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Rollandia.} LOBELIACEAE, 245 
Leaves Lape pote underneath : 
Staminal column hairy . : : ‘ Z ? , ; 5. R. lanceolata. 
Stamtnal gohunin glabro 
Leaves broad cdvice* whitish iar corolla pale 
reddish, with deeper stripes, falcat 1. R. grandifolia. 
eaves slender pat acon green undernes ath; corolla of a 
deep blood red, oid 4. R. longifiora 
: ee ati Hillebr. — sapere 2—4 ft. high, smooth. 
Leaves large obovate-oblong, 1—2'/2 ft. long, 5—8‘ broad, shortly acumi- 
margined petiole of less than 4, membranous, glabrous above, pale, 
white beneath, the widely sweeping nerves shortly puberulous or 
glabrate. Raceme short and thick, 1—1'/2‘, many-flowered or bracteate 
from the base, the pedicels 6-12“. Bracts broad oblong, obtuse, 9—4", 
bractlets below the middle of the pedicel and often acerete, 4-2“. Calyx 
puberulous, obconical, the ovarian portion 4—6“, the lobes as long or 
longer, broad oblong, obtuse, apiculate, strongly imbricate. Corolla falci- 
form, 2'/2—3‘ long, puberulous in the bud, pale purplish-red, with deeper 
stripes along the nerves. Staminal column adherent in the lower third 
or half, glabrous, pale, the anthers of a deeper color, the upper ones 
often hispid at the apex in the bud, but soon glabrate. Berry globose 
5" in diam. — R. crispa, Mann, Enum, no. 253, and probably R. lamesolata, 
var. grandifolia, DC. Prod, VII, 344. 
Main range of Oahu! from Pauoa to Halemanu. 
2. R. calycina, G. Don, Gen. Syst. III, 699. — Stem 4—6 ft. high, 
muricate, the young shoots and inflorescence covered with a dark brown 
Wescdiors: Leaves chartaceous, obovate-oblong, 9—14‘ X 3-5’, on 
petioles of 1—1'/2‘, shortly and bluntly a capi suddenly contracted 
at the base, unevenly crenulate or dentate, upper face dotted with 
Short stiff hairs on conical papillas, the lower ad tomentose, parti- 
cularly along the veins; the rib and petiole muricate. Raceme 1'/2—2‘ in 
flower, 31/2‘ when with fruit, several-flowered near the apex, distantly 
bracteate below, the bracts 4”, the pedicels 6—9‘’. Calyx tomentose, the 
obeonical tube 6, the broad oblong truncate lobes 3—5“. Corolla falcate 
from a rather ied base, 2'/2‘ long, faintly pubescent, dark purple, with 
blackish stripes taminal column adnate to less than '/s its length, 
pubescent or wate ate, the anthers generally hairy along the base a 
furrows, the upper ones (in young flowers) tufted at the apex, but soon 
glabrate. Berry ovoid, 6“. Seeds pale yellow. — Lobelia calycina, Cham. 
(according to the specimen in the Royal Herb. Berlin). — Delissea — 
Presl, and Mann, Enum. no. 267. — Cyanea aspera, Gray, and Man 
Enum. no. 274. — R. erispa, ae in Herb. Berlin. 
Oahu! Mt. Kaala and Waiolani. 
