Rock, 1905, flowerbuds Oct. 20, 1911. Named in honor of Mr. Francis Gay of 
Kauai to whom the writer is greatly indebted for extended hospitality on Kauai, 
and without whose aid the writer would have been unable to make such a 
thorough botanical survey of that part of Kauai. 
Type in Herbarium, Board of Agriculture and Forestry, T. H. 
Cyanea rivularis Rock as n. 
hrub 4-5 em high, stem simple or branching at the base, leaf whorls at the end 
the tomentose branches; leaves linear oblong Panes scuminate at both ends, crenate 
ith Rene 
by 3-8 ¢ : ly 
velvety. tomentose underneath, pale; on ‘asec: thle oles of 4-8 inches; whole in- 
florescence tomentose including gee sa ac peduncle 4-8 em Jong, naked two-thirds 
of its len pa many flowered, the pedicels 1-1.5 em, ee ts eda subulate; calyx dark 
purplish green, its teeth sharply “ibiget. sella 3 em long, light pale to whitish bi 
dark ae blue streaks, velvety tomentose with short wake hairlets, ape dorsa 
slit extending one-third its length, curved with a knob in the bud showing the termina- 
tion of pce dorsal slit, lobes short; ingen column siahes ous, white, anthers bright blue, 
slightly pubestont at the base, only the two siti ones penicillate, oe lobes pubes- 
cent outside; berry dark bluish- eae abe ose n diameter, crowned by the caly- 
cine teeth, seeds whitish large, and somewhat ce pesca se 
Kauai:—Mts. above Waimea along streambeds at the high plateau only, elev. 
4200 ft. or more. The banks near the head of Waialae stream are covered 
with this species their palm-like stems gracefully waving in the wind. Also 
near Waiakealoha waterfalls (Rock no. 5365, Waiakealoha, Sept., 1909, 
flowering, and Waialea stream; Rock no. 9010 flowering and _ fruiting 
Oct 15, 1911). Abundant in company with Lobelia hypoleuca, Cyanea 
Gayana, ete. 
Cyanea atra Hbd. var. lobata Rock v. nov. 
rect single — with subentire and lobed leaves, = muricate, 6-7 em, leaves 
coriaceous, whe en not lobed the margin is almost fringed; bed iregularly hee but 
a tubereulate above, covered with os oivacents. tomentum underneath; 
a Re longer than the species, "3-4 em, many fl wered brac oe oh ctlets as in 
species; Pang 15- 18 m mm; calyx and corolla as in the species, oe staminal por bat and 
anthers glabro 
Maui:—Upper ditch trail leading from Ukulele, elevation 5000 ft. to Wai- 
kamoi gulch in dense rain forest. Only few plants observed, when in company 
with Mr. L. v. Tempsky of Makawao, (Rock no. 8537, flowering October, 1910). 
Clermontia multiflora var. micrantha Hbd. 
forma montana Rock f. n. 
A sh me 2-3 Paes many ai mg leaves smaller than in the variety, thick cori- 
aceous, veins and denticulate m s pink as is the petiole; flowers somewhat larger, 
pinkish- -purple, “ely he gla ey eon slightly a peduncle usually 2-flowered. 
berry 1.5 em or more long, not subglobose, but ovoid oblon 
Maui :—On the highest ridge leading to Pree West Maui Mountains, in 
swampy forest at an elevation of 4600 ft. Rock and Hammond, flowering and 
fruiting, August, 1910, no. 8179, in Herbarium, College of Hawaii. Differs 
from var. micrantha in the two-flowered peduncle and in the larger ovoid-oblong 
fruits. 
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