Campanulaceae. 



Clermontia oblongifolia Gaud. 

 (Plate 198.) 



CLERMONTIA OBLONGIFOLIA Gaud. Bot. Yov. Bonite (1838) 459 pi. 71;— Presl 

 Monogr. Lob. (1836) 48;— DC. Prodr. VII (1839) 342;— Wawra in Flora (1873) 

 47;— Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 241;— Del Cast. VII (1892) 222;— Heller PI. 

 Haw. Isl. (1897) 908.— Lobelia oblongifolia Endl. Fl. Suds. (1836) no. 1061.— 

 Clermontia grandiflora var. oblongifolia Gray Proe. Am. Acad. V. (1862) 150 

 pro parte; — . Mann 1. c. p. 184 pro parte. 



Leaves oblong 8 to 12 cm x 3 cm obtuse or rounded, crenate or bluntly serrulate 

 toward the apex, contracting into a long petiole of 4 to 8 cm, chartaceous pale, wliitish 

 underneath: peduncle 10 to 16 mm long, two rarely three flowered, with one or two 

 pairs of dentiform bracts; pedicels of the same length as peduncle, with two bractlets 

 lear the base; calyx pale greenish, the lobes as long as the corolla, strongly arcuate, 

 circa 6 em long by 12 mm wide; berry globose not furrowed, seeds dark brown. 



It is a small and handsome tree, reaching a height of about 15 to 25 feet, but 

 is often found as a shrub in the more open countrj^ or swampy flat lands, as at 

 the head of Pauoa valley on Oahu, to which island it was thought to be peculiar. 

 It has since been found by the writer on Maui in Honomanu. gulch, and on Mo- 

 lokai at ilaunahui, as on the ridges of Manoa, Palolo, Niu and Waipio valleys, 

 Oahu. Its large, ver^' arched, green flowers are not particularly handsome. 



All Clermontiae are known to the natives as Ohawai or Halia. The milky, 

 viscous sap was employed as bird lime in the olden days by the native bird- 

 hunter. 



Var. Mauiensis Rock var. nov. 



Leaves acuminate 15 to 19 em long, 3.5 to 4.5 cm wide, glabrous, pale green, on. 

 shorter petioles (4 cm); peduncle 1.5 cm long 2-3 flowered, pedicels somewhat longer, 

 bracts 4 mm, bracteoles 2 mm; calyx green; corolla purplish; staminal column and anthers 

 dark purple, the former glabrous, the latter hirsute along the sutures. 



A small tree 15 to 18 feet high, resembling very much the species on Oahu. 

 This tree is not at all common, but can be found on the Island of Maui on the 

 M'indward slopes of ]\It. Haleakala along the Kailua ditch trail in the valley of 

 Honomanu at an elevation of 2800 to 3000 feet in the rain forest. The type 

 specimen is No. 8804 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium. Collected flowering 

 April, 1911. The tree grows in company with CI. niacrocarpa, which is the most 

 common species in that locality, and CI. arborescens. 



Clermontia Kohalae Rock sp. nov. 



Leaves linear oblong bluntly acuminate or obtuse 7 to 16 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, 

 gradually narrowing into a petiole of 2 to 4 cm, glabrous, dull, pale underneath, with 

 impressed veins chartaceous denticula.te or serrate in the upper two-thirds, entire at 

 the base; peduncle 15 to 35 mm, two flowered, hispid or even scabrous, with two 

 Iriangular bracts above the middle; pedicels as long as the peduncles bibracteolate; the 

 ovarian portion of the calyx turbinate, green, the lobes as long as the corolla, dark 

 blackish purple, slender, not fleshy, suberect or slightly arcuate, glabrous; corolla of the 

 same color as the calycine lobes, glabrous; staminal column glabrous; anthers pale, 

 hirsute along the sutures, the two lower anthers only pcnieillate; berry subglobose circa 

 2 cm in diameter; seeds pale brown smooth shining. 



This species, new to science, is a small tree 15 to 18 feet in height with a 

 trunk of a few inches in diameter, branching candelabra-like a few feet above 



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