6o /^i)ciior' s Kcporl for kjij. 



l^agenophora Erici sp. nov. 



Ht-rba jjjlabra \el niinutini viscoso-i)ubescens; foliis cuneatis vel spathu- 

 lato-oblanccolatis, coriaceis, sessilibus, j^labris, ad a])ict;in serratis, 1.1-1.6 cm. 

 longis, 3-4 mm. latis; scapo 6-7.4 cm. loiigo; capitiilo parvo, 8 mm. crasso; 

 involucro-bracteis oblongo-cuneatis, acutis, viscoso-pubescentibus ; ligulis 

 disco Ltiualis; arheniis obovoido-oljlongis. 



Tj-pe locality, Alakai swamp, Wainiea drainage basin, west 

 side, Kauai. C. N. Forbes, No. SS2, K. July 3 to August 18, 

 1917. Collected while in the company of Hon. Eric A. Knudsen 

 and others. 



Glabrous or slightly viscous herb with slender creeping rhi- 

 zome. Leaves very small, radical or crowded on a short stem, 

 coriaceous, sessile, cuneate to spatulate-oblanceolate, rounded at 

 the coarsely serrate apex with one or two minute teeth below, 

 glabrous, pale below, i .1-1.6 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide. Scape 6-7.4 

 cm. long, distantly foliose with 1-2 minute leaf-like bracts. Heads 

 small, 8 mm. in diameter. Involucral bracts oblong-cuneate, 

 acute, membranous, glandular-pubescent, equaling the disk. Ra}- 

 florets entire, pointed, as long as the disk florets, purplish. Achenes 

 obovoid -oblong. 



This species differs from other Hawaiian species in its small, 

 glabrous leaves, and in the small flower heads. It remains to be 

 seen whether robust forms of this species do not occur in the Ala- 

 kai swamp country. 



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