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Phyllostegia electra, sp. nov. 
Holoseriacea; foliis elleptico-lanceolatis, serratis, acuminatis, basi acutis 
vel subrotundatis, subtus hispidulis, 6.7-9 cm. longis, 2.5-4.4 cm. latis, cum 
petiolis 1.3-3.5 cm. longis; racemis terminalibus, simpliciis vel paniculatis, 
2 dm. longis, pedicellis 0.6-1 cm. longis; floribus parvis, calyce holoseriacei, 
tuba 5 mm. longa, lobis lanceolato-linearibus, 2 mm. longis, corolla alba, 
pubescenti, 9 mm. longa, labiis subeequalibus. 
Type locality, Power line trail between Kapaka and Kualapa, 
Kauai. C.N. Forbes, No. 143, K. August 6-9, 1909. 
Sub-erect with holoseriaceous branches. Leaves elliptic-lan- 
ceolate, serrate, acuminate, the base acute or slightly rounded, 
hispidulous or nearly glabrate above, very shortly hispid below, 
6.7-9 cm. long, 2.5-4.4 cm. wide, with petiole 1.3-3.5 cm. long. 
Inflorescence a simple terminal raceme, or with a pair of lateral 
racemes from the larger foliaceous bracts below. ‘The lanceolate 
foliaceous bracts decrease in size upward, generally shorter than 
the pedicels. Flowers in whorls of 4-6 on pedicels 0.6—-1 cm. long. 
Calyx holoseriaceous, the tube 5 mm. long, the teeth linear lance- 
olate, 2mm. long. Corolla white, the tube nearly straight pubes- 
cent, 9 mm. long, the lips nearly equal, one third the length of 
the tube. 
Separated from other species of Phyllostegia by the combina- 
tion of its characters. The right hand branch of the figured 
specimens is teratological. The branch is contorted, bent like a 
knee and thickened on the outside at the flowering node, the inner 
or opposite pedicels being absent. 
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