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the Wahiawa river, Kauai. It is a branching bush, five to six 

 feet high. The largest leaves are barely six inches in length. 

 I have distributed it as Cyrtandra Wahiawae n. sp,, but until 

 there is an opportunity for comparison with Wawra's speci- 

 mens, which are preserved at Vienna. I cannot be shure that 

 they are distinct from C. longifolia. Wawra states very plainly 

 that the type of his var. longifolia is No. 1991a, yet Mr. Clarke 

 cites both 1991a and 1991b as types. The latter number is the 

 type of var. arbor escens, according to Wawra, who ought to 

 know his own specimens, while Mr. Clarke says 1991c is the 

 type of that plant. Hillebrand, although his Flora was pub- 

 lished five years later than Mr. Clarke's paper, makes no men- 

 tion of C. longifolia or C. scabrella Clarke, the type of the 

 latter being "Hillebrand, n. 324 in h. Kew." Presumably his 

 manuscript was prepared previous to 1883, and not afterwards 

 revised. 



Cyrtandra oenobarba Mann, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:189. 1867. 



A rare species, collected on rocks at the base of a small 

 waterfall in Hanapepe valley, Kauai. The short, herbaceous 

 stems are hidden in the crevices of the rocks, and send out 

 numerous fibrous roots, which give the plant the appearance 

 of being stemless. In my specimens, the lower leaves are on 

 petioles longer than the blade. A few plants were collected at 

 Hanapepe falls, growing on a rock wall, where they were con- 

 tinually kept moist by the dripping water. 



July 5 (2490); original locality, "Wahiawa falls, and in 

 Waioli valley, Kauai." 



Cyrtandra oenobarba herbacea (Wawra) 



Cyrtandra paludosa. var. herbacea Wawka, Flora (II) 30:559. 



1872. 



Wawra's specimens came from Hanapepe falls, Kauai, and if 

 they are the same as specimens which I collected there, then they 

 are more nearly related to C oenobarba than to C. paludosa. 

 They were distributed as C. oenobarba. As described by Wawra, 

 it is " herbacea procumbens, foliis succulentis grosse serratis, 

 pedunculis brevissimis plurifloris, pedicellis brevibis." The 

 leaves are about eight inches in length, including petioles of 

 three to four inches. They are three inches broad, pointed at 

 both ends, coarsely serrate, the petioles, midrib and veins cov- 

 ered with coarse, brown hair. 



July (2490, in part). 



