Heller : plants of the Hawaiian islands. 807 



ZINGIBERACEAE. 

 CURCUMA L. Sp. PL 2. 1753. 



Curcuma louga L. Sp. PI. 2. 1753. 



In the upper part of Nuuanu valley, at an altitude of about 

 900 feet, this plant is quite plentiful. The large clusters of 

 yellow flowers present a striking" appearance. The plant, as a 

 rule, is about five feet high, leafy to near the summit. 



May 24 (2367); original locality, "in Indiis." 



ORCHID ACEAE.. 



LEPTORCHIS Du Petit Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Soc. 

 Philom. 314. 1808. 



[ Liparis L. C. Rich. Mem. Mus. Paris 4: 43. 1818.] 



Leptorchis hawaiiensis (Mann) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 671. 

 1891. 

 Liparis hawaiiensis Mann, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 207. 1867. 



This plant was found growing in damp places on Konahuanui, 

 at an elevation of about 9500 feet. On Kauai, it was found at 

 from 3000 to 4000 feet, but always growing on trees which 

 were covered with mosses and hepatics. It is not common, but 

 careful search in favorable situations, will generally yield sev- 

 eral specimens. 



May to October (2706); no locality given, except "in mount- 

 ain woods on trees." Type number, M. & B. 471. 



A1S0ECT0CHILUS Blume, Bydr. 411, t. 15. 1825. 



Auoectoehilus samhvieeusis Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 500. 

 1840. 



Hillebrand credits this species as growing "in the lower for- 

 ests of all islands." On Oahu it was found growing near the 

 summit of Konahuanui, at 3000 feet elevation in what he desig- 

 nated the "middle forest zone," or what on this island is really 

 the " upper forest zone." On Kauai, where it is plentiful near 

 the head of the Wahiawa river, at about 3000 feet elevation, it 

 is certainly in the middle 2one. It grows apparently only in 

 wet, almost boggy woods, where both ground and trees are cov- 

 ered with a thick mat of mosses and hepatics. The stems are 

 weak and decumbent. 



August 21 (2742). 



