250 LOBELIACEAE, [ Delissea. 
. D. sinuata, sp. n. — Stem simple, erect, 2—4 ft. high, subherbaceous. 
Leaves saint or spathulate, 10—11‘ x 2—3‘, bluntly acuminate, 
gradually contracting into long petioles of 3—5/, the margin sinuate and 
denticulate with appressed teeth. Peduncle 1'/:—2‘, nearly naked, the 
numerous flowers crowded near the apex; pedicels 5"; bracts short linear. 
Calyx-tube cylindrical, 4—-5“ long, the sharp aritintate teeth !/1—1/s of its 
Cor 
length. rolla about 11/2‘, curved, white, the dorsal gibbus generally 
wanting, but. at the middle when present. — Anthers faintly puberulous 
at the base. 
Oahu! Makaleha. 
o 
% var. — Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, 6—7‘ >< 2‘, on petioles of 
1—2‘. Peduncle '/2‘ or less, fewer-flowered. Berry cylindrical, 5”. 
Lanai! 
rhytidosperma, Mann, Enum. no. 261. — A branching shrub or 
coring to Mann) a small tree. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 3—5’ x 
saad tt i short petioles the 1— 1'/2‘, bluntly acuminate, contracted at 
the haa simnate dentate or serrulate. Peduncle 1—11/2‘, naked below, 
bearing in its upper half 7—-12 flowers on pedicels of 4—6. Bracts 
linear, 4—2”. Calyx-tube obconical, 2'/2, shortly dentate. Corolla 
small, 6—9”, greenish-white, suberect, with a dorsal gibbus below the 
middle. Anthers naked or oh ciliate at the base. Berry subglobose, 
ribbed. — D. = ary 
Kauai! woods of Wa li the flowers from 
a specimen of ciation ’s. po states ge species to be Sitcetasenic vier his specimens 
in herb. Cornell Uniy. appear to have come from herbaceous or fleshy branches. 
D. 
Kealiae is said by Wawra to be a b litias ng shrub, 4 ft. high, with leaves 6--8' long, 
2" oh petioles of 2‘, which in all other respects agrees with the’ above given de 
scription 
5. D. undulata, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyc. p. 457, tab. 78. — DC. Prod. VU, 
e and straight, 6—10 ft. high, densely foliose at the 
fleshy throughout, with a compact medulla, conically enlarging at the base 
to the thickness of several inches. Leaves ovate- or subcordate-oblong; 
4—5' X 1/2—2', on petioles of 2—3', sinuate, dentate or serrulate, the 
transparent veins exhibiting before the light a close and fine network. 
Peduncle short, '/2—1'/2‘, the pedicels 2—3”. Calyx obconical, with 
short subulate teeth. Corolla greenish-white, suberect, 9—12‘‘ long, with 
a strong dorsal and two lateral conical knobs about the middle. Anthers 
glabrous. Berry globose, 3’. Seeds white and wrinkled as in all the 
other species. — Mann, Enum. no. 264. 
Niihau (Brigham); Kauai! (Remy); Maui! esciciuas of Lahaina, Oloalu and Waikapu, 
on exposed open cliffs. The specimens from Mati agree with those fr om Niihau, except 
that in the latter the raceme attains a length of 11/2’ r wkitts tr tise. forse as: ia out 
