ne) GESNERIACEAE. 331 
8 var. latifolia. — Leaves quaternate, obovate-oblong, 10 —12‘ >< 3—4’. 
Flowers less numerous. Calycine lobes linear. Berry almost globose. 
W. and 
ea Lessoniana, Gaud. 1. c. p. 447, tab. 54. — An erect a 5—8 ft. 
hi ns e branches and warrant Aves tomentose. Leaves opposite, 
tic oblong, 4— 5‘ 1!/2— 21/2‘, on petioles of '/s—1’, wails spiiaaete 
at both ends, denticulate or atincat entire, thin chartaceous, glabrate or 
sparsely pubescent above, silky with soft tomentum underneath. or 
solitary and mostly drooping, rarely 2 on a peduncle of 6—9", the 
pedicel 8—12”, the 2 bracts linear lanceolate, 3—4". alyx white, 
thin, 6—9” long, tomentose or glabrate, parted to the base into broadly 
ovate acuminate lobes which are angular-valvate in the bud and quite 
straight-tubular or urceolate, ampliate above, contracted 
at the throat, with short obtuse lobes, silky- villous. Ovary glabrous; 
style articulate below the deeply lobed ung Berry ovoid, not longer 
than the calyx. — Hook. & Arn. 1.c. — Gray, 1. ¢. p. 631. — Wawra, |. ec. 
Oahu! rather common on the main range. 
8 var. — Calycine lobes lanceolate; peduncle and pedicels shorter. 
Oahu! Waianae range. 
var. i dap el — Leaves narrow-lanceolate, 6—8'  %/+—1', the 
tomentum confined to rib and veins. Calycine nies ovate to lanceolate. 
Eastern portion of the main range of Oahu! Wailupe. 
8 var. pachyphylla. — Leaves thick coriaceous, with strong veins and 
dense tomentum, broad oblong or obovate. Peduncle generally 2-flowered, 
with broad oblong bracts. Calyx 5-—12“, parted not quite to the base 
into 5—6 narrow-lanceolate or linear lobes. Corolla generally exceeding 
ine calyx, 9—12” 
e of An Looks a good deal like e var. f of 
Santitt 
: 0 ‘aianae range and high ri 
C. Pickeringti, and may possibly be connected with 
in the calyx. In one e my specimens the thick eas lobes of the same are almost 
trigonal, with a median ridge on the rtaoed side. 
14. C. Hillebrandi, Oliver, in lit. — Leaves opposite, coriaceous, with 
stout ribs and veins, elliptico- or ovato-oblong, 3— 41/2! X 1'/2—2’, on 
petioles of 1‘, 0% denticulate, pubescent above, faintly ferruginous or 
glabrate aces Flowers 3—5, cymosely um llate on a peduncle 
of 6—12 ; } 
sat Sie Catve glabrate, thin, 6—9“, cleft to the middle or more, deeper 
on one side, into broad lanceolate long acuminate lobes. i 
exserted, 9—11”, pubescent, somewhat curved, with am 
spreading lobes. Ovary glabrous. Berry ovoid-elongate, 9”, 
pliate throat and 
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