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Lagenophora Erici sp. nov. 
Herba glabra vel minutim viscoso-pubescens; foliis cuneatis vel spathu- 
lato-oblanceolatis, coriaceis, sessilibus, glabris, ad apicem serratis, I.I-1.6 cm. 
longis, 3-4 mm. latis; scapo 6-7.4 cm. longo; capitulo parvo, 8 mm. crasso; 
involucro-bracteis oblongo-cuneatis, acutis, viscoso-pubescentibus; ligulis 
disco equalis; acheniis obovoido-oblongis. 
Type locality, Alakai swamp, Waimea drainage basin, west 
side, Kauai. C.N. Forbes, No. 882, 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, 1.1-1.6 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. Ray 
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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