Yar. megacarpa Rock var. nov. 



Plant erect, terrestrial, stem hirsute, leaves large, obovate oblong, blunt at the apex, 

 narrowing suddenly into a fleshy petiole of 5 cm, with few scattered single hairs above, 

 sparingly hispid underneath, 20-22 cm x 9.5-10.5 cm; berries large, 22 mm in diameter, 

 globose, crowned by the broadly triangular 8 mm long calyx lobes (flowers unknown). 



Hawaii : Mts. of Kohala in swampy forest back of "VYaimea, along the 

 Alakahi gorge, elev. 4200 ft. Only one plant observed; fruiting June, 1910, 

 Rock no. 8728, in the herbarium, College of Hawaii, T. H. 



Cyanea Bishopii Rock sp. n. 



Cyanea Kunthiana? Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 264; Drake Del Cast. 111. Fl. 

 Ins. Mar. Pac. VII. (1892) 219. 



Plant subherbaceous, woody only at the base 10-14 dm high, rarely branching, leaves 

 crowded at the top, obovate oblong, bluntly acuminate at the apex, gradually tapering 

 into a margined petiole of ca 3 cm; leaves 20-30 cm long, 4-7 cm wide (measured at their 

 widest portion) sparingly hispid with scattered whitish hairlets above, pubescent under- 

 neath especially along the veins and midrib; inflorescence denselv clustered along the 

 stem, immediately under the leaves, extending down for about 12-15 cm; flowers numerous 

 on a short hirsute many bracteate peduncle, ca 8 mm in length; pedicels 5-6 mm when 

 with flowers. 12 mm when with fruit, bibracteolate above the middle, bracteoles linear 

 subulate ca 3 mm ; calyx hirsute the subglobose ovarian portion 6 mm, calycine lobes as 

 long as the tube or longer; corolla slender, somewhat curved, 3 cm long, 4 mm wide, 

 hirsute, pale purple or lilac with whitish streaks, lobes very short, 3-4 mm, retrorsely 

 dentate above, the dorsal slit extending one-third the length of the tube; staminal column 

 sparingly hispid, anthers densely covered with strigose pale purplish hair, the lower ones 

 only penicillate; berry subglobose, deep orange ca 8 mm in diam., crowned by the caly- 

 cine lobes. 



Maui : Back of Lahaina, West Maui, 4000 ft. on the ridge overlooking Wai- 

 luku, coll. by E. F. Bishop, Jan., 1871. Slopes of Haleakala, wet forest between 

 "Waikamoi and Honomanu gulch, along Kula pipe line trail in dense swampy 

 jungle, elev. 4200 ft., west of Olinda, East Maui; fruiting October, 1910; Rock 

 no. 8572 ; flowering May, 1911 ; Rock no. 8806, Herbarium, College of Hawaii. 



Cyanea stictophylla Rock sp. nov. 



Plant 2 m high, erect, not branching; leaves 20-30 cm long, 4-4.5 cm wide, linear 

 lanceolate, bluntly acuminate at both ends, narrowing into a petiole of 2.5-3 cm, glabrous 

 above and evenly punctate with glandular points, hirsute underneath especially along 

 the midrib and veins, with an undulate or irregularly notched margin, peduncles axillary 1-2.5 

 cm long, hirtellous, bracteate at the apex, usually 5-flowered, pedicels hirtellous 7-15 mm 

 long, bibracteolate below the middle; calyx green puberulous, ovarian portion ovoid, caly- 

 cine lobes triangular about 2 mm (flowers unknown). 



Hawaii : Mts. of Kaiholena, in rain forest southern slopes of Mauna Loa, 

 Kau, elevation 6000 ft,, Jan., 1912 ; Rock no. 10055, shortly after flowering with 

 immature fruits. Type in Herbarium, College of Hawaii. The plant belongs 

 to the group to which Cyanea pilosa belongs, to which it is related. 



Cyanea aculeatiflora Rock sp. nov. 



Plant 3-7 m tall single stemmed or occasionally branching not far above the ground, 

 covered with leaf -scars especially in the upper half; leaves at the ends of erect stems, 

 large 40-60 cm x 10-20 cm, thick and stiff, dark green above, lighter underneath, the mid- 

 rib as well as the 15 cm long fleshy petiole muricate; the upper side muricate at the 

 angles of the veins, densely hispid underneath; inflorescence muricate throughout with 

 aculeate tubercules; arranged in cymes in the axils of the leaves, on a common peduncle of 



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