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JOSEPH F. ROCK 
Cyrtandra lysiosepala (A. Gray) C. B. Clarke. De Cand. Monogr. 
Phan. 5:225. 1883-1887 
Cyrtandra triUora Gaud. var. 7 lysiosepala A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 
5:351. 1861. 
A shrub 2.5 to 3 m. high; branches obscurely quadrangular, the young 
parts brownish-pubescent with short hairs; leaves opposite, the upper ones 
rarely ternate, membranous, elliptical, acuminate at both ends, with serrate 
margins, pilose above, villose-pubescent below, with yellowish hairs, es- 
pecially on midrib and veins, 8-14 cm. long, 5-6 cm. wide, on petioles of 
15-40 mm.; inflorescence a three-flowered cyme, the peduncle 3-4 cm.; 
bracts lanceolate, i cm.; pedicels 10-15 mm.; calyx white, parted to the 
base into spreading, broad-lanceolate to spathulate lobes, 2 cm. long, 3-5 
mm. broad; corolla partly villose, the tube erect, the lobes large and spread- 
ing; ovary glabrous, style short; stigma broadly lobed; fruit glabrous, 
shorter than the calyx, ovoid, sessile. 
Hawaii: In deep forest, U. S. Explor. Exped. 
Maui: West Maui, KaanapaH, Hillebrand (three sheets) in herb. 
Berlin; East Maui, southern slopes of Haleakala, Hillebrand no. 326 in 
herb. Kew and Berlin ; Honomanu Valley, northeastern slope of Mt. Halea- 
kala, flowering. May 1911, Rock, in herb. College of Hawaii. 
The specimen in Hillebrand 's collection in the Berlin Herbarium, from 
East Maui, bears Clarke's signature and is either the type or co-type of this 
species; the specimen in Berlin is without number, while the specimen in 
the Kew Herbarium bears the number 326. The writer's specimen from 
Honomanu is identical with the material determined by Clarke, and is the 
typical C. lysiosepala. 
Cyrtandra lysiosepala Fauriei (Lev.) Rock 
Cyrtandra Fauriei Lev. in Fedde Repert. Spec. Nov. 10: 123. 1912. 
Cyrtandra lysiosepala var. b Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. 330. 1888. 
Cyrtandra lysiosepala var. molokaiana Rock ms. in herb. Vienna and Berlin. 
A shrub with subquadrangular branches; leaves elliptical, acuminate 
at both ends, thin, coarsely and distantly dentate, 6-12 cm. long, 2-5 cm. 
wide, hirtellous, dark green above, fawn-colored-pubescent below, on petioles 
of 2-4 cm. ; inflorescence a 3-flowered cyme ; peduncle 2.5-6 cm. ; bracts ovate, 
acute; pedicels about 2 cm., the middle one 2.5 cm.; calyx white, the lobes 
lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved; corolla hirtellous to glabrate; ovary glabrous. 
MoLOKAi: Mapulehu, Halawa, and Kalae, Hillebrand in herb. Berlin, 
sine num.; Mapulehu Valley, flowering March 1910, Rock no. 10338, in 
herb. College of Hawaii; Pukoo (Mapulehu), fruiting May 1910, Faurie no. 
632, in herb. College of Hawaii (no. 13076). 
Plants of this variety were distributed to the herbaria of Vienna and 
Berlin during the writer's stay in Europe, as Cyrtandra lysiosepala var. 
molokaiana. It was, however, described by Leveille as a distinct species 
