262 LOBELIACEAE, [Cyanea. 
is incorrectly given as «brevis and pauciflorus». — D. coriacea, var. 8, 
ray, |. c. p. ane 
i omg ui! Ulupala , 8000—4000 ft. One specimen exhibit i 
similar to that oa ectgen occurs in e. Posi annit, ee the ry benets foliaceous fees the 
pasrem ity part of the raceme bra ing. Kula/ leaves narrowing into a short petiole. 
ro edvel sien (4—6‘), glabrous, subsessile. pee 
ae long, drooping, distantly bracteate , bearing near the end 15— 
subsessile flowers. Corolla dark purple, moderately curved; otherwise 
as above, 
Hawaii, woods of Hilo (Lydg. in lit.). 
ar, pycnocarpa. — Leaves smaller, membranous, running out into a 
ead petiole of 11/2‘, pubescent ipeyioemes Peduncle slender, naked, 
3-—4' long bearing at its end a ster of sessile subglobose truncate 
berries 6“ in diam., the acute peda calyx-lobes 2“, 
Hawaii! Kohala range, 
22. C. procera, sp. mn. — Trunk and leaves as in n 1, the leaves 
broader, 4—6‘, closely denticulate, pubescent underne oe gis tor short, 
thick and fleshy: 1—11/2‘ long, with many (10—20) flowers near the 
apex, the pedicels 3— 5”, bracteolate at vig base; bracts 5”, bracteoles 
2". Calycine tube dateoos: cylindrical, 5—7“ in length, with triangular 
lobes of 11/2—2", Corolla (undeveloped) glabrous, hal 3‘ broad, bluish 
below, greenish-yellow above, thick fleshy. 
Molokai! Kamalo, 2000 ft. Nearly related to the preceding species. In both the 
Peer has a thick woody zone which includes a narrow cavity septate by numerous papery 
et 
- tritomantha, Gray, 1. ¢ ec. p. 149. — Trunk 6—10 ft. eis _ 
sbi Leaves broadly lanceolate or obovate, 15—28' 
muricate petioles of 5—-8' , acuminate, sinuate-dentate, suddenly peaatim 
at the base, thick chartaceous, pubescent underneath along the prominent 
nerves. Peduncle 1—2'/2/, thick fleshy, closely bracteate from the base, 
ith 
pore falciform, 2!/2—3' long, 2—21/2"" wide, elsvenasiek Paget inside, 
with deep dorsal and lateral slits (but the anterior lip not entire). Fila 
ments slightly pubescent. 
Hawaii! windward side of Mauna Kea, 8000 ft. (U. 8. E. E Hilo (Lydg.), Kohala 
range (Hbd.). Th large foliaceous bracts 
in which case they grow 'w to a length of often one foo re apt to branch as in €. 
arborea. Nat. name: 1s According to ‘Lydgate the as are cooked and eaten bY 
the natives as @ vegetal 
B var. — Leaves es smaller, 12—14' \ 3‘, thicker, with a crisp margin. 
Bracts lan anceolate, short, 2—3”; bracteoles dats subulate 1— 11/2". Calyx 
