44 Director's .hm tut/ Report. 



Hesperomannia I^ydgatei, sp. nov. 



Arbor j 3 m. alta ; foliis spathulo-ovatis, acutis, l>asi acuminatis, glabris, 

 10-22.5 X 2.5-5.4 cm., petiolis .8-2.5 cm - Capitulum 4-8.5 cm., pedunculibus 

 attenuatis 3.5 4 cm. [nyolucrum campanulato - turbinatum, interioribus 

 liiicari lanceolatis 4-4.5 cm., exterioribus ovato - lanceolatis, brevioribus. 



Corolla- 2-2.5 cm. Stylus 6-7 cm. 



Type locality, Wahiawa Mountains, Kauai. J. M. Lydgate, 

 May, 1908. 



Six to nine feet, lobelia habit of growth. — Lydgate. Leaves 

 4-9X1-1.5 inches with petioles of 6-12 lines, spathulo-ovate to 

 oblong, acute, acuminate at the base, entire, glabrous. Heads 

 2-3 inches high, four or five in a terminal cluster, on slender ped- 

 uncles of 1.5 inches. Involucre about 2 inches high, bracts in 

 four to eight rows; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, inner bracts 

 much longer, linear-lanceolate. Corolla 12 lines, split to near the 

 middle. Anthers 3 lines. Achenes (not mature), pappus pinkish, 

 a little over 9 lines long. 



This species is easily distinguished from the other species of 

 Hesperomannia by the long slender peduncles, and by the shape 

 of the leaves which are not dentate. 



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