Cyanea.] : LOBELIACEAE. 261 
var. — Leaves with a oo ee underneath. 
Gulches on the eastern slope of Mt. Kaa 
~ var. reginae. — Leaves pram tomentulose underneath when 
young, but glabrate with age, 20—30’ < 4—7‘, commonly acuminate but 
sometimes rounded, the base gradually narrowing into a petiole of 2—3/. 
Peduncle about 8‘ long, drooping, naked below, bese! bracteate above, 
bearing near the apex 5—10 flowers on short resupinate pedicels of 3“; 
bracts 6—18"; bractlets 2-3”. Calyx velvety - tomentose bluish, as are 
also the upper bracts, the tube 8“, the oblong obtuse lobes 3—5“, sepa- 
rated by intervals. Corolla coriaceous, Nagle tomentose, cream-colored, 
with purplish nerves (not «rosea»), arcuate, the apex returning to the 
level of the base, 2'/,—3‘ in length and a ered width ( 41/2‘) throughout, 
the lobes short connivent, the dorsal slit extending to the middle, Staminal 
column glabrous; anthers white, with purplish stripes, the upper ones 
et dees. Stiemsitc hairs in 2 patches. Berry obconical, ribbed, 8— 10“ 
— Flowers in April. Maree fob ta, Wawra, in Flora, 1873. 
A ee superb and royal plant. Oahu! Niu ahephosey te, at 1500— 2000 ft : elevation, 
not Kaala, as incorrectly stated by Wawra, who seem his sp 
were obtained from the author. (Collected by my son ‘an Mr. Lydgate). 
20. C. leptostegia, Gray, 1. c. p. 149. — Trunk smooth, 30—40 ft. 
high, densely covered in its upper portion with Jioniligidel leaf- scars. 
Leaves sessile, narrow lanceolate, 20—24' XX 2—2!/2', denticulate or. 
subentire, glabrous, shining, chartaceous. Peduncle (with flower) 1—1'/2’, 
slender, naked below, many- ered at the apex, 12—20 flowers in a 
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crowded cluster, on pedicels of 4; bracts linear, 12; bractlets 6. Calyx 
glabrous, the tube cylindrical, somewhat produced beyond the ovary, 7“, 
the linear erect lobes 18—24” long and less than */2 broad. Corolla 
dark purple, glabrous, semierect and slender, 2‘ long and 2” wide, = 
with a long dorsal slit. Anthers een Berry ovoid, 8 x 4 
he by the calycine lobes. — Mann, Enum. no. 278. 
Kauai! Waimea, upper edge of the forest Vien the tabular summit. 
21. arborea, Hillebr. — Trunk 12—24 ft. high, smooth. Leaves 
sessile, tithe ceiclats: 16—26‘  21/2—41/2‘, shortly acuminate or rounded 
and apiculate, gradually narrowing toward the base, faintly dentate, but 
al ntire and wavy toward the base, glabrous, or with some pu- 
Nabcencd along the rib, glossy, chartaceous to coriaceous. Peduncle su 
but stiff, 6—12/ long, almost naked below, closely many-flowered i 
upper fourth, the pedicels short, 1!/2—4"; bracts 1—2”; bractlets ae 
Calyx subglobose, glabrous, shortly toothed, small, the tube 3”. Corolla 
slender, moderately curved or suberect, 2‘ long, 2“ wide, glabrous, grayish 
column glabrous. Berry globose, faintly ribbed, 5—6“ in diam. — Delissea 
arborea, Mann, Enum. no. 262, where however the length of the peduncle 
