60 Director's Annual Report. 
Labordia Lydgateii, sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbuscula, ramulis pubescentibus; foliis ellipticis vel obovatis, 
supra glabris, subtus hirsutis, 5.9-7.4 cm. longis, 2.1-2.9 cm. latis, cum petio- 
lis 0-3 mm. longis; cymis 6-21 floris, pilosis, bracteis subulatis; floribus par- 
vis, flavis; calyce lobis lanceolatis, 2 mm. longis, corolla glabra, tuba gracili, 
5 mm. longa, lobulis lanceolatis, 2.5-3 mm. longis. Capsula globosa, 4 mm. 
lata, 2-valvis. 
Type locality, Wahiawa drainage basin, Kauai; ridges near 
the swamp. Rev. J. M. Lydgate, flowering and fruiting speci- 
mens, nodate. C.N.Forbes, No. 179, K. August, 1909, flower- 
ing specimens. 
Shrub or small tree with pubescent branchlets. Leaves ellip- 
tical to obovate in outline, glabrous above, hirsute below, 5.9-7.4 
em. long, 2.1-2.9 cm. wide, with petiole not over 3 mm. long. 
‘The cyme open, slender and pilose, 6-21-flowered. Flowers small, 
pale yellow. Calyx parted to near the base, the lobes lanceolate, 
2 mm. long, a little less than half the length of the corolla tube. 
Corolla glabrous without, pilose within, the slender tube about 
5mm. long; the slender spreading, lanceolate lobes, about one 
half that length or slightly longer. Capsule globose, smooth, not 
winged, 2-valved, 4 mm. in diameter. 
This species has smaller fruits than any other species known to 
me. In general appearance the plant might suggest L. hirtella 
Mann, but the floral characters are essentially different. 
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