74 Director's Annual Report. 



I/ysimachia filifolia Forbes & Lydgate, sp. nov. 



Fruticosa, glabrata, raniosa; foliis liliforinis, 2.5-4.3 cm. longis, glabris; 

 pedunculis unifloris, glabris, 1.8 cm. longis; floribus 5-meris; sepalis lanceo- 

 latis, 5 mm. longis, corolla sub-rotata, lobis late obovatis, purpureis, i cm. 

 longis, filamentis basi dilatis; capsula Crustacea, ovata, 5 mm. longa, 3.5 mm. 

 lata, 5 valvis dehiscens. 



Type locality, upper portion of Olokele Valley, Kauai. Rev. 

 J, M. Lydgate. January, 191 2. 



Small glabrous shrub with reddish stems. lycaves filiform, 

 glabrous, i -nerved, 3-4.3 cm. long. Peduncles one-fiowered, gla- 

 brous, 1.8 cm. long in the flowering stage, 4.3-5.4 cm. long in the 

 fruiting stage, inclined to droop. Flowers 5-merous. Sepals 

 narrow lanceolate, 5 mm. long. Corolla sub-rotate, reddish purple, 

 the lobes widely obovate, i cm. high. Stamens a little shorter 

 than the corolla, filaments dilated at the base. Capsule ovoid, 

 crustaceous, smooth, shiny within, 5-valved, 5 mm. long, 3.5 mm. 

 wide. Seeds minute, numerous. 



This species belongs to the group of L. Hillebrandii Hook, 

 and of L. Remyi Hbd., two species which run into each other 

 with a number of connecting forms. The present species differs 

 essentially in the extreme form of the leaves. The sepals are 

 much narrower than in these species, and the capsule is smaller. 

 We have seen no specimens with leaves intermediate between 

 this and L. Remyi. ['9^1 



