ner aes ie above the middle, pedicels = ihe same 
length or na Ps (in Hillebrand’s specimen the pedicels are aborts) than the pprgect 
bracteolate below the middle; (Hillebrand’s statement that the Bae are the 
middle is incorrect; his specimen of me coerulea — 2 examined has the Aotaatid 
also below i agen ches colored, tube abot turbinate, "is hare ag eons 
large 15 to em or ely de nti epee corolla pista 5 curved a ong 
greenish in Ka au specimens, ee ish in Kona <n sore of a thin throne aie Sohne 
alae about 2 em in diameter eae furrowed. 
What Clermontia macrocarpa is to Oahu, Clermontia coerulea is to Hawaii, 
especially on the southern end. It is the most common Clermontia on the slopes 
of Mauna Loa in Kau, from where it ranges way over to North Kona. It can be 
found at an elevation of 2000 feet above Naalehu, Kau, in wet rain forests up tc 
an elevation of 4000 feet. It also oceurs in the wet forest back of Kapua, where 
it extends up into the Koa belt. It is not uncommon in the forests above Keala- 
kekua and on the slopes of Hualalai back of Huehue. In Kau it is a tree 15 to 
20 feet in height with a trunk of about 4 to 5 inches in diameter, and is freely 
branching. In the specimens from Kau, the calycine lobes are minutely denti- 
culate, while in the Kona specimens the lobes are broad deltoid. In the latter 
loeality it is a shrub. 
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