94 Robert Pilger. — Plantaginaceae. 



42. P. Hillebrandii Pilger in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XIX. (1923) 118. — P. pachy- 

 phylla A. Gray var. hawaiiensis Hillebrand, Fl. Hawaiian Isl. (1888) 365 p. p. x ). — P. 

 pachyphylla A. Gray var. kauaiensis f. robusta Rock in Amer. Journ. of Bot. VII. (1920) 

 207. — Rhizoma crassum, decumbens vel ± erectum, reliquiis foliorum et lana dense 

 obtectum, demum glabrescens, in specim. ad 13 cm longum. Folia ± erecta, ad apicem 

 rhizomatis rosulatim congesta, parum numerosa (in specim. ad 9), crasse coriacea, sicca 

 rigidissima, lanceolata usque elliptico-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, inferne sensim angustata, 

 usque ad basin latiuscula (petiolo et lamina haud distinctis), 5 — 12 cm longa, 1 — 2,7 cm 

 lata, integra vel minute obtusiuscule dentata, glabra vel margine et subtus ad nervös 

 breviter pilosula, nervis 5 — 7 vix conspicuis vel plerumque sulcis angustis vel latioribus 

 notatis. Inflorescentiae 1 — 2; spicae pedunculus validus, erectus, 10 — 17 cm altus, junior 

 sulcato-striatus, demum vix striatus vel laevis, junior parce floccoso-villosus, demum 

 glabrescens; spica inferne laxa, demum et ubique laxa, 7 — 15 cm longa, rhachi ad basin 

 florum longe lanato-villosa. Bractea calycem aequans vel % calycis tantum aequans, 

 elliptico-ovata vel anguste elliptico-ovata, obtusa, 3,5 — 4 mm longa, late insidens, parum 

 ciliata vel glabrata, carina laminis lateralibus membranaceis parum angustiore. Sepala 

 antica anguste ovata, breviter acutiuscula, parum concava, 3— fere 4 mm longa, praeter 

 pilos brevissimos ad apicem glabra, carina laminis lateralibus rigidule membranaceis circ. 

 aequilata; sepala postica vix parum latiora. Corollae tubus calyce parum brevior, lobi 

 ovati, obtusiusculi vel parum acutiusculi, 1,5 mm longi, distincte nervati. Antherae 

 breviter exsertae, latissimae, 1,75 mm longae, apiculo late triquetro, obtuso. Ovula 4. 

 Capsula medio circ. circumscissa, pars superior 1,5 mm longa, lata, apice distincte truncata 

 vel magis rotundata; semina obscure rufo-brunnea, 2 mm longa, satis tenuia, ambitu 

 irregulariter elliptica, dorso parce reticulato-sulcata, facie hili fere plana vel parum 

 concava. 



Hawaii-Inseln: Maui, Gipfel des Eeka, 2000m ü. M. (Hillebrand — 1870, 

 Typus); West-Maui, 1000— 1700m (Hitchcock n. 14837, Un. St. Nat. Herb.); Maui, 

 Lahaina District, West Maui Forest Reserve, Nakalaau-Puu kukui, 1400 — 1740 m ü. M. 

 (Krajina n. 119 — April 1930). 



43. P. melanochrous Pilger in Fedde, Repert. Spec. Nov. XL. (1936) 237. — Mediocris, 

 rhizoma crassum, ± perpendiculare, ad circ. 5 cm longum, lana basali in rhizomate demum 

 haud conspicua, et in axillis foliorum satis parca, radicellis validis. Folia sicca nigra, 

 crassa, coriacea, rigida, elliptico-lanceolata vel anguste elliptica, angustiora basin versus 

 parum angustata, latiora brevissime late petiolatim angustata, 4 — 6 cm longa, glaberrima, 

 nervis 3 vel 5 vix conspicuis vel inconspicuis vel subtus parum latiuscule prominulis, 

 nervis lateralibus parum arcuatis a basi discretis. Inflorescentiae 1 — 3; spicae pedunculus 

 erectus, validus, plerumque glaber, raro hie illic villis brevibus instruetus, 10 — 12 cm 

 longus; spica et florens satis laxa vel laxa 6 — 10 ( — 12) cm longa, lana ad basin florum 

 parca vel nulla. Bractea et sepala glabra, bractea calyce parum brevior, anguste elliptica, 

 3,5 — 4 mm longa, carina crassa, perlata, laminis lateralibus angustis, rigide membranaceis 

 latiore. Sepala 3 — 4 mm longa, antica anguste elliptica, superne distincte angustata, 

 fere acutiuscula, carina valida ambitu lanceolata, laminis lateralibus circ. aequilata vel 

 illis parum latiore; sepala postica parum latiora, carina parum angustiore. Corollae lobi 

 anguste ovati, angustati, obtusiusculi, 1,5 mm longi. Ovula plura, 1 — 2 porro evoluta. 

 Capsula 3 mm longa, superne late conico-attenuata, infra medium circumscissa; semina 

 (bene evoluta?) nigricantia, tenuia, ambitu anguste elliptica, 2 mm parum superantia. 



Hawaii-Inseln: Maui, Lahaina-District, West Maui Forest Reserve, Nakalaau 

 Puu kukui, 1400— 1740 m ü. M. (Krajina n. 120 — April 1930, Typus!); Maui, Eeka- 

 Mountains (Hillebrand). 



a ) Hillebrand bemerkt am Schluß der Beschreibung der var. hawaiiensis: A similar form 

 with a very thick caudex and still shorter broadly sessile and" denticulate leaves, the scape and 

 rhachis almost glabrous, grows on Eeka, Maui! 



