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6. R. linearis, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyc. p. 469, tab. 83. — A diffuse, much 
saat shrub, 4—6 ft. high, with slender branches covered by a pale 
pubescence, foliose throughout. Leaves ternate, spreading, subpetiolate, 
linear -lanceolate, 1—2!/2’ X 2—3", acute at both ends, entire, plane 
3-(rarely 5-)nerved, chartaceous, quite s mooth and glabrous. Inflor, a 
dense folioso-bracteate panicle of 1—2‘ in height, the heads 4’, sub- 
sessile in loose clusters of 3—7 at the oe of the short branches. 
Involucre green, pubescent, cylindrical, 2'/2“, of 4—6 connate bracts. 
Florets generally - <e sometimes 5—8, exserted. — Gray, l.c, p. 133. 
+DC. Prod. VI, 
. Maui! Capa; Lanai! leaves occasionally 5-nerved; Hawaii! Mauna Kea 
and Kitauea (U.S. E. E.); Oahu, Kaala (?) U. hs E. E. The scarce of 6—8-flowered 
heads sometimes bears one or more small pale é 
. Hillebrandi, Mann, Enum. no. 238. — Habit of the preceding 
oe the slender branches a foliose and pubescent. Leaves 
ternate, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, 6—9" >< 2--3”, broadly sessile, acute, 
with entire scabrous margins, einapecek faintly 3-(rarely 1-)ne , 
dull, not shining. Infl. a folioso-bracteate raceme or simple saudele 
2!/2—4’ long, the pedicels about 6”. Heads 4—5“. Involucre green, 
pubescent, cylindrical, 3“ high, of 6 connate bracts. Florets 5—12, 
serted 
waii! Hualalai and Waim — The centrifugal character of ind inflorescence 
comes out strongly, the terminal ccna of rs panicle haying arrived at full maturity 
while those of the lowest branch are still in the first stage of budding. 
8. R. platyphylla, Gray, J. c. p. 134. — A straggling shrub, 5—10 ft. high, 
the branches stout, hirsute with long glandular hairs, foliose throughout. 
Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 2—3’ X '/2—1', sessile, with a broad 
base and from it gradually tapering to an acute point, entire, thick 
coriaceous, strongly 7—11-nerved, very scabrous on both faces and glan- 
dular-pubescent when young. Infl, a foliose panicle 3—6’ long, <p 
rather few and large (6—8”) hedde single on pedicels of 3—6". Involuer 
campanulate, 5’, viscous-hairy, of 9—11 bracts. Florets 12—24, seer 
Achenes 5- -angular, glabrate. 
E. Maui! in the Kaupo gap of the crater of Haleakala, 7000—8000 ft. WU. 8. EB. E. 
and Lyd 
6 var. — Pubescence scarcely viscous. Leaves lanceolate, 1—2’' 
4—5", scabrous on both faces but scarcely hairy, 3—5-nerved. Inyol. of 
6—7 bracts. Florets 8—10. 
Southern slope of Haleakala! 4000—6000 ft. 
9. R, montana, Mann, Enum. no. 243. — A tall shrub, 6—8 ft. high, 
with spreading iii: finely pubescent. Leaves not closely set, ternate, 
Opposite and alternate, oblong, 1'/2—2' X 4—5", somewhat acute, broadly 
Sessile, with 3—4 minute teeth on the scabrous margins or — stiff 
