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 THE KALO IN HAJVAII (IJ\). 



By Vaughan MacCaughey and Joseph S. Emerson. 

 X'arieties ( Continued ) . 



52. HiWA. This name refers to the dark color of the plant 

 and its suitableness for offering" to the gods. It is associated with 

 puna likva. A cultivated kalo, never growing wild, raised in both 

 irrigated and unirrigated fields. The corm is of average size, 

 whitish within. The foliage is very dark green, with a grayish 

 or blackish suffusion. The poi and hia'ii are good; the plant is 

 suitable for medicinal purposes. According to some natives this 

 variety is called Hiwa on Hawaii, and Uahi-a-Pclc on Oahu and 

 Maui. 



53. Hoene. This word means a syringe, and is applied to 

 this kalo because shaped pieces of its hard and slippery corm 

 were used medicinally as suppositories. It was cultivated exten- 

 sively, in unirrigated fields, for its medicinal uses, and was never 

 used for food. Much was formerly raised in Palama, Oahu. The 

 corm is dark colored ; the foliage has no distinctive markings. 



54. Hokeo. 



55. Hoole nawao. "Wao" means in the wild, or near the 

 forest ; "lioolc" means denial ; and the name refers to an ancient 

 legend, wherein certain natives denied that this kalo grew up in 

 the forests, although it really did. Usually wild, rarely culti- 

 vated ; if so, in lo'i. Cultivated formerly in Alanoa, Oahu ; grows 

 wild on Maui and Hawaii. The corm is dark gray within, and 

 of average size. According to the natives the wild corms are 

 much larger than those of cultivated plants. The roots of the 

 corm are conspicuously reddish. This variety, like certain others, 

 sends out subterranean suckers or offshoots, so that it spreads 

 out and thus perpetuates itself. The foliage is green, with red- 

 dish or purplish venation, piko, and petioles. The lua'tt is excel- 

 lent ; the plant is not considered suitable for medicine, or for of- 

 fering to the gods. 



56. Hualani. 



57. HUA MOA. 



58. HuLi pu LOA. A kalo known in Kohala, Hawaii. 



59. Iaia ILIA. Probably a synonym for Ihciheilic q. v. 



60. Ieie. The foliage of this kalo is dark green and glossy, 

 somewhat resembling that of the icic vine. This variety is some- 

 times erroneously called Kiiiiiu ulaitla. It is a cultivated kalo, 

 raised in unirrigated patches near the edges of the woodlands. 

 Raised extensively on Hawaii. The petioles are very dark pur- 

 plish, more so than other varieties. 



61. Iheiheilie. a Hawaiian kalo, grown both in lo'i and 



