REVISION OF THE HAWAIIAN SPECIES OF CYRTANDRA 607 
perhaps be better to class these plants as a distinct variety, but owing 
to the polymorphism of most of the Hawaiian plants it may cause 
confusion if raised to varietal rank. 
The plants from Kilauea (no. 10343) have still smaller leaves (ellip- 
tical-lanceolate) and the branches are very slender, otherwise the same. 
Cyrtandra paludosa Gaud. var. brevicalyx Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. 
336. 1888 
Leaves as in the species a typica C. B. CI. though broader, on 
stout petioles of 2.5-5 cm.; peduncle very short or almost wanting, 
often only one-flowered, the filiform pedicels 18-36 mm.; calyx only 
one third the length of the corolla, 6-8 mm., cyatiform with broad 
acuminate lobes or teeth ; berry slender, fusiform, 20-24 mm. long. 
Oahu: Kaala range, Hillebrand, July 1870, in Herb. Berlin 
(doubtfully referred here a specimen from the Waikane Mts. flowering 
and fruiting Jan. 23, 1909, Rock no. 1135 in herb. College of Hawaii). 
This variety differs from the species in the slender, long pedicels, 
short peduncle and small calyx, perhaps only a form of the typical 
species. 
The writer's specimen from the Waikane Mts. have long, very 
slender, pedicels (a little over 18 mm.) but a distinct peduncle, the 
calycine lobes being very short as is the calyx tube. 
Cyrtandra paludosa Gaud. var. alnifolia Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. 
336. 1888 
Young shoots and inflorescence hirsute with dark ferruginous 
hairs; leaves broadly ovate, 10-12. 5 cm. long, 6-7.5 cm. wide, some- 
what obtuse, rounded at the base, the strong ribs and veins pubescent; 
peduncle and pedicels 12-14 mm. each; calyx and corolla faintly 
pubescent. 
Oahu: Hillebrand in herb. Berlin. 
This variety can be retained; in its general appearance it is a 
typical C. paludosa but differs from a typica only in the longer pe- 
duncles and pedicels, and in the young leaves, which are covered 
with a fulvous tomentum. 
Cyrtandra paludosa Gaud. var. microcarpa Wawra 
Flora 55: 560. 1872 (not Hillebr.) 
Plant low, I m., rarely more, scarcely branching; leaves as in C. 
paludosa a typica though somewhat larger, light green above, fawn 
