The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-29
EXAMINES EVERY GRANNY OF
ISLANDS IN FLORAL SEARCH
Territorial Botanist Makes Report for Year,
Finds Many New Plants and Supposedly
Extinct Trees on Maui.

the Island of Lanai comprises about
1000 specimens After a month 5 so
iourn on Lanai the writer left the IS
land for Lahaina on the Nunulawe
leka. a whaleboat carving the Uni
ted States mail between Halepalaua and
Lahaina, Maui
Through the courtesies Of Mr..
WeinZhelmer, manager of the Pioneer
Plantation in supplying men and pack
mules, the writer was enabled to as.
cend the highest peak on West Maui,
Pun Kukui. 57sS feet elevation. Camp
was pitched at an elevation Of 1900
feet on the edge of Honokawai guloh;
from there the summit could be reach
ed in four hours walk through the
swampv jungle, Though several plants
are peculiar to Pun Kukui as a violet,
1obeIia and several others. the writer
was met with great surprise in find
ing the Silversword, or Ahinahina of
the natives. known from Haleakala and
Nauna Kea. at the summit of West
Maui. growing in a veritable pool. AS
the plant was not in flower it was
impossible TO determine if the same IS
new species or not About 1000
specimens were secured on that trip.
Extinct ~ Tree Found
son October II l. Won Tempskv.
Sam Baldwin and the writer. descend
ed into the crater of Haleakala and
camped in kaupo Gap for five days.
The crater was crossed from Kaupo to
Koolau. The writer then went on to
Ulupalakua, Doctor Raymond s ranch.
Auahi and Kahihinui, seven miles from
Ulupalakua. where the writer stopped
for twelve days, was the most inter
esting field ever visited by him on
any island with the exception of Puu-
waawaa. Hawaii On an area of $50
acres not less than fortv-seven species
of trees were observed. Special mention
NAV be made of one tree. declared ex-
tinct since the time of Hillebrand.
This tree is allied 10 the Chinese Litchi
and is delicious fruit, reaching the
size of large potato, and is worthy
of cultivation. About forty trees were
observed and mature seeds of the same
collected; it is called Mahoe by the
natives.
Regarding the stock-poisonlng
plants on Maui. particularly East Maui,
the writer would advocate the extermi-
. nation of one particular plant called
Huamakani by the natives, Passion
. vine (Passiiora triloba). which seems
to spread rapidly and is also poisonous.
! The same if eaten by calves produces
paralysis of the whole nervous system,
brings on commissions and constipation.
high temperature and finally death. Be
sides on Maui the plant is found plen-
tiful at Kualoa. Oahu, at Mr.. Swanzy 5
ranch.
Plant Exchange.
'1Slnee year the writer had been IN
correspondence with the leading her
baria of Europe. America, and the
! different Botanic Institutions in the
Orient and Australia.
AT present the department has ex-
changed with the Sydney National Her
barium. New South Wales; Botanic
Gardens. Ceylon, India; Botanic Gar
dens Peradonya, Java; Herbarlum Blu
reau of Science, Manila, Philippine Is
lands. and Botanic Station, Maurltlus.
The following institutions have con
scented to exchange: Paris, Jardint du
Plant. Tahitian flora; Imper. Roy. Nat.
Hist Museum, Vienna, Austria, Samoan
material; Herbarium British Museum,
London, Fiji material; Botanic Station,
Taihoku, Formosa, Formosan plants;
Berkeley. California. Herbarium, Cali
fornia plants; New York Bot. Gardens,
Bronx Park, West Indian and Central
American material; Botanic Station,
Sulphur near Calcutta, Indian plants;
Botanic Gardens. Singapore, Malayan
plants.
''The herbarium of the board of agri-
culture and forestry possesses an al
most complete collection of all the
Euealypts known which is extremely
valuable -