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5. Ahe. This is a wild kalo, never grown in !o'i, but occur- 

 ring spontaneously in uncultivated marshy places. The interior 

 of the corm is suffused with reddish or brownish ; the corm is 

 markedly smaller than the cultivated kalo, and is inferior to them 

 in cjuality. It was eaten only in times of scarcity. The leaf blade 



KALO PI'IALI'I KEOKEO. 

 The eorms are about six inches long. Note the length of the petioles, 

 their white bases and smooth texture. Note the true roots that emerge 

 from the corm. 



