238 LOBELIACEAE. (Lobelia. 
the same fenestrate appearance as in L. Gaudich. The plant is ss 
resinous, the marginal leaf-glands being much smaller than in 
Milksap watery. 
On high ridges at elevations of 2000 t to 3000 ft. Oahu! on both ranges; Kauai, 
-Sisehyeey (Wawra); Molokai! Hawaii. This and the first species are plants of striking 
beauty and deserve to be cultivated. : 
4. L. neriifolia, Gray, in Proc. Am. Ac. V, 150. — Low prostrate, the 
woody trailing stem about 3” thick and Dae below with knobby 
leaf-scars, distantly foliose above and ending in a long raceme, with 
generally one or more distant smaller ones in the axils of the upper 
leaves. Leaves chartaceous, are lanceolate, 8—10’ * 4—7“, acute at 
both ends, glandular-dentate or with revolute paras Se generally 
pale underneath with a Rau cnet nee. Terminal raceme 6—10‘ long, 
rather loose; bracts linear. Pedicels 4—6“, wih below the middle. 
yx-tube short obconical, 1—-2‘, the subulate lobes about twice as long, 
persistent. Corolla lilac, slender, suberect, 9—10 long, its lips revolute. 
Filaments pubescent; anthers g abrous, only the lower ones shortly 
penicillate. Capsule ovoid, 3—4“ -su Os the free conical portion 
loculicidal and septicidal. Seeds ine oid. 
Maui! ridges of Wailuku and Waikapu, Haleakala, 2000—3000 ft. 
B var. — Leaves green underneath. Inflorescence paniculate, 5—6 
secondary racemes besides the terminal one 
Molokai! Maunahui, where it was found trailing among Lycopodium fastigiatum. 
y var. — Leaves narrow linear, 2—4" wide, green underneath, mem- 
branous, crenulate. A single raceme, 5--6‘ long. Capsule 3“, the free 
ortion more than half its length. 
Oahu! Niu, on a dry exposed slope. The stems, only 1 ft. long, exhibit the growth. 
of several seasons, the remnants of old racemes standing at the base of the latest growth. 
5. L. hypoleuca, sp. n. — Erect, subherbaceous, the hollow stem 
2—4 ft. rag with few distant leaves, sinaiaehs ih above, the long branches 
bearing 1—4 distant leaves and ending in a rather loose raceme of 6—10' 
in length. Leaves broadly lanceolate, 12—18‘  1—3', acute, gradu 
ally narrowing into a petiole of !/:—1‘, sharply dentate or serrulate with 
callous teeth, soft chartaceous, white underneath with a thick layer of 
matted wool. Bracts linear or filiform, as long as the pedicels or longer, 
these 6“, bibracteolate near the base. Calyx tomentose, white, with an 
elongate tube of 3“, the lobes of about the same length, subulate from 
a broad base. Corolla bluish, puberulous, very slender, erect, 15—18" 
long, with revolute lobes. Filaments puberulous; anthers glabrous, bluish, 
only the lower ones penicillate. Capsule whitish, cylindrical, 8—9” long, 
the free conical vertex less than '/s of the length, with 10 warty ridges. 
