244 LOBELIACEAE, [ Rollandia. 
3—4” wide, puberulous. Berry large pear-shaped, 10—12" > 6—8". 
Seeds dark Dees shining. 
Ha ods of Hamakua. The position of this species is somewhat ee a as 
no notes are antatnatcial with the rather imperfect specimens collected many yea 
4, ROLLANDIA, Gaud. 
Calyx-tube oereagad ovoid-elongate, the limb 5-toothed or lobed, the 
lobes imbricate in the bud, persistent. Corolla tubular, falciform or sig- 
bigs eae ied Sensi zrooved at the back, gradually widening from 
e base and contracting toward the mouth (beaked in the bud), with 
* ne subequal and spreading, short, not exceeding one fourth of its 
length, the dorsal slit never extending to the base. Staminal column 
often pubescent, the 3 posterior filaments partly adnate to the corolla, the 
middle one highest. ico 2-lobed, the lobes thick ovoid, with a pate 
of hairs at their bases. Berry rather dry, 2-celled, obovoid. Seeds small 
ovoid, crustaceous, smooth and shining. — Woody plants with a simple 
erect trunk, foliose at the i is often dimorphous, those of the 
entire, or dentate with ae Ss eeth. Flowers alternate in axillary 
racemes, purplish red, the er see hasan about the middle. 
¢ colo 
rc ye ofa — _ through all alieiae miltiegh it is toned down to an ashy paleness 
in some forms of anceolata. All species flower in the early part of the year, from 
pea aha to rae y 
With regard to the length of the raceme in this genus and in the ret see ones; 
it may b uous to observe that only one with fruit gives the t » for, 
as it is centripetal, the rhachis continues to increase until the last ower is pages ae oped. 
This circumstance will explain a a the descriptions by different collectors, nee 
also may necessitate some modifications of the measures given below 
Leaves tomentose underneath: 
Raceme pendulous, 5—10' long . ; : i ‘i ; 3. R. racemosa. 
Raceme shorter and erect: 
papilloso-hispid above; pevelge and stem muricate 2. R. calycina. 
Leaves glabrous above; Petioles s 
Staminal column glab 
slo 6. R. Humboldtiana. 
Staminal column biany 5. R. lanceolata. 
