about S em with large foliaceous bracts of 3-4 em, tlie ultimate pedicels 1 to 1.5 cm; 

 calyx oblong, 2 cm long the oblong liner muricate lobes 2.5 cm x 0.5 cm; corolla dark 

 purple, curved, muricate witli yellow spines, the lobes bluish white, spreading, muricate 

 on the outside; staminal column glabrous, purple, longer than the 5 cm long tube, of the 

 corolla, anthers dark purple, glabrous, the two lower penicillate; stj'le thickening towards 

 the shortly two-lobed hirsute stigma; fruit unknown. 



Alaui : — Xortliwesteru slopes of Ilaleakala in dense rain forest along streams 



or swampy ground, terrestrial, from Waikamoi to Honomanu gorge, elev. 4000 



ft. ; flowering Sept., 1910, Rock. no. 7513, type Herb., Board of Agriculture 



& Forestr_v, T. PI. It grows in company with CIcrmontia arboresceiis, Cyanea 



hamati flora, Tetraplasandra, etc.. The young plants are covered with spines 



throughout while the trunk of old ones is pricklj' only at the base. 



Cyanea hamatiflora Rock sp. n. 



Plant 3-4 m high, unarmed, glabrous, erect not branching; leaves broadly lanceolate, 

 somewhat acute, broadly sessile at the base 60-70 cm long, 10-14 em wide, puberulous 

 above, pubescent underneath, midrib thick fleshy red, irregularly serrate with callous 

 teeth; flowers on short peduncles in the axils of the leaves under which they are hidden; 

 bracts lanceolate acuminate with a prominent median nerve, pedicels 5-6 mm with linear 

 lanceolate braeteoles at their base; calyx ovate, green, 1.5 cm x 6-7 mm, lobes of irregular 

 length, the lower two usually much shorter than the remaining three, lanceolate, obtuse 

 the lower 12-14 mm, the upper 15-18 mm x 4 mm; corolla purplish red, unilabiate, the 

 dorsal slit extending more than one-third of its length, lobes sharply curved at the apex 

 only, thick in texture and somewhat hirsute, staminal column glabrous, anthers sparingly 

 hispid along the sutures, the two lower ones long penicillate. The whole inflorescence 

 exudes a very viscid resinous substance especially when with young flowerbuds, which 

 adhere to the paper in the Herbarium. 



Fruit obovate-oblong dark purplish-red 10-12 ribbed, crowned by the long calycine 

 lobes, 4 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, purple inside, seeds dark brown, shining. 



Maui : — Slopes of Mt. Haleakala, elev. 4000 ft. in dense rain forest, between 

 AVaikamoi and Honomanu. The plant is conspicuous by its broad sessile light 

 green leaves, which stand out horizontally. It grows in company with Cyanea 

 aciileaiiflora, Clennontia ariorcsccns, Cyriandra sp., Phyllostegia, Stenogyne, etc. 



Rock n. 8514 flowering Sept., 1910 ; type in I-Ierba,rium, Board of Agriculture 



& Forestry, T. H. 



Cyanea Gayana Rock sp. nov. 



Trunk 1.5-3 m high, hardly woody, erect, stem smooth, not branching, (only when 

 broken) foliose at the apex, leaves thick fleshy, lanceolate oblong, bluntly acuminate, 

 denticulate, gradually narrowing into a margined petiole of 1 cm, making it appear 

 subsessile, the lower portion entire, dark green above glabrous or puberulous, veins and 

 midrib bright red thick fleshy, lighter underneath, and covered with grayish jjubescence; 

 peduncles thick fleshy, multi-bracteate from the base, hispid strigose, bearing flowers 

 from half its length to the apex; pedicels densely hirsute 1-1.5 em long, bracteate at 

 the base; calyx dark, hirsute as is the corolla, tube ovate-obconical, 6-8 mm, the lobes 

 triangular dentiform, 4 mm; corolla, suberect magenta-ited with darker streaks, 3-4 cm 

 long by 4 mm wide, the dorsal slit extending to the base; staminal column glabrous as 

 well as the anthers, of the latter the two lower only penicillate; fruit ovoid of a glaucous 

 color about 2-1.5 ( ?) cm long, crowned by the calycine teeth. 



Kauai : — ^lountains back of Waimea, woods of Kaholuamano, elev. 4000 ft., 

 along streams only, near Waialae and Waiakealoha on the high plateau in com- 

 pany with numerous other Lobelioideae, Kadua, Cyrtandra, Hillebrandia, 

 Clennontia Gaudichaudii, etc. Rock n. 2463, flowering March 10, 1909, and n. 

 Sept., 1909, fruiting, (but fruits were lost, description of fruit from notes), 



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