74 Director's Annual Report. 
Lysimachia filifolia Forbes & Lydgate, sp. nov. 
Fruticosa, glabrata, ramosa; foliis filiformis, 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 oboyatis, 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, 1912. 
Small glabrous shrub with reddish stems. Leaves filiform, 
glabrous, 1-nerved, 3-4.3 cm. long. Peduncles one-flowered, 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,5mm.long. Corolla sub-rotate, reddish purple, 
the lobes widely obovate, 1 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 ZL. Hillebrandit Hook. 
and of Z. 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 ZL. Remy?. [190] 
