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sweet taste. The poi is very good. The foUage ha^ no distinc- 

 tive marking's. 



On Kauai this pecuHar name, which means "rat urine," is not 

 apphed to a special variety of kalo, but is apphed to various kalo;; 

 when they are grown under particular conditions, namely : The 

 wild rats come down to the kalo fields, or to patches of wild kalo. 

 and carry away some of the smaller corms to their homes in the 

 trees. Here they devour the corms at their leisure, and fre- 

 quently leave fragments that fall into the crotches or knot holes 

 of the tree, and grow there. So this kalo grows epiphytically in 

 the koa, lehua and other trees, and according to native helief is 

 fertilized by the rats. The varieties AJic ulaitla and Alic kcokco 

 have been found growing in this unique manner. 



166. ]\IoA. See Hna moa. 



167. ISIOHIHI. 



168. Moi. 



169. AloKiHANA. So called from the fragrance of its corm, 

 when cooked. It jias the saiiie delicious odor as the Kai. 



170. AIoKOHi. Also called Makilii. Raised in lo'i. and in 

 unflooded fields. The corm is red within ; the poi is pink. The 

 leaf-blade is cup-shaped, like Apuwai : it has a reddish tinge. The 

 petiole is dark green, with a conspicuous reddish band at the base 

 like Piialii. This kalo resembles the Lchua, except that Lchna 

 corms cannot be eaten as soon as cooked, because of their acrid- 

 ity, but must first be made into poi. In the same way the leaves 

 of Mokohi. lacking acriditv, make excellent liia'ii, whereas those 

 of Lchua do not. Mokohi corms mature in one year. 



171. Naio. Grown in upland fields. Kona, Hawaii, and also 

 on Kauai. Corm is light gray within : the petioles are almost 

 black. This kalo dififers from Piialii in the color of the petioles, 

 which in the former are very red. and in the Xaio are lilackish. 

 Matures in one year. 



172. Xaioea. a Ka-uai kalo. now extinct, but formerly cul- 

 tivated in h)i. The leaf, petiole, corm and f^oi were all light in 

 color. When cooked the corms possessed the delicious odor of 

 the A'(//. l')y some natives this variety is said to l)e synonymous 

 with Pahiii. 



173. X.\ioi:a I'LAi'LA. A subA-aritty of the A'aioca, for- 

 merly raised on Kauai. The petioles, corms and pui of this form 

 were sufl^used with red or pinkish. 



174. X\ KAF.o AoLA () KAL.NLAr. A fauious Kauai kalo. so 

 called because the native man Aola on f)ne occasion. }'ears ago. 

 took this kalo from the loi of KalaUui \'rdley and ])lanted it as a 

 dry-land kalo on the u])i)cr sloi)es of Krdalmi. 



17.^. X.\ KAI.O TKl'F.. 



176. Xana iiMiii'.Ni-: XA k.m.o. 



177. Xki:xi:i:. X'arietal name in use on ( )abu. 

 17.S. Xio. \'arietal name in use on Oahu. 



