44 Dtrector’s Annual Report. 
Hesperomannia Lydgatei, sp. nov. 
Arbor 2-3 m. alta; foliis spathulo-ovatis, acutis, basi acuminatis, glabris, 
10-22.5 X 2.5-5.4 cm., petiolis .8-2.5 cm. Capitulum 4-8.5 cm., pedunculibus 
attenuatis 3.5-4 cm. Involucrum campanulato-turbinatum, interioribus 
lineari lanceolatis 4-4.5 cm., exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis, brevioribus. 
Corollz 2-2.5 cm. Stylus 6-7 cm. 
Type locality, Wahiawa Mountains, Kauai. J. M. Lydgate, 
May, 1908. 
Six to nine feet, lobelia habit of growth.—Lydgate. Leaves 
4-9X1-1.5 inches with petioles of 6-12 lines, spathulo-ovate to 
oblong, acute, acuminate at the base, entire, glabrous. Heads 
2-3 inches high, four or five in a terminal cluster, on slender ped- 
uncles of 1.5 inches. Involucre about 2 inches high, bracts in 
four to eight rows; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, inner bracts 
much longer, linear-lanceolate. Corolla 12 lines, split to near the 
middle. Anthers 3 lines. Achenes (not mature), pappus pinkish, 
a little over 9 lines long. ; 
This species is easily distinguished from the other species of 
Hesperomannia by the long slender peduncles, and by the shape 
of the leaves which are not dentate. 
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