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Byron returned to Honolulu for four days, sailed to Kealake- 

 kua Bay and erected a memorial to Captain Cook, and then sailed 

 for England. 



Several Hawaiian plants were named in honor of Lord Byron. 

 The indigenous holly, ka-wait, (Ilex saiidicicherisis (Endl. 

 Loes.), was originally named Byronia. Spodiopogon Byronis, 

 Trin., was also named for him. 



19. Visit of Lay and Collie. 

 1826-1827. 



George T. Lay and Alexander Collie were botanical collectors 

 who accompanied Captain Beechey on the voyage of the "Blos- 

 som." These two men secured the material from which Hooker 

 and Arnott made their report upon the botany of Captain 

 Beechey's voyage, which was published in 1830-1841. A very 

 considerable number of new Hawaiian plants were collected by 

 Lay and Collie, and were described for the first time by Hooker 

 and Arnott. The names of the two latter workers have become 

 specific names for several indigenous plants. 



20. Visit of David Douglas. 

 1833. ^ 



David Douglas was sent out by the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety, to make collections of noteworthy plants. He made valu- 

 able collections of the Hawaiian flora, which are preserved in the 

 herbaria of Hooker, Bentham, and Lindley. Douglas died as a 

 martyr to the science which had engrossed his life. During a 

 botanizing expedition on the Island of Hawaii, he fell into a cat- 

 tle-trap — a pit designed to entrap wild cattle, and set with wood- 

 en spikes — and was killed. His name is immortalized as the 

 specific name of a number of Hawaiian ferns. 



21. The United States Exploring Expedition. 

 Sept., 1840, to April, 1841. 



The United States Exploring Expedition, commanded by Com- 

 modore Charles Wilkes, spent a number of months at the Hawai- 

 ian Islands, in 1840-41. As stated by Alexander, "Their inter- 

 course with the King and people was of the most friendly nature, 

 while their researches have proved to be of great value to science. 

 An observatory was built on the summit of Mauna Loa, and occu- 

 pied for three weeks in the middle of winter, and surveys were 

 made of the principal craters on Hawaii as well as of all the im- 

 portant harbors of the group." 



Life of Wilkes. 



Charles Wilkes, American naval officer and explorer, was born 

 in New York City, April 3rd, 1798. Entered American Navy in 



