Heller : PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 891 



Cyrtandra palndosa Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 447. 1830. 



Common on the mountains back of Honolulu. It does not 

 grow in swamps, as the name would seem to indicate, but in 

 woods which acquire considerable moisture from the frequent 

 rains. A low bush, usually glabrous throughout; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acute at each end, bright green above, pale beneath, 

 sharply serrate. Among the specimens are some which appear 

 to be Hiliebrand's var. alnifolia. He describes it as "young 

 shoots and inflorescence hirsute with dark ferruginous hairs. 

 Leaves rounded at the base, the strong ribs and veins pubes- 

 cent." The leaves in these specimens are not rounded at the 

 base, but the other characters are the same. 



May to November (2268). 



Cyrtandra pickeringii A, Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. 5:350. 



1862. 



A few specimens were collected on Tantalus which are refer- 

 able to this species. They were growing with C. cordi folia, but 

 seem to have the characters of the species mentioned above, 

 provided that Wawra's C. honoluluensis is not distinct from 

 C pickeringii. In some respects they answer better to the 

 description of Wawra's plant. The inflorescence, young 

 branches, and under sides of the leaves are clothed with yellow 

 hairs. 



April 11 (2113); original locality, "mountains of Oahu." 



Cyrtandra wawrai C. B. Clarke, in DC. Monog. Phan. 5: 228. 

 1883. 



Cyrtandra peltata Wawra, Flora (II) 30:565. 1872, not Jacq. 

 Cyrtandra wawrae Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Is. 328. 1888. 



Described by both Wawra and Hillebrand as a branching 

 shrub. In no case have I seen it branching. It is not uncom- 

 mon about Hanapepe Falls, and in wet woods along the 

 Wahiawa river, Kauai. The large, peltately affixed leaves are 

 crowded at the summit of the stem, which is assending or 

 erect, and rather fleshy. The inflorescence and under sides of 

 the leaves are covered with a soft wool, which feels very much 

 like fine wool recently taken from a sheep. 



June 24 (2437); original locality, "Kauai, wasser fall von 

 Hanalei." 



