Phyllostegia.] LABIATAE. 353 
cence as in P. mollis, but the reduced floral leaves or bracts broadly 
deltoid or ovate, broader than high, sessile, and contiguous with their 
margins so as to surround the whorl in the pee of a cup 4” high. 
Whorls rather close, each of 6 nearly sessile flowers. yx 2—3", pu- 
bescent, the acute teeth about '/s of its length. Corolla pubescent, pale 
pinkish, the tube about 4’, the lower lip scarcely shorter. Style- branches 
subequal and both truncate. 
auai! woods of Waimea (Wawra, also M. & B. no. 555, and Kn. 
of M. & B. from Kaala, Oahu! without number, seems also to belong here. The fee wers 
are sweet-scented according to Wawra, as is also the case with P. parvifiora and P. mollis, 
if my memory serves me right. 
13. P. racemosa, Benth. |. c. — Suffruticose, diffusely branching and 
scandent in the manner oe the small-leaved Stenogynes, tomentose- 
ieage or somewhat villous. Leaves small, ovate-lanceolate, */4—1!/2‘ 
xX 's—3/4‘, on petioles of 1/s—1/2‘, somewhat obtuse, coarsely crenate, 
cordate, pubescent on the upper, softly tomentose on the lower face. 
Tedivesvence (gems paniculate. Whorls of 6—12 flowers, their sup- 
porting leaves gradually decreasing, the uppermost small brac teiform, 
petiolate , hee forming short racemes of 3—4’. Pedicels very short, 
‘e—1", Calyx 1—2", obtusely dentate. Corolla purplish-white, pu- 
b ry i 
the lower. Style-branches both clavate and truncate. — 
Stenogyne parviflora, Mann, Enum. no. 357, also Wawra 
Hawaii! Maui! Molokai! from 2500 ft. upward. The plants from Melek ate 
as a rule, 6 flowers in a whorl, iike those pet Haleakala. Nat, name: «Kiponapona». 
14. P. hispida, sp. n. — Diffuse, much branching, rough-hispid in all 
parts with long spreading, occasionally rg emnik hairs. Leaves flaccid, 
hispid on both faces, ovate- —— in outline, 1—2’ ; 
t obtuse, and the bluntish lobes 
Be, 
leaves — the uppermost bracteiform — thus constituting 
racemes of 2—6/‘ in length. Pedicels very short, tf—1”, Calyx 1 
with acute teeth, open cup-shaped when mature. 
Molokai! heights of Mopulehu. 
8 var. — Whorls of 8 flowers, the Assad fe 21/.“ long. Calycine lobes 
1g the Seneth of the tube. Corolla-tube 2 
Maui! Haleakala, 4000—5000 ft 
15. P. floribunda, Benth. I. c. p. 555. — Suffruticose, erect, 2—3 ft. 
high, hispid or hirsute with spreading hairs. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 
—6' X 11/2—21/2', on petioles of 1! jp—21/2', aun crenate, rounded 
* contracted @ t the base, flaccid, equally hirsute on both faces. Inflores- 
cence in axillary simple or branching racemes a grrr in enna hirsute 
Hillebrand, Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. 
