Plantago.] PLANTAGINACEAE. 365 
densely flowered in the upper half, the flowers suberect, imbedded in a 
dense wool. Bracts and sepals ovate, obtuse, 2“, thick cartilaginous, 
reflexed at last. Anthers pendulous, apiculate, the bases of the cells 
blunt. Style as before. Ovary 2-celled, each cell with 2—3 ovules. 
Capsule not exceeding the calyx, somewhat obtuse, with 3 black seeds, — 
Wawra, 1. ¢. p, 567. 
Maui! Haleakala, 6000—8000 ft. Resembles P. Aucklandica, Hook. f., from the Auck- 
land Islands. 
B var. Hawaiiensis, Gray. — Caudex less woolly. Leaves Bar As 
Jia x 1/9 ah , obtie, very thick, 3—9-nervyed, with nerves hidde 
evenly poberuloas on " both faces. Scape and rhachis tainty flocculose, 
sometimes almost gla iene the ae rather lax. Bracts and sepals dark. 
Capsule slightly exserted, with 4—6 seeds. 
gh mountains of Hawaii! ie ‘om Kilauea up to 8 ft. on Mauna Loa A simila 
form with a very thick caudex and still ari Seite ner and denticulate leaves, 
the scape and rhachis iscied glabrous, grows on Eeka, Ma 
1 var. Kauaiensis, Gray. — A small ua with a very short caudex, woolly 
between the leaves. Leaves coriaceous, rugose on the upper face, narrow 
lanceolate, 11/2—2‘ >< 2—6”, acute or somewhat obtuse, narrowing below, 
but without manifest petiole, with 5—3—1 nerves which are prominent 
on the lower but not conspicuous on the upper face. Scapes several, 
slender, conte s, 3—6‘ long, ee only few (8—5) distant flowers and 
few hairs at their bases. Bracts gibbous at the base, half as long as 
the meng the lobes of the oe quite obtuse to subacute. Lobes 
corolla ovate, acute. Capsule not exceeding .the calyx, circumscissile at 
the middle, often 1-seeded, the seed ovate, pale brown, not viscous. 
oe. lie. 
Kauai, high plateaus of Lehua makanui (U. S. E. E.) and hai ropes eg Wawra 
var, pus, from Waialeale, is a still smaller plant with leaves 1 ess in length “ae 
Strigose-hairy on the upper face, the setaceous scapes ing only satya the short 
Corolla-lobes quite obtuse, the capsule with 4 seeds. 
8 var. rotundi ifolia, Wawra. — «Leaves coriaceous, broadly obovate, 
almost orbicular, suddenly narrowed at the base, with 5 impressed nerves, 
2—3' in length, densely covered with coarse ochraceous wool underneath. 
Peduncles 1—2, silky-tomentose, longer than the dense spikes. : 
of calyx and corolla very obtuse. Capsule circumscissile at the middle, 
hot exceeding the ¢ . Seeds 2, broad ovate, — = ee 
Top of Waialeale, geome gine in tufts of moss Tees. 
Wawra, 1. ¢. p. 567. — Only one specimen found. 
P. Brongniartii, Barn., DC. Prod. 1. c. p. 736, imperfectly described fro 
lost specimen of Gaudichaud’s collection — leaves obtuse, lobes cf eorolla very ae — may 
Possibly be the 8 of the present s; 
