362 PLANTAGINACEAE. [ Stenogyne. 
the base, about 3” long, on petioles of 1!/2”, acute or somewhat obtuse, 
serrate or crenate, membranous, glabrous. Whorls 2- flowered, the pedicels 
1—2”, subtended by setaceous bracts. Calyx 3”, sa oe: te 
and obtusely 5-toothed. Corolla suberect, 7—8", w, minutely 
pubescent or glabrate, the upper lip 3—4”, ine exeoéding Me short 
and broadly 3-toothed lower lip. Annulus Soenplbte. Filaments and style 
long- exserted. — y, l.c. p. 348 
Hawaii! in forests of Mauna Kea. 
8 var. diffusa. — More or less pubescent. Leaves of thicker texture, 
smaller, 1!/2—-21 he", obtusely ovate or suborbicular, truncate at the base, 
crenate. — S. diffusa, Gray, 
Higher and open regions of Hawaii, 
15. S. crenata, Gray, l. c. p. 348. — Habit of the preceding species, the 
stem with sharp angles muricately hispid with retrorse stiff hairlets and 
closely foliose. Leaves small, ovate-oblong, 2— a somewhat obtuse, cre- 
2: flowered: patie 1” or less. Calyx 3", seinuks nerved, Tiesid the 
lobes acute and as long as the tube. Corolla as is no. 14, but rather 
slender and hispid. Filaments long-exserted, pubescent. Annulus broken. 
Maui! forests of Haleakala, northern and eastern slopes. 
. 8S. seoie sp. n. — Habit as in the aap air species; the pene 
ane pubesce Leaves ovate, 4—8”  3—5", on petioles of 1'/2 —2 
obtuse, ent — at the bas: beanies Seteneai or gabrael 
Whorls 6- or 4-, rarely 2-flowered, ie pedicels 1'/2—3". Calyx 2 2—21/2", 
with acute teeth half the length of the tube or less. Corolla subfaleate, 
10—11“, greenish-yellow (?), pubescent, the upper lip 3’, the lower almost 
truncate with short acute lobules. Annulus — Nucules short, 11/2”. 
_Maui! southern and western slopes of Haleakala, in forests 
1 ( — Slender herbaceous, creeping on the ground 
and rooting, the seach hispid. Leaves flaccid and hispid, orbicular in 
outline, 6—7” in each diameter, on petioles of 3—4“, deeply crenate oT 
lobed, cordate or truncate at the base 
Not very rare in the higher forests of Suter (leaves truncate), and ging Maui! 
(leaves cordate), but no flowers seen and therefore the genus uncertai 
Orper LXVI. PLANTAGINACEAE. 
Sepals 4, imbricate. Corolla small, scarious, with an ovate or cy lindrical 
tube and 4 spreading lobes, imbricate in the bud. Stamens 4, inserted 
in the tube and alternate with the lobes of the corolla, ee very long; 
anthers versatile, 2-celled, opening lengthwise. Ovary free, 2- or 1-celled, 
with 1—8 ovules in each cell. Style terminal, simple. "Capeite opening 
