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unirrigated patches, not raised on Oahu. The fohage is of the 

 usual clear green color; the corm is somewhat pinkish within. 



62. li. So-called because of a fanciful resemblance to the 

 fern pala ii (q. v.). Pala means luscious or fully mature, and 

 this variety is so called because its corms are unusually palatable. 



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It is cultivated, never growing wild. KaiM'd in Ic'i and unirri- 

 g'atcd fields, on Hawaii and ()<ahn. '\'\\v U'ave> are dark green; 

 when the ])lant grows ranklw ihe ])t'lioles are said lo attain a 

 height greater than of a man. Tin- leaf-blade greatly resembles 

 that of the . I /^ii:^'(ii. The corm is of awrage size, light gray 

 within, and prize<l because of its suitableness for making the pud- 



