Clermontia.| LOBELIACEAE, 241 
2 var. cymosa. — Peduncle cymosely 5—7- ua Bracteoles accrete 
to ee Vie and therefore apparently at the base of the calyx. 
Oahu! slopes of Kaa 
var. rosea. — Peduncle 2-flowered. Calyx and corolla pale rose. 
Only the youngest leayes puberulous. 
ahu! Halemanu. 
6 var. Hawatiensis. — Leaves chartaceous, glabrous. Peduncle 2-flowered, 
1‘ or more long, but shorter than the pedicels. Bracts linear, 6”. Ovarian 
portion of calyx turbinate, 10—12“ long when with flower. 
Hawaii! from Hilo to Waiohinu. 
3. C. persicaefolia, Gaud. Bot.'Voy. Freyc. tab. 72. — Size of C. macro- 
carpa, but the youngest branches glabrous and purplish. Leaves lanceolate 
or oblong, 4—5‘ > 3/4—11/4‘, acuminate or somewhat obtuse, coarsely crenate 
or serrulate, the base gradually contracting into a long petiole of 2—3’, sub- 
coriaceous, glossy above as if varnished, glabrous and, when fresh, glau- 
cous underneath. Peduncle 4—6” long, 2-flowered, with a pair of short 
(1) bracts lower ag shorter than the pedicels, these 6—12‘, bibrac- 
teolate near the base and in the young inflorescence, here often dividing 
again. Calyx and net suberect as in C. macrocarpa, but smaller and 
with a purplish or bluish tinge, the ovarian portion turbinate. — DC. 
Prod. VII, 342. — Probably Wawra's C. perene ra from Padus Oahu. 
Oahu! Kaala range and western portion of the main 
4. C. oblongifolia, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freye. p. 459, tab. 71. — A tree, 
15—25 ft. high, quite glabrous. Leaves oblong, 4—6' & 1'/2‘, obtuse or 
rounded, crenate or bluntly serrulate toward the apex, abruptly contracting 
into a long petiole of 2—4‘, chartaceous, pale, even whitish, underneath. 
Peduncle 1/2—1/ long, 2-, rarely 3-flowered, with one or two pairs of empty 
dentiform (1/2—1“) bractlets, the pedicels about as long as the peduncle 
and bibracteolate near the base. Calyx pale greenish, its free portion 
as long as the corolla, strongly arched, the apex returning to the level 
of the base, 2—3/ long, 4—6” wide. Berry globose, 8—9” in diameter, 
not furrowed. Seeds dark brown. — DC. Prod. 1. ©. 
Oahu! on the highest ridges of the main range, Manoa, Palolo, Niu, Waipio, etc. 
In adopting Gaudichaud’s name for our plants I do no t feel quite es about their 
identity. In the plate the corolla appears like that of no. 3, and possibly his plant was 
hot specifically distinct from C. persicaefolia. : 
5. C. pallida, sp. n. — A tree, 15 ft. high, quite glabrous. Leaves 
crowded at the ends of the branches, pale, chartaceous, dull, not shining, 
elliptico-oblong, 4—5/ & L'/4—1*/a‘, on long petioles of 2 — sean 
untly -serrulate. Peduncles %/4‘, cymosely 3—7-flowered, ith a pai 
of empty bracts. Pedicels of the same length, cay below the 
middle. Bracts 7”, linear-oblong; bractlets 5“. Calyx green with a 
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Hillebrand, Flova of the Hawaiian Islands 
