46 Director's Annual Report. 
Lysimachia longisepala, sp. nov. 
Folia ovata, acuminata, 11.5-15 X 5-6.5 cm., basi acuminata; petiolus 
tomentosus, 2-3 cm. longus. Flores 2-3, auxillaries; pedunculi tomentosi, 
2-3 cm. longi; calyx lobis 6-8, lanceolatis, 2.5 cm. longis; corolla ovato- 
lanceolata, 1 cm. longa, filamenta basi dilata, subconnata. Capsula crus- 
tacea, 16 X Io mm. 
A suffruticose plant six inches to three feet in height, usually 
unbranched, the new growth being tomentose with purplish hairs, 
becoming glabrous with age. Leaves very dark green above, 
paler beneath, ovate, acuminate, 4.5—7.5 X 2-3.5 inches, the base 
narrowing into a tomentose petiole of 22 lines. Flowers pendu- 
lous, one to three in the axils of the upper leaves, on tomentose 
peduncles 9-14 lines long. Calyx green, marked with deep purple 
veins, and tomentose on the back with purple hairs, its deeply 
parted seven (6-8) lanceolate lobes longer than the corolla, 11 
lines. Corolla colored as the calyx, its lobes ovate lanceolate, 
minutely serrate, 5 lines long. Stamens less than one half the 
length of the corolla, filaments dilated at the base, sub-connate. 
Style about the length of the corolla. Capsule bottle-shaped, 
thick, crustaceous, 8 lines long, 5 lines in diameter, tipped by the 
style of 8 lines in length. 
Flowering specimens were first collected when in the company 
of Mr. J. F. Rock during September, 1908, and eight months later 
fruiting specimens were collected in the company of Dr. C. M. 
Cooke and Mr. C. L. Thompson. The plant occurs in wet woods 
of the Punaluu Mountains, Oahu. Elevation about 2,300 feet. 
The difference between this species and the other Hawaiian 
Lysimachias seems almost generic. It is unique among our species 
for having a longer calyx than corolla, and otherwise differs in its 
more cylindrical flowers which are twisted tighter in the bud, and 
in its much larger leaves. 
May, 1909. i223) 
