Rollandia.| LOBELIACEAE, 247 
3—4'/2‘, gradually acuminate at both ends, on distinct petioles of 1—-3/, 
denticulate, often sinuate, chartaceous, the veins underneath with a short 
pubescence and always more prominent near the margin. Peduncle 4—5‘ 
long when with fruit, distantly re from the base, many-flowered 
(8—16) in the ise tal portion; pedicels 9“; bracts 4—2"; bractlets minute, 
accrete. Calyx color ae the elongate tube 5”, the lobes 1/5—"/2 vid 
its length. ie ae reddish, with darker streaks, sigmoid, 2'/2—3 
long, very slender below, cekweak at i back. Staminal column ad- 
herent to the middle or higher, reddish, hirsute with soft hairs, particu- 
larly at the base of the anthers; the upper umes tufted or ciliate at 
the apex. Berry pyriform 8—9“ long. heeds and shining, reddish 
(not retihinesy = The young plants are Teedeba goles have short ovate- 
oblong obtusely lobed leaves, sparsely pte rine with papillose hairs on 
the upper face, which in ne Asi plan metimes reappear near the 
edges. — Mann, ae no _ Daten lanceolata, Gray. — R. De- 
desbortiates: Gaud. ki Voy, eas ta 
Oahu! Of this ce my herbarium aude the following forms. 
*Glabratae. — Leaves puberulous along the veins only. Calyx and 
corolla glabrous. 
a, — Calyx-lobes !/2—1”, triangular or ovate acute. Corolla slender, pale 
greenish, with purple stripes, grooved and adherent to the stamens for 
*/3 of its length. Anthers hairy throughout, or at least along the sutures. 
Leaves lanceolate. 
oanalua, Halawa. : 
8. — Calyx-lobes 1—11/2”, oblong, obtuse, contiguous. Corolla pale 
purplish, with igi! stripes. Anthers hairy. Leaves oblong. 
Kalihi, Waipi 
+ alyx-lobes 1—11!/2, oblong or obovate, apiculate, overlapping. 
Corolla as in 8, the lobes scabrous, Anthers scabrous, fai intly pubescent. 
Leaves narrow- elongate, 2 ft. long and only 2'/2— 3‘ broad, quite acute, 
gradually drawn out into a margined petiole of 2’. 
Halemanu 
8. — Calyx-lobes 2—21/2, oblong to obovate, obtuse or truneate. Corolla 
as in 8. Anthers pubescent along the sutures. Leaves thick and broad 
(5'), the prominent scabrous veins forming a fenestrate network near 
the margin, which appears crisp and sinuous. — R. crispa, Gaud. 
R. scabra, Wawra. 
Wailupe, Niu, Nuwanu. 
** Tomentosae. — Calyx and corolla pubescent. Leaves tomentose un- 
derneath with an olivaceous tomentum. 
