206 | COMPOSITAE. [Lipochaeta. 
1, L. connata, DC. Prod. V, 611 & 619. — Suffrutescent, 3—4 ft. high, 
much branching and spreading. Leaves thin, dark green, scabrous aboye, 
hispid on both faces, rhombeo- ovate, 5—8‘' K 2—3!/2‘, quite acute, irregu- 
larly laciniate - ng moderately narrowing below into a broadly clasping, 
often auriculate bas nflor. a compound corymbose cyme of 3 (to 5) 
terminal rays, 4—5‘ Moy viscous-hispid, the lateral rays, and generally 
also the median, dividing again in an irregular subpaniculate manner. 
Outer bracts of involucre herbaceous, linear- or ovate-lanceolate, long 
acuminate, equalling or exceeding the disk. Disk 3—4“. Paleae obovate, 
shortly pointed. Ligules 10—12, oblong or iaedae: -oblong, subentire, 
8—10” long. Achenes pubescent at the top, with 2 or 3 short subulate 
teeth round a narrow disk, their margins narrowly winged when young, 
but thick suberose, warty, when old. — Verbesina connata, Gaud, in Bot. 
Freyc. p. — L. australis, «, Gray. 
Maui! Liidlicass Wailuku; Kahoolawe, 
® var. decurrens. — Leaves contracting at the base and sessile, but 
not clasping, broad rhomboidal as before, or lance spool ae “= harsh 
with more prominent nerves, generally less deeply’ s 
11/4—21/s’, The median ray of the inflor. tgs Leas pies 
strap-shaped, entire or shortly toothed, 4—5”. — L. a ustralis, 8, Gray. — 
Microchaeta lanceolata, Nutt. — Mrs, Sinclair pL: 21; 
All islands, from the plains up to 2000 or 
var. littoralis. — Leaves rather fleshy, chartaceous when dry, but 
not harsh, with inconspicuous veins, faintly hispidulous on both faces, 
thomboidal or ovate, with contracted sessile base, but not clasping, ob- 
the disk. Ligules obovate, 4—5". Mature achenes warty, with thick 
runcinate angles and 2 or 3 short cartilaginous teeth or none, the top 
round the disk pubescent or glabrate. 
Northern shores of Molokai! Kalawao; Maui (M. & B. 375); Hawaii! 
2. = ve Gray, Proc. Am. Ac. v; 130. — Suffrutescent, 2 ft. Sept" 
broadly obtuse. Ligules 4—5" lon ng, strap-shaped. Achenes with thick 
warty margins, the 2 or 3 unequal awns tay half their length and 
connected by intermediate scalelets or hai 
Oahu! dry rocky region between Diamond et nin Koko Head. 
