Phyllostegia.} LABIATAE. 349 
“one without stigma. — iP. dentata, Benth. ibid — the forms with reduced 
— leaves. — Gray, in Proc. Am. Ac. V, 342. 
awaii! in the districts of Hilo and Puna. The calycine lobes continue to grow 
ues maturity, as they do in the atthe species, and the tube splits laterally, 
2. P. grandiflora, Benth. 1. c. — Suberect as before, the branches pu- 
bescent rae appressed short silky hair, as is the inflorescence. 
eh 38—4’ & 11/2—2'‘, on petioles of 1—1!/2‘, shortly acuminate, ero 
mewhat contracted at the base, crenate, sparingly iets or glabrate 
ne softly pubescent sa ar rather thick. Whorls 6 flowers, 
all in a crowded terminal raceme of 4—6’, or the one or two bont est in the 
axils of unreduced leaves. ak se bracts we any short. Calyx 
3—4", pubescent, the broad and 1 at maturity, 
—'/2 the length of the tube, which becomes campanulate and ampliate 
with fruit. Corolla white, with purplish tint, tomentose, large, the tube 
far exserted, 10—12” in length, curved, the upper lip emarginate, the 
lower broadly lobed and 7—9” lon ilaments sabe ies s. Stigmatic 
branches very short, only one ciavate and stigmatiferous, the other short 
acuminate. — Prasium grandiflorum, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. p. 458, tab. 65. 
Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Beech. p. 93. — Gra 
Oahu! rather common; Molokai! Maui! Nat. name: «Kapana». 
8 var. hirsutula. — Hirsute in all parts with soft scarcely spreading 
hair, but rather glabrate with age. Raceme loose, foliose below. Calyx 
larger, 4—5', its lobes shorter in proportion and not reflected. Pedicels 
4-6". cacue a as in a, but the tube rather shorte 
W. Maui! in forests. 
3. P. clavata, Benth. 1. c. p. 554. -- Habit as before, the branches 
retrorsely pubescent, villous at the nodes. Leaves broadly ovate, 3—4‘' x 
2—21/2', on petioles of 1—2‘, acuminate, rounded at the base or truncate 
lowest one or ge hl in the axils of ordinary leaves, the others in a close 
raceme of 4—6’ in length. Pedicels 2—3", pubescent, bracts minut 
Calyx 2—3”, strigose, ampliate and open at maturity, the short and broad 
bluntish lobes 1/3 the length of the tube. Corolla strigoso- pubescent, i 
tube 4—6”, the upper lip entire. Filaments puberulous. Stigmatic 
branches ak clavate and stigmatiferous, but one larger. — Gray, 1. e. 
p. 344 
Hawaii! ‘eit of Hilo and near ——— pean the aspect of P. grandifiora, but 
much smaller flowers. Varies greatly as to pu 
4. P. brevidens, Gray, in Proc. Am. Ac. V, 343. — — Habit as before, the 
Slender branches loosely foliose and nearly glabrate. Leaves ovate, 
—4‘ & 1/2—2', on petioles of 1’, cuspidate, dentato-serrate, rounded 
