66 Director's Annual Report. 



Stenogytie affinis, sp. nov. 



Pubescens; foliis ellipticiis vel elk-ptico-oblongis, obtusis, basi obtusis 

 vel subrotundatis, piibescentibus, crenatis, 1.4-2.4 cm. longis, 0.9-1.2 cm. 

 latis, cum petiolis piibescentibus 0.6-1. i cm. longis; verticillaslris bifloris, 

 pedicellis pubescentibus 3 mm. longis; calyce pubescente, lobis inaeqnalis 

 2 mm. longis, tuba 6 mm. longa; corolla pubescente, subviride, annulo integer- 

 rimo, lobis superiore falcato longe producto; staminibus exsertis; nucellis 

 5 mm. longis. 



Type locality, Puu Huluhulu, Hawaii. C. N. Forbes, No. 

 834, H. June 12, 1915. 



Diffuse, with sharply angular, finely pubescent branches. 

 Leaves elliptical to elliptic-oblong in outline, obtuse or slightly 

 rounded at the base, crenate, pubescent on both faces, 1.4-2.4 cm. 

 long, 0.9-1.2 cm. wide, with pubescent petioles 0.6-1. i cm. long. 

 Flowers in whorls of two, on pubescent pedicels 3 mm. long. 

 Calyx pubescent, sub-bilabiate, the obtuse teeth slightly unequal 

 in length, hardly 2 mm. long, the tube 6 mm. long, veins quite 

 distinct. Corolla greenish, tomentose, shaped as in 5*. mierophylla 

 Benth., annulus complete or nearly so. Filaments and style long 

 exerted, slightly hairy to glabrous. Nucules 5 mm. long. 



This species has about the same relationship to ►S". mierophylla 

 Benth., that ^. vagans Hbd. does to ^. erenata Gray. From ^. 

 mierophylla it differs most strikingly in its much larger pubescent 

 leaves and laxer habit. Puu Huluhulu is a cinder cone of Mauna 

 Kea which has become isolated by lava flows from the north side 

 of Mauna lyOa. [182] 



