Heller : PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 907 



Kake is the native rendering of the English name Jack, prob- 

 ably adopted by the travelers guide, I forbear from introducing 

 it." Meyen's name was published with description, as cited 

 above, and also in Walp. Rep. Bot. Syst. 2:708. 1843, where 

 it is given thus: "CL. KAKEANA Meyen, mss. in Hb. Regio 

 Berolin," followed by a description. It is possible that C. mac- 

 rophylla Nutt., may have precedence of a few months, but it 

 would be a hard matter to find out definitely. At any rate, it 

 was described twice in 1843 under the name kakeana, and C. 

 macrocarpa Gaud., is the name without a description, Hille- 

 brand's statement to the contrary. The species is plentiful on 

 the heights of Pauoa and Tantalus, above Honolulu. A small 

 tree, eight or ten feet high, with branching top and light green 

 leaves, six to eight inches in length. They are elliptical-ob- 

 long, rather thin, finely serrate, puberulous beneath. The flow- 

 ere are large, nearly two inches long, and a half inch broad, 

 yellow green, slightly curved. The anthers are purplish. 

 April 11 (2059); original locality, Oahu. 



Clermontia ofolongifolia Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 459, pi 71. 

 1830. 



A small tree, fifteen to twenty feet high, with straight trunk 

 and spreading top; leaves oblong, on long petioles, thick and 

 leathery, serrate; flowers dull green, tinged with purple, over 

 two inches in length, strongly curved. Collected on Konahu- 

 anui, Oahu, at 2500 feet elevation. 



May 2 (2239). 



Clermontia persicaefolia Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, pi. 72. 



1830. 



A branching bush, five or six feet high. The leaves and 

 flowers are shaped like those of C. obloyigifolia, but the former 

 are much narrower and shorter, on shorter petioles, with differ- 

 ent serration, and are brighter green and shining above, instead 

 of dull. The flowers are more numerous, smaller, less curved 

 and almost white. Collected at an elevation of 2500 feet, on 

 Waiolani, back of Honolulu. 



June 6 (2391). 



CYANEA Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 457, pi. 75. 1830. 



Cyanea coriacea (A. Gray) Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Is. 254. 1888. 

 Delissea coriacea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 147. 1862. 

 This species is abundant along the banks of the Hanapepe 

 and Wahiawa rivers, and probably also along the Waimea and its 



