70 Director's Annual Report. 
Cyanea profuga, sp. nov. 
Caule simplici, 18-24 dm. altus; foliis late-ellipticiis, acuminatis, basi 
acutis, undulatis, glabris, 23.4 cm. longis, 9.8 cm. latis, cum petiolis 12.2 cm. 
longis; pedunculis glabris, 2.8-4.1 cm. longis, pedicellis, 9-10 mm. longis; 
floribus albis, calyce glabris, tubis cylindricis, 7mm. longis, lobis oblongis, 
5 mim. longis; corollis sub-erectis, glabris, 3.4 cm. longis, columnis stamineis 
glabris. Bacca ignota. 
Type locality, Mapulehu Valley, Molokai. C. N. Forbes, 
No. 313, Mo. July, 1912. The upper part of Mapulehu Valley 
was used as a place of refuge in times of war. 
Stem simple, 18-24 dm. high. Leaves broadly elliptical, acu- 
minate, acute at the base, undulate, somewhat irregularly so, 
glabrous, pale whitish below, the petioles rather long, 23.4 cm. 
long, 9.8 cm. wide, with petiole 12.2 cm. long. Peduncle naked 
below, glabrous, 9-12- flowered, 2.8-4.1 cm. long, the pedicels 
g-10 mm. long. Calyx cylindric-obconical, glabrous, the tube 
7mm. long, the lobes oblong with rounded apex, 5 mm. long. 
Corolla white, slender, sub-erect, glabrous, with dorsal slit nearly 
to the base, 3.4cm. long. Staminal column and anthers glabrous. 
Berry not seen. 
The habit of the plant and the leaves bear a striking resem- 
blance to C. acuminata (Cham.) Hbd., but otherwise the plant 
is very different. Another plant, Forbes, No. 240, Mo., collected 
on the Pelekunu trail on the same island, is probably the same 
species; but not having flowers or fruit this cannot be definitely 
decided at present. [186] 
