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254 LOBELIACEAE. [Cyanea. 
are without fruit. The extraordinary development of the bracts in some specimens is 
certainly abnormal, for a few of the pedicels rising from their axils bear several buds, 
_ C. acuminata, Hillebr. — Stem simple and erect, or sparingly branched, 
4—5 ft. high. Leaves broad oblong, 8—11‘  2!/2—3'‘, on petioles of 
1'/2—21/2‘, acuminate at both ends, entire or faintly denticulate, pale 
below and puberulous along rib and nerves, flaccid. Peduncle commonly 
not above 1/2‘ long when in fruit, but oecasionally longer, puberulous, - 
rather thick, covered with close knobby scars from the base, but seldom 
earing more than 6—10 flowers near the apex; ‘pedicels slender, 4—6"; 
bracts linear, 4—6; bractlets minute, deciduous. Calyx faintly pubescent, 
the tube 2!/2”, the narrow sharp lobes 1/s—1/2 its length. Corolla white, 
with a bluish tinge, glabrous, suberect, 16’ in length and 11/2’ in width. 
Filaments and anthers puberulous. Berry globose, yellow, 2—3/’. Seeds pale. 
— Lobelia acuminata, Cham. 1. ce. — issea acuminata, Gaud. Bot. Voy. 
Hears. p- 457, tab. 76. -— DC. Prod. VI, p. 342. — Mann, Enum. no. 259. 
| snibe, Nuuanu, Kalihi, Moanalua. 
ie C. obtusa, Hillebr. — A much branching shrub, 8—14 ft. high, the 
stem of a compact wood with narrow cavity, the branches spreading, 
tomentose. Leaves elongate-oblong, 6—12/ >< 1'/2—31/2‘, on petioles of 
1'/,—4‘, obtuse or shortly scaminat, contracting below, serrulate with 
patent teeth, membranous, the ribs and veins puberulous on both faces. 
Peduncle 2‘, naked in the a “half or two thirds; pedicels 8—12", 
bracts 1. Calyx tomentose, bluish, the cylindrical tube 3”, the acute 
triangular teeth '/s—-1/2 of its length. Corolla tomentose, grayish-blue, 
suberect, 15—18” long. Staminal column glabrous. — Delissea obtusa, Gray, 
n Proc. Am, Ac. V, 148. — M num. no 2 
Maui! menage Hamakua, Waikapu, Lahai ; Hawatli, ‘wen una Kea, leaves tomen- 
tose underneath. M. & B.'s no. 466, from Ma nsioss ths sie: flowers of onl y 10” in length. 
5. C. coriacea, Hillebr. — A branching shrub, 12 ft. ae the leaves 
crowded at the ends of the branches. Leaves obovate-oblong, 9—14' % 
21/2—3', on petioles of 2'/2—5‘, shortly “rpg mada page 
at the , erenate or denticulate, glabrous, subcoriaceous, the ve eins 
somewhat prominent below and less Pune areolate than in the preceding 
species. Peduncle 3—4’‘, dasa! naked in the lower half or two thirds; 
pedicels filiform, 9—12"; bracts and bractlets evanescent. Calyx glabrous, 
the tube obovate, 21/2, with minute teeth. oe berry and seeds as in 
C. angustifolia. — Delissea coriacea, Gray, 1. c. p. chs — Mann, Enum. no. 256. 
Kauai! Waimea, at elevations of prrdes 2000 ft. s var. nso deseri 
a single leaf of Remy’s collection — the leayes a +7 obtuse lobes on each side — 
may belong to a young plant of this species 
8 var. spathulata. — Leaves narrow spathulat "ee Od oon OP oz, 
SH Saar 
petioles of !/2— Itha', coriaceous, slightly p speed underneath along the 
prominent rib and ney Calyx 2“. Corolla 8“ 
Same region, at heights of 4000 ft. (Kn.). 
