260 LOBELIACEAE, [Cyanea. 
segments of the leaves in young plants separated by small lobules or 
auricles. 
E. Maui! Ulupalakua, Makawao, Hamakua. Nat. name: «Hahanui». 
18, C. asplenifolia, Hillebr. — A branching shrub, 4—6 ft. high, sparsely 
aculeate. Leaves obovate-oblong in outline, 12—16‘ X 4—10’, on prickly 
petioles of 3—4‘, deeply cut into connected se ments, or pinnatisect to the 
rhachis with or without intervening lobules, or pinnate, the segments con- 
tracted at the base, almost stipitate, gradually or suddenly decreasing in 
size toward the base, all luntly acuminate, entire or sinuate, membranous, 
glabrate, sparsely muricate on ribs and nerves. Peduncle 2! long, slender, 
naked or distantly bracteate below, 10—15-flowered near the apex; pedicels 
4—6"; bracts setaceous,:1'/2’, but sometimes foliaceous. Calyx glabrous, 
the tube obconical, 2—3", its lobes as long or shorter, linear-lanceolate, 
acute. Corolla semierect, 11/2‘ or more in length, 11/2—2‘ wide, pale lilac, 
glabrous or sparingly hispid, the lobes muricate. Staminal column glabrous; 
ak 
W. Maui! Kaanapali (leaves pinnatisect), Waihee and Waichu (leaves pinnate). The 
has a compact wood with a sma cavity. The least divided leaves resemble those 
of var, B of C. ferox, the pinnate ones those of C. Grimesiana 
*** Palmaeformes. Stem or trunk undivided, straight, unarmed, foliose 
at the apex. Leaves entire. Calycine lobes of variable length. Upper 
- anthers beardless, 
and 3—5‘ thick at the base, with a thin woody zone, the large medullary 
orolla arcuate, tubular, with short connivent lobes and a long 
orsal slit, 2'/2’ long, coriaceous, tomentose, whitish or cream-colored. 
Staminal column glabrous. Berry obconical, 8—10” long, 6—8“ wide, 
yellow or orange, ribbed, crowned by the calycine lobes, which are sepa 
rated by conspicuous sinuses. Seeds rather large, 1, dark brown, smooth 
~ and shining. Mann, Enum. no. 280 
Linnae se RTS lia superba, Cham. in 
Minnaea VIII, 223—225. — Macrochilus superbus, Pres]. — Endlicher, 
Gen. Pi. Pp ‘ , 
Oahu! gulches of Makaleha on Mt, Kaala. My specimens are with ripe fruit to which 
a single corolla remained adhering. ses : 
. . 
