CYRTANDREAE HAWAIIENSES 
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and dijffers from it in the thinner leaves, which are coarsely serrate 
and in the membranaceous calyx. The ovary is glabrous as in the 
species. 
Cyrtandra Pickeringii honolulensis (Wawra) Rock 
Cyrtandra honolulensis Wawra, Flora 30: 567. 1872. 
Cyrtandra Pickeringii A. Gray; Hillebr. in part, Fl. Haw. Isl. 327. 
1888. 
A much branching shrub; leaves subcoriaceous, ovate, shortly 
acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, serrulate, sparsely covered 
with whitish hairlets at the upper surface, whitish-yellow-silky beneath, 
10 cm. long, 5-6 cm. broad, the petioles 4 cm. long; peduncle slender, 
one to several-flowered, pedicels 0-15 mm. long; bracts o-i cm. long, 
obovate-oblong, obtuse; calyx crateriform, 5-fid, the lobes triangular, 
acute; corolla 2 cm. long, straight, broadly cylindrical; ovary and 
style hirsute. 
Oahu: Near Honolulu, Wawra no. 1720 in herb. Vienna, part of 
type in herb. College of Hawaii; Hillebrand no. 328 in part, herb. Kew; 
Koolau Mts., Punaluu, flowering, Aug., 1908, Rock no. 10 in herb. 
College of Hawaii. 
This variety differs from. C. Pickeringii A. Gray mainly in the hir- 
sute ovary and style ; the cymes are not lax, but usually single to three- 
flowered. The leaves are thinner, almost membranaceous (when dry). 
It is not uncommon in the mountains behind Honolulu. 
College of Hawau, Honolulu 
