Becker, Violae Asiaticae et Australenses. 
211 
1. Folia ovata, acuminata, subabrupte 
vel basi subcordata in petiolum 
subelongatum 3 — 5 cm longum atte- 
nuata. (Molokai.) . . . 3. V. robusta. 
2. Folia ovata, acuta, inaequilatera, 
in petiolum alatum 2,5 cm longum 
sensim attenuata. (Oahu.) 
4. V. oahuensis. 
3. Folia lanceolata, 7,5 — 11,5 cm lata, 
1,5 — 2 cm lata, brevissime petiolata. 
(Kauai.) 5. V. Helena. 
b) Flores s o 1 i t a r i i : 
a) Folia sessilia, lanceolata. (Lanai.) 
6. V. lanaiensis. 
ß ) Folia breviter petiolata, ovata vel inter- 
dum ovato-lanceolata : 
1. Folia in petiolum brevissimum 
angustata. (Oahu.) 7. V. Chamissoniana. 
2. Folia distinctius petiolata, ad 
basin plane cordata. (Kauai, Oahu, 
Molokai, Maui.) .... 8. F. tracheli folia. 
Bearbeitung der Arten. 
1. V. kauaiensis A. Gray Bot. U. St. Expl. Exped. E (1854) 
p. 85. 
Rhizoma subhorizontale, breviter articula- 
tum, crassiusculum, 4 — 5 mm crassum, ad apicem v a - 
ginis stipulaceis fuscis obsitum, 1 — 2 c a u 1 e s 
emittens. Caules 15 — 25 cm alti, herbacei, in 
parte inferiore longe articulati et plerumque aphylli. 
Stipulae e basi dilatata ovatae, acutiusculae, 
subintegrae, 4 — 6 mm longae, herbaceae et lignes- 
c e n t e s. 
Folia late ovata usque o b 1 o n g a , 1,5 — 2 cm longa, 
1 — 1 1 / 2 cm lata, in petiolum attenuata, ad apicem 
obtusiuscula, g 1 a b r a , crenata, longissime petiolata 
vel suprema breviter petiolata. 
Flores folia multum superantes, submajores; sepala 
lanceolata, acutiuscula, trinervia, breviter appendiculata ; petala 
1,2 — 1,5cm longa, oblongo-obovata, pallide violacea, 
lateralia ebarbata, infimum brevissime saccato-calcaratum ; ovarium 
glabrum; Stylus ad apicem versus clavatus; capsula 1,1 — 1,2 cm 
longa. 
Habit.: Hawai-Inseln : Kauai. 
E x s. : In den Mooren der Hochebene von Lehua maka- 
nui (U. S. E. Exped. et Knudsen). — Waialeale (Wawra). — 
Hochebene von Waimea (Knudsen, herb. Berlin). — In dem Moor 
an der Quelle des Wahiawa-Flusses, 1000 m (sec. Heller, exs. 2701). 
A. Gray beschreibt kleistogame Blüten. 
14 * 
