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in such names as Hesperomannia, Brighamia, Pelea mannii, Bo- 

 bea mannii, Cryptocarya mannii, Cyanea mannii, Gahnia mannii, 

 Asplenium mannii. One set of their collections is at the Bishop 

 Museum, in Honolulu ; another is at Cornell University. 



26. Explorations by Wawra. 



In 1869 the islands were visited by the Austrian East Asiatic 

 Exploring Expedition in the frigate "Donau." The botanist of 

 the expedition v^as Dr. Heinrich W. Wawra, Ritter von Fernsee. 

 Owing to protracted repairs to the vessel at Honolulu, Wawra 

 availed himself of the opportunity to make extensive explora- 

 tions in the various islands, and collected a large quantity of 

 botanical material. 



Life of Wawra. 



Wawra was born at Brunn, in 1831 ; he died in 1887. He 

 studied medicine, but was early attracted by botanical work, and 

 made numerous expeditions to various parts of the Old and New 

 Worlds. The Austrian Exploring Expedition, in which he was 

 engaged, sailed Oct. 18, 1868, and was out two years and four 

 months. The frigate visited Messina, Carthagena, Tangiers, 

 Madeira, Teneriffe, Cape Town, Java, Singapore, Bajigkok, Sai- 

 gon, Hongkong, Shanghai, Peking, Nagasaki, and Yokohama. 

 Then, to quote the biography given in the Allgemeine : 



In Hawaii. 



Deutsche Biographic, (Leipzig, 1896) . . . .''ostwaerts durch 

 dem stillen Ocean nach Honolulu. Der Ausenthalt auf den Ha- 

 waiischen Inseln war kein frei williger. Ein furchtbarer Cyclon 

 beschaedigte die Fregatte so, das sie hier Zuflucht suchen musste. 

 Es dauerte 4 Monate bis das Schiff wieder seetuechtig wurde und 

 Wawra benutzte die Zeit zu einer gruendlichen Durchforschung 

 der Insel gruppe, so das dieser Theil durchreisten Gebiets nach 

 der botanischen Seite hin den groessten Erfolg hatte." The voy- 

 age continued to Callao and other South American ports, and 

 reached home March 1, 1871. 



The fruits of Wawra's Hawaiian studies appeared in his 

 ''Beitraege zur Flora der Hawaiischen Inseln'' in the Zeitschrift 

 Flora, vols. 55-58, 1872-1875. In 1873 he began another journey 

 around the world, and stayed for a short time in Honolulu. 



The researches of Wawra are indicated by a large number of 

 new species named by him, and by plants named in his honor: 

 Acrostichiim Waitrae, Cyrtandra Wawrae, Pelea Wazm-aeana, . 

 and the genus Neowazvraea. 



(To be continued.) 



