264 GOODENIACEAE. [Cyanea. 
conical tube 6“, the lobes 8—10”, oblong, somewhat acute, thin, herba- 
ceous, 1-nerved. Corolla seb as in the preceding species, dark 
purple, Staminal column glabro 
Lanai! on the highest ridge. 
27. C, Kunthiana? — Stem 3—5 ft. high, unarmed, rather hairy at the 
top. Leaves elliptico- to obovato-oblong, 7—9‘ XX 3‘, on petioles of 11/2—3', 
shortly acuminate at both ends, wavy, subentire, pale, almost white under- 
neath, both faces shortly pubescent with scattering pale hairlets. Pedunele 
about 1‘, pubescent, as is the whole inflorescence, bracteate from the 
base, the pedicels 3“, bracts gi 6". Calyx-t sabe 2-3”, the linear- 
lanceolate lobes 2—4“. Corolla (bud) white, with pale violet streaks, 
airy, suberect, less than 1‘ ia and 1'/2“ wide. Filaments and anthers 
hispid, particularly at the base of the latter. — Delissea Kunthiana, Gaud. 
Bot. hs Bon. tab. 77 (without mp 
ui! back of Lahaina, 4000—5000 ft. (on the ridge overlooking Wailuku). Collected 
by the po Mr. E. Bishop. The identity of our plant with D. Kunthiana is rather doubt- 
ful. The corolla, even — eveloped, will not pein the size given in Gaudichaud’s 
plate, and the calyeine lobes are longer in proportion to the The characteristic 
pallor of the leaves also, ween reminds of €. gic tenin: is not expressed in the 
28. C, platyphylla, Hillebr. — Stem slender, 3—5 ft. high, covered in 
its upper portion with short and sharp paie spines. Leaves obovate- 
oblong, 12—20'  5—8‘, on prickly or muricate petioles of 3—4/, obtuse 
or rounded at the apex, contracted at the base but not decurrent, wavy 
abs 
pedicels 6—8“; bracts 2—4”, often foliaceous. Calyx glabrous, the tube 
cylindrical, 3—4“, the lobes sharp dentiform or subulate, 11/.—2". Corolla 
white, thin, glabrons. falciform, 2‘ long, 3“ wide. Staminal column pale, 
glabrous. Berry obovoid, 4“. Seeds crustaceous reddish, smooth. — 
Delissea platyphylla, Gray, 1. c. p. 148. — Mann, nee: no. 265. 
Hawaii! lower woods of Hilo and Puna. In several —— like a Delissea, but the 
corolla is not knobby, nor are the seeds of that genus 
Orper XLIV. GOODENIACEAE. 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, the limb 5-toothed or entire. Corolla 
irregular, slit open on the upper side, 5-lobed, the lobes valvate and 
generally fedlobtiaste in the bud. Stamens 5, alternate with the lobes 
of the corolla and inserted at its base: anthers opening in longitudin 
ciliate indusium. Fruit either a capsule opening 1) into 
2 valves, or an . indehiscent t drupe or nut. Seeds usually with a flesby 
