Cyrtandra.} GESNERIACEAE. 329 
3—6’, on hirsute petioles of 2—3‘, obtuse or shortly acuminate, sharply 
dentate with — teeth, rounded or sometimes subcordate, but oftener 
contracting at the base, hairy or papillose above, nest tomentose or 
subglabrate ck Flowers subumbellate, 5— a peduncle of 
about 1‘, the pedicels of nearly the same length, some x them again 
divided and bracteolate; the bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, 12—8' long. 
Calyx hirsute, 6--8”, cleft to the middle or deeper into sila acute 
lobes. Corolla 8-12", pubescent, slightly curved and subbilabiate. Ova 
 . Style puberulous, articulate near the ovary. Berry ovoid or 
a ace aeons by the calyx 
waii! woods of Hilo and Puna; ei Kilauea a yery dark and shaggy form with 
thick. oblong leaves. 
8 var. — Peduncle and pedicels only 4—6" long. Calyx and corolla 
much shorter, the former less deeply lobed, the latter curved and exserted. 
Fruit short ovoid, enclosed in the calycine tube. Leaves thick, with strong 
and straight nerves, as in C. paludosa. 
Woods of Hilo! 
8. C. macrocalyx, sp. n. — Arborescent, 12—15 ft. high, the branches 
moderately hirsute. Loans in whorls of 4, elliptico-oblong, acuminate 
at both ends, serrulate, 4—5‘ > 1'/2—13/4‘, on petioles of !/2—-5/s‘, thick 
chartaceous, with prominent veins, sparingly hairy above, with a faint 
ferruginous tomentum underneath. Peduncles 4—8", bearing 1 or id flowers 
on pedicels of 6—7"; the bracts large foliaceous, ovate, 6-12" < 4—6". 
Calyx of thick texture, pubescent, large crateriform, 9—12“ long, divided 
to the middle into large folaccous ovate ae lobes of 4—5“ in width. 
bescent. 
Molokai! high ri 0 Wa and Pelekunu. ees ane for the large calyx, 
which exceeds in size that of C. pone 
9. C. procera, sp. n. — Arborescent, 12-18 ft. high, the fleshy branches 
hirsute with dark eerie hair. aves in whorls of 6, linear-oblong 
or lanceolate, 5—6‘ > 3/4—1‘, on petioles of t/4‘, acute, sharply an 
finely serrulate, truncate - the narrow base, coriaceous, cick green and 
glabrous above, thickly tomentose underneath. Flowers 1, 2 or 3 in each 
axil on a short peduncle of 1—4", the pedicels 8—12"; bracts 3’, linear- 
lanceolate. Calyx thickly tomentose or hirsute, 6— —9", split to near the 
base into 5—6 linear-lanceolate lobes. Corolla 8—9”, villous, slightly 
curved, the large spreading lobes, somewhat acute, about 2? jo Ser Ovary 
glabrous 
Molokai! pali of Pelekunu, at a height of 3000 ft. 
10. C. biserrata, sp. m. — A shrub, 5—6 ft. high, the oe and 
ow hirsute with spreading rust-colored hairs. Leaves q| 
embranous, green on both faces, papilloso-hispid on both faces, ane 
ake, aa ae or on petioles of 1—2‘, cuspidate, acuminate at 
