about 8 em with large foliaceous bracts of 3-4 em, the net Bf he gee 1 to 1.5 em; 
calyx oblong, 2 em long ci oblong liner murieate ‘lobes 2.5 em; coroila dark 
purple, curved, muricate w es de Se bg he lobes bluish white, spreading ger ecns 
on the outside; staminal hides mn gla 8, purple, longer than the 5 em long tube, of the 
corolla, anthers dark purple _elabrous, ‘the two neh ees sty ie. dickenne: towards 
the shortly two-lobed hirsute s stigma; fruit unkn 
Maui :—Northwestern slopes of Faleakaly: in dense rain forest along streams 
or swampy ground, .terrestrial, from gem to Honomanu gorge, eley. 4000 
ft.; flowering Sept., 1910, Rock. no. 7913, type Herb., Board of Agriculture 
& Wavestey, T. H. It grows in company with Piermont arborescens, Cyanea 
hamatiflora, Tetraplasandra, ete.. The young plants are covered with spines 
throughout while the trunk of old ones is prickly only at the base. 
Cyanea hamatiflora Rock sp. 
3-4 m high, unarmed, glabrous, erect not eae leaves broadly lanceolate, 
benewhet acute, broadly sessile at the base 60-70 em long, 10-14 em wide, puberulous 
above, pubescent underneath, midrib thick fleshy red, irregularly serrate with callous 
teeth; flowers on short peduncles in the axils of the leaves under which they are hidden; 
bracts lanceolate acuminate with a prominent median nerve, pedicels 5-6 mm with linear 
lanceolate bracteoles at their base; calyx ovate, green, 1.5 em x 6-7 mm, lobes of irregular 
length e lower 
e an i ari 
hispid pein ee soni the two lower ones long penicillate. The whole inflorescence 
exudes seid resinous “lyase especially when with young flowerbuds, which 
adhere to the: ane in the Herbar 
Fruit obovate-oblong dark purplich- -red 10-12 ribbed, crowned by the long calycine 
lobes, 4 em long, 2.5 em wide, pur ple inside, seeds dark brown, shining, 
Maui:—Slopes of Mt. Haleakala, elev. 4000 ft. in dense rain forest, between 
Waikamoi and Honomanu. The plant is conspicuous by its broad sessile light 
green leaves, which stand out horizontally. It grows in company with Cyanea 
aculeatiflora, Clermontia arborescens, Cyrtandra sp., Phyllostegia, Stenogyne, ete. 
Rock n. 8514 flowering Sept., 1910; type in Herbarium, Board of Agriculture 
& Forestry, T. H. 
Cyanea Gayana Rock s>. nov. 
Trunk 1.5-3 m high, hardly woody, - ‘erect, stem smooth, not branching, (only when 
broken) foliose at the apex. leaves thick fleshy, ‘anseulats ae pened acuminate, 
denticulate, gradually narrowing into a margined petiole of m, ing it appear 
subsessile, the lower portion entire, dark green above aoe or iat veins and 
midrib bright red thick fleshy, lighter underneath, and covered with grayish pubescence; 
e from tri ari 
eaks, 3-4 ¢€ 
long by 4 mm wide, the diriat slit extending to the base; a minal column glabrous as 
well as the anthers, of en latter the two lower only penicillate; fruit ovoid of a glaucous 
ile about 2-1.5 (? 2) ¢ em long, crowned by the calycine teeth. 
Kauai :—Mountains back of Waimea, woods of Kaholuamano, elev. 4000 ft., 
along streams only, near Waialae and Waiakealoha on the high plateau in com- 
pany with numerous other Lobelioideae, Kadua, Cyrtandra, Hillebrandia, 
Clermontia Gaudichaudii, ete. Rock n. 2463, flowering March 10, 1909, and n. 
Sept., 1909, fruiting, (but fruits were lost, description of fruit from notes), 
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