242 LOBELIACEAE, (Clermontia. 
reddish tinge, the free coe portion moderately arched, about 2‘ long, 
a little shorter than the corolla. 
Molokai! on the highest ee near the palis of Wailau and Pelekunu. 
6. C. multiflora, - n, — A glabrous shrub, 6—12 ft. high. Leaves 
lanceolate-oblong, 4'/2—5‘ x 1—1'/s‘, on long petioles of 2!'/2—3‘, equally 
a at both ends, eectilate: pale, chartaceous to membranous. Peduncle 
/2‘ long, slender, umbellately many- (7—10-) flowered, with empty bracts 
i. when fewer-flowered. Pedicels as long, bracteolate at the base; the 
bracts 1—!/2". Cal of thin texture, glossy, pale green, the ovarian 
portion obconical, 4” long, the free tubular portion as long as the corolla, 
12—16” long and 2'/2" wide, suberect.. Corolla purple at the top, as are 
on? wala 
i! gulches of Waihee and Lahaina; Oahu! Pottine. Differs from no. 5 in the 
es i Seat Fao and the umbellate inflorescence 
8 var. micrantha. — A shrub of only 3—5 ft. in height. Leaves 
3—4' X 4—9”, on petioles of 1—2’. Peduncle 3” long, 3—5- flowered. 
F portion of calyx 10—12“, purplish-red, as is the corolla, Berry 
subglobose, 3 in diam., orange-colored, as are the seeds. 
Maui! Waihee, in the bare gravel along the stream. 
. C, parviflora, Gaud. — Gray, in Proc. Am. Ac. V, ren — A shrub, 
6— 40 ft. high. Leaves broadly oblong, 3—4/ >< 1!/4—11/2‘, on petioles 
of */s—1‘, evenly but shortly acuminate at both svi Pee a veutel 
thin apap. faintly pubescent. Peduncle er thick, 6—10” long, 
bearing 3—6 flowers at the apex. Pedicels a bracts linear, 3— 4". 
Calyx Sea. the free portion 12” long and 3” wide, blue, as is the 
corolla, and equalling me same. Berry ovoid, 8” long. 
Hawaii! on the Kohala 
2 var. pleiantha. — Peduncle 6—10-flowered, the bracts 2-1" Free 
portion of the calyx 9 long and 1';2" wide, with spreading lobes 
: snap i ae woods of Hilo. — Here the median branch of the cyme often “aiviaes 
plae the lateral ones and lengthens out, aucutlene ype Fh a aed raceme, but in the 
young ehsnesee te lowest lateral branches generally bear 2 or 3 flowers. 
8. C, arborescens, Hillebr. —- A tree, 15—26 ft. high, with the habit 
of all true Clermontias. Leaves obovate to oblong, 6—8’  2--2!/2', on 
petioles of 1!/2—3', shortly acuminate or rounded, gradually narrowing at 
the base, crenate or serrulate, ea coriaceous, dark green and glossy 
above, with impressed veins. Peduncle fleshy, very short, 2—4”, always 
2-flowered and without empty i the pedicels much longer, 8—1 18”. 
Bracts 2—4”; bractlets at the base of the pedicels 2—1", Calyx green, 
with a campanulate adnate tube of 7—12” in length and thick obtuse 
or deltoid lobes of very variable length, 2—12”, which are separated by 
sinuses when small, contiguous and partly connate when large. Corolla 
