Botanical Novelties — St. John 
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The new species is named from its only 
known locality, the volcanic, mountainous 
point at the south end of Niihau Island; to 
its name is added the Latin suffix, -ensis, 
indicating place of origin. 
Lipochaeta lobata DC., var. incisior var. 
nov. 
Fig. 10 
L, lobata sensu C. N. Forbes, not of DC. 
L. lobata DC. var. Aprevalliana sensu Sherff as 
to Niihau specimen, not of (Drake) Sherff. 
NOM. VERN,: "nehe.” 
Folds majoribus inciso-serratis lobatisque. 
It has the larger blades incised serrate and 
lobed. 
HOLOTYPUS: Niihau, Kaaliwai, in thicket 
with Euphorbia celastroides and Artemisia aus- 
tralis^ 750 ft. alt., shrub 1-1.5 m. tall; leaves 
scabrous, chartaceous; involucre green; rays 
yellow, March 29, 1949, H. St. John 2SA~12 
(BISH). 
SPECIMENS examined: Niihau, Kaali, Jan- 
uary 1912, ]. F. G. Stokes. This is an immature 
specimen, only 34 cm. tall, and with the 
blades lance-ovate, merely incised serrate, but 
it is from the same locality, has blades similar 
to the smaller ones on the holotype, and is 
certainly of the same variety. 
The most similar variety to this new one is 
L. lobata var. denticulata of Oahu, which has 
the blades subentire to crenate- dentate or 
serrate, but not lobed. The new varietal name 
is from the Latin, incisor, more deeply cut. 
Lipochaeta lobata DC. var. 
maunaloensis Sherff 
L. lobata sensu C. N. Forbes, not of DC. 
Niihau, south half of Island, January 1912, 
]. F. G. Stokes. 
Fig. 10. Lipochaeta lobata var. incisior, from holotype: a, b, c,f, leaves X V 2 ; d, lower leaf surface X 2; e, upper 
surface X 2. 
