284 PRIMULACEAE, [Lysimachia. 
or subtruncate at the base, the lower ones on petioles of 1’, slightly 
pubescent. Flowers as in « Capsule 5“ long and almost 
Molokai! eg of nt and smaller forms, quite glabrate, with subsessile leaves 
from Maunahui; E. M ! Ha secre at heights of 3000 to 4000 ft. 
6 var. venosa. — «A diffusely branching shrub, 3 ft. high, glabrous, 
with virgate fistular branches. Leaves patent, t thin chartaceous, of vari- 
able size, the largest 4 < 2‘, oblong or obovate-oblong, drawn out into 
ong and very acute point, narrowing into a short petiole or sessile, 
bright green, glossy, pale underneath, with prominent nerves and alveoles. 
Pedicels 1'/2’. Lobes of calyx lanceolate, 6”. Corolla roseate-purplish, 
12“. Capsule small. — A plant of striking beauty for its bright green 
foliage and large showy flowers.» — Wawra, l. c. p. 523 
On the top of Waialeale, Kauai! (6000 ft.). 
2. L, Lydgatei, sp.n. — A spreading shrub, 3—4 ft. high, the decum- 
bent branches angular or fluted, covered with a ferruginous tomentum. 
Leaves alternate, on long petioles of 6—8‘, coriaceous, pubescent and 
dark-green on the upper, brown-tomentose on the lower surface, elliptico- 
oblong, 1!/2—2/ >< 3/4—1‘, cuspidato-acuminate, suddenly contracting at 
the base. Pedicels short, 1/2,—1‘. Capsule thick woody, glossy inside, 
6-valved. Flowers not collected. 
Maui! on slopes and in guiches back of Lahaina. 
3. L. rotundifolia, sp. n. — Erect, 5—7 ft. high, the young branches 
and inflorescence slightly rufous. Leaves alternate or subopposit®, broadly 
ovate or suborbicular, cuspidato-acuminate, entire, enhetaeenn with 
nal nerve, dark-green, glabrous on both faces, 1'/2' < 1—1}/4', on 
ai of 2—3”. Flowers 5—7, in a terminal raceme or in the axils 
of the uppermost reduced Coa eform leaves, on pedicels of 8/a—1'. 
Calyx 1/2 the length of the corolla, glabrate, Lait i the base into 7—9 
ovate-acute lobes. Corolla reddish-purple as in no. 1, cup-shaped, 5—6" 
high, deeply divided into 7—9 obovate lobes. Stamens nearly equalling 
the corolla. 
Oahu! Nuwanu. The inflorescence is not a genuine raceme, fox the innovation of the 
branch starts from the terminal or u ppermost ppv bud, as in L. daphnoides, yet the 
supporting leaves are smaller than the rameal ones 
Remyi, Hillebr. — Low prostrate, 1—2 ft. high, glabrate. Leaves 
crowded, aga binate or ternate, pale, linear, 1—1'/2 ‘>< !/:—1“, acute 
at both ends, subsessile, costate, the veins hidden. Flowers ooliiary’ in the 
axils of the uppermost full-sized leaves, on erect pedicels of about A 
corymbosely spreading at the ends of the branches. Calyx and corolla 
rate into 6—7 lobes, those of the former glabrate, acute. Corolla 4— —6" 
ng, otherwise as in no. 1. Capsule crustaceous, small, globose-ovoid, 
