Campanulaceae. 



Clermontia Peleana Rock sp. nov. 



(Plate 200.) 



Leaves oblong acuminate 18 to 20 cm long by 3.5 to 4.5 cm wide, dark green above, 

 glossy somewhat lighter underneath, with dark purple veins and midrib, irregularly 

 crenate to nearly the base of the leaf, which is on a petiole of 4 to 6 cm; flowers axillary 

 usually two on a short peduncle of 1.5 cm with two small linear bracts at the middle; 

 pedicles 3 to 4 cm with two bracteoles at their common base; calyx dark green, the 

 ovarian portion turbinate 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, with minute teeth; corolla strongly 

 arched when open, 4 to 5 cm, dark blackish purple, thin not fleshy, silky, the apex 

 almost returning to the level of the base; staminal column glabrous dark purple, as are 

 the anthers of which the two lower are penicillate; style glabrous with a bluntly two- 

 lobed stigma; fruit unknown. 



This species, which is a small, glabrous tree 20 feet in height, has long, more 

 or less rambling branches. It was discovered by the writer on the Island of Ha- 

 waii, in the middle rain forest zone, at an elevation of 3800 feet, four or five 

 miles below Kilauea volcano, along the government road. Only three plants 

 were observed, one of which had never flowered. It is a very handsome species, 

 and is associated with Clermontia Hawaiiensis, Cheirodendron Gaudichaudii, 

 Cyrtandra, Cibotium tree ferns, Ilex, etc. 



It is named after the Hawaiian goddess Pele, whose abode is in the fires of 

 Kilauea, in the vicinity of which this tree grows. 



The type is in the Herbarium of the College of Hawaii, No. 8800, collected 

 flowering in July, 1911, and July 10, 1912. 



Clermontia arborescens (Mann) Hbd. 



Oha wai. 

 (Plate 201.) 



CLERMONTIA ARBORESCENS (Mann) Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 242; Del. Cast. 111. Fl. 

 Ins. Mar. Pacif. VII (1892) 221. Cyanea arborescens Mann. Proc. Am. Acad. VII 

 (1S66) 183. Delissea Waihiae Wawra in Flora (1873) 8. 



Leaves obovate oblong 12 to 16 cm x 4 to 5 cm, on petioles of 3 to 6 cm, shortly 

 acuminate or rounded, narrowing at the base, crenate or serrulate, coriaceous, dark 

 green, glossy above, paler underneath; peduncle very short fleshy, two flowered only, the 

 pedicels about 25 mm or also 35 cm, bracts small, bractlets at the base of the pedicels; 

 calyx green with a campanulate tube of about 20 mm and thick obtuse or deltoid lobes of 

 very variable length, separated by sinuses when small and partly connate when large; 

 corolla exceedingly thick and fleshy, strongly arched about 6 cm long of an even width, 

 greenish white or sometimes cream colored with a tinge of reddish purple; anthers 

 glabrous; berry yellow very deeply furrowed and crowned by the calycine lobes; seeds 

 pale yellow shining. 



It is one of the most common Clermontia, next to the Oahuan C. macrocarpa, 

 but unlike the latter inhabits the middle forest zone between 2000 and 4000 feet. 

 It occurs on the three central islands, but is absent on Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii. 

 It is peculiar to the wet forests, where it is a small tree 15 to 25 feet in height. 

 The yellow berries, which reach the size of a little lime, are eaten by birds and 

 the natives. It is conspicuous by its monstrous fleshy inflorescence, which is, 

 next to that of C. drepanomorpha, the largest in the genus. The Oha wai can be 

 found along the Kula pipe line trail, East Maui, where it is extremely common. 

 Also on West Maui (Kaanapali), Molokai (Pelekunu), Lanai (Haalelepakai), 

 usually in company with species of Cyanea and Clermontia grandiflora. 



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