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obtuse except a slight point, serrulate, the under surface with slight pubescence ; long 

 blue flowers, in axillary, two-flowered racemes. " Forest on the North flank of Mauna 

 Kea, at the elevation of about 3500 feet," Brackenridge. 



? (No. 19) ; abnormal. A shrub, almost sub-herbaceous, branching ; leaves 



lanceolate, a foot long by two inches wide, serrulate, petioled, short pubescence on the 

 under surface ; racemes axillary, few-flowered, upright and incurved ; flowers blue, an 

 inch long, the tube rather large. Forest on the North flank of Mauna Kea. 



? (No. 20) ; abnormal. Leaves somewhat coriaceous or leathery; axillary few- 

 flowered racemes. North flank of Mauna Haleakala, at the elevation of 6700 feet. 



? (No. 21); abnormal. Axillary many-flowered racemes; the flowers very small, 



slender, and "lilac-colored. Mauna Haleakala, at the elevation of about 1500 feet," 

 Brackenridge. 



? (No. 22) ; abnormal. Woody ; leaves lanceolate, eighteen inches long by two 



inches wide, crenulate ; axillary racemes of curved blue medium-sized flowers. " Moun- 

 tains on the West side of the gap behind Honolulu," Brackenridge. 



? (No. 23) ; abnormal. Upright, simple, " four to six feet high ;" leaves elon- 

 gate, a foot long by one and a half inches wide, entire, the margin somewhat waved ; 

 flowers "pale blue," rather small, curved. " Low moist places in the forest on Mauna 

 Kea, at the elevation of about three thousand feet," Brackenridge. 



Nov. gen. Lobel., (No. 1). Simple stout stem, eight to fifteen feet high ; leaves in a ter- 

 minal cluster, lanceolate and Dracaena-like but waved, two to two and a half feet long; 

 racemes clustered in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels with linear bracts ; divisions of 

 the calyx linear, two inches long, and longer than the petals, the latter measuring only 

 an inch and a half. Leeward verge of the tabular summit of Tauai, at the elevation 

 of about 3700 feet. 



(No. 2 ; possibly congeneric ?). Stem stout, a foot high ; crowded, strap-shaped, 



coriaceous, margined, almost imbricate leaves ; no flowers. On the mountains behind 



Honolulu, at the elevation of from 2500 to 3000 feet. 

 Cyanea Grimesiana, Gaud. (No. 1) ; long large calyx. Mountains behind Honolulu, at 



the elevation of fifteen hundred feet. 

 (No. 2) ; the pinnatifid kind formerly obtained by Nuttall ; perhaps a distinct 



species. Runcinate leaves. In the mountain-defile across West Maui, at the elevation 



of about 2000 feet. 



(No. 3). Stem simple, "six feet high;" leaves three feet long, narrow, long- 



petioled ; flowers crowded at base, three inches long, blue, the outer surface hairy ; 

 divisions of the calyx elongate. " Forest on the Windward flank of Mauna Kea, at the 

 elevation of about 3000 feet," Brackenridge. 



Physalis (angulata ? ; bis Taheiti to the Feejee Islands). Small, smooth. Naturalized 

 around Wailuku on Maui, and elsewhere ; introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



( edulis ; bis Taheiti to the Feejee Islands, and compare No. 7 Chili and Peru. 



Abundantly naturalized ; having been introduced by aboriginal settlers). 



Solanum (bis No. 8 Feejee Islands). Brought by our Expedition, and seeds planted at 

 Honolulu. 



(Jacquini?). Long prickles all over the leaves and other parts of the plant, and 



long scattered hairs; fruit as large as a cherry, bright orange, often worn for ornament 



