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apex, the narrow membranous margins pale 
and dliolate, the central strip distally 
"purple” but drying madder brown, 3-nerved 
from the base, the midnerve stronger, the 
laterals weak and soon forking; corolla ir- 
regular, the lower two thirds of the petal 
forming a channel-like claw, the limb expand- 
ing and reflexing in anthesis; lower petal the 
largest, 10.5 mm. long (when boiled), the 
claw 6.5 mm. long, 1.7 mm. wide, ligulate but 
slightly widened near the middle, membran- 
ous, 5 -nerved from the base, but only the 3 
central nerves strong, towards the throat the 
tissue thick, firm opaque and the shape 
channel-like, it and the other petals distally 
with a heavy centtal strip "purple,” drying 
madder brown, the limb 4 mm. long, 2.7 mm. 
wide, oval, cucullate, fleshy, firm and opaque, 
greenish; lateral petals 10 mm. long, ligulate, 
slightly narrowed at base and at the throat, 
3-nerved, the nerves nearly simple, the limb 
elliptic, 3.5 mm. long 1.7 mm. wide, thick, 
fleshy; upper petals 9-5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. 
wide, ligulate, the claw 3-nerved from the 
base, the limb obtuse, thick, fleshy; stamens 
equal, 5.2 mm. long; filaments ligulate, 1- 
nerved; anthers 2.5 mm. long, ovoid in out- 
line, the anther sacs narrowly ellipsoid, the 
connective distally bearing a projecting flat 
membrane, incurved and homologous to the 
prickle of the other species; ovary 3-11 mm. 
long, lanceoloid; style 3.5-4 mm. long, fili- 
form; stigma lateral, orbicular; capsule 7 mm. 
long, lance-ovoid, the wide-spreading valves 
1.5-1. 8 mm. deep, the surface greenish, 
streaked with madder-brown, the veins scarce- 
ly evident; the only seed seen 3 mm. long, 
broadly oval in outline, 2.1 mm. wide, dull 
greenish. 
TYPUS: Oahu, Mokuleia, Waianae Range, 
West Branch of East Makaleha Stream, in 
side gulch, elev. 1,820 ft., dark dryland slope 
forest of Diospyros ferrea var. sandwicensis, 
Ceodes, Planchonella, etc., my quadrat No. 7, 
9-ft. tree, first branch 3 ft. from ground, 
crown open, firs, greenish purple, Oct. 4, 
1950, William H. Hatheway 398 (BISH), (st. 
If. fl. fr.); isotypes sent to (E, NY, C. Skotts- 
berg). 
Superficially this species resembles L suh- 
sessilifolium of Kauai, but there are several 
technical differences. It grows near the type 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ASSEMBLED 
