Campanulaceae. 



underneath, on petioles of 3 to 5 cm, denticulate in the upper two-thirds with callous teeth, 

 entire in the lower; peduncle glabrous 6 to 8 cm long with flower, 10 em Igng with fruit, 

 pedicels 2 em, two flowered; bracts and bractlets triangular; calyx dark purplish, the 

 ovarian portion 1.5 to 2 cm triangular to globose, the lobes as long as the corolla, the 

 peduncles drooping, but the flowers erect; corolla purple, curved 4 to 6 cm long by 1.5 to 2 

 em wide, fleshy; staminal column glabrous purplish; anthers bluish-lilac, hirsute along 

 the sutures, the lower anthers peuicillate; berry large globose yellow 3 cm in diameter; 

 seeds yellowish-brown, smooth. 



This remarkable species was discovered by the writer on the open swamp 

 lands in the mountains of Kohala, Hawaii ; also along Alakahi and Kawainui 

 gorges at an elevation of 4000 to 5000 feet. It is a small tree 12 to 20 feet in 

 height, and is peculiar to the boggy regions of West Hawaii, where the rainfall 

 is enormous. It was collected flowering and fruiting in July, 1909, and again 

 the following year during the same month on the high plateau, summit of Ko- 

 hala; the type is No. 4745 in the Herbarium of the College of Hawaii. 



It grows in company with several species of Pelea, Cheirodendron, Tetra- 

 plasandra, and a number of other species of Clermontia. It is remarkable for its 

 handsome flowers, which are even larger than those of C. arhorescens. 



The birds are very fond of its very large, bright-yellow fruits, which they 

 hollow out until only the skin remains on the stalks. This, however,- is the case 

 with most of our Lobelioideae. The trunks of this species are thickly covered 

 with moss up to the ultimate branchlets. The wood is soft and whitish. 



Clermontia persicaefolia Gaud. 

 (Plate 197.) 



CI.EKMONTIA PERSICAEFOLIA Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie (1826) pi. 72;— DC. Prodr. 

 VII (1839) 342;— Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 241;— Del. Cast. 111. Fl. Ins. Mar. 

 Pacif. VII (1892) 222;— Heller PI. Haw. Isl. (1897) 907.— Clermontia 

 persicifolia Presl Monogr. Lob. (1836) 48. — Clermontia grandiflora var. 

 J8 oblongifolla Gray, in part, Proc. Am. Acad. V. (1862) 150; — H. Mann 1. c. p. 

 184 in part. — Lobelia persicifolia Endl. Fl. Suds. (1836) no. 1061.— Clermontia 

 parviflora Wawra Flora (1873) 47. 



Leaves lanceolate or oblong 8 to 10 cm x 1 to 2 cm acuminate or obtuse, coarsely 

 erenate or serrulate, the base gradually contracting into' a long petiole of 4 to 6 cm 

 subcoriaceous, glossy above, glabrous and glaucous underneath; peduncles 10 to 14 mm, 

 irwo flowered, with a pair of bracts below the middle; pedicels 12 to 15 mm long bibracteo- 

 late at or near the base; calyx and corolla slender almost white, with purplish tinge, 

 greenish when young, smaller than iC. macrocarpa; the ovarian portion is turbinate. 



A handsome shrub or small tree 15 to 18 feet in height, sometimes growing 

 on other trees. It is peculiar to the Island of Oahu, where it can be found in the 

 rain forests of the main range, and not uncommon on the mountain Waiolani, 

 and also near the crater in Palolo valley at an elevation of from 1300 to 2000 

 feet. It is much branching and has a beautiful, round, symmetrical crown; 

 flowers in spring. It also occurs on Mt. Kaala of the "Waianae range. 



Wawra 's Clermontia parviflora No. 2206 in the Herb. Museum Caes. Palat 

 Vindob., which the writer had occasion to examine, is really Gaudiehaud's CI. 

 persicaefolia. 



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