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difficult task to recognize any of them. Only three will appear at 

 all familiar and these are the Hawaiian holly, hydrangea, and 

 heather. 



The task of idcntihcation is, moreover, made more burdensome 

 by the fine distinctions which the systematic botanists have made 

 in classifying the trees. A new species or a new variety may be 

 made of a tree simply because the leaf is hairy instead of smooth. 

 Those engaged in working out these details have my sympathy, 

 and to assist them in learning more about these interesting trees 

 in the National Park near Kilauea I have prepared the following 

 list of trees to be found there with a brief popular description of 

 each. 



This list is not claimed to be complete because of the difficulty 

 of identification due to the complexity mentioned above, but it 

 will serve to assist the beginner in making a start in the right 

 direction. As reference books. Rock's "The Indigenous Trees 

 of the Hawaiian Islands" and Hillebrand's "Flora of the Ha- 

 waiian Islands" are recommended. 



LIST OF TREES IN THE KILAUEA SECTION OF THE HAWAII 

 NATIONAL PAEK. 



AALIT, Dodonacd viscosa. A siiall, stiff tree, often only a Inish, with 

 papery lea^■es. Readily distinguished by its fruit, which is a two- 

 winged ]ia]iery capsule, either bright red or pale yellow. 



A AW A HUA KUKUI, Pittosfwrum Rosmeri longifolium. A rather erect 

 tree with smooth bark and leaves like the loquat. It is conspicuous for 

 its fruit, about the size of a huhiii nut, which is a ATOody, orange yellow 

 capsule. The alala or native crow feeds on the oily seeds of this fruit. 



AE, Xanthoxylum dipetalum geminicarpum. A tree 40 feet high with stout, 

 ungainly, erect branches. The bark is gray and covered with lenticels. 

 The leaves are aromatic. Only two trees occur in Kipuka Puaulu. 



AE, Xanthoxylum liawaiiense. A medium sized tree with smooth tri-foliate 

 aromatic leaves, 



AE, Xanthoxylum mauiense aneeps. A tree 20 feet high with tri-foliate, 

 hairy leaves, 



AIEA, Nothoce.strum longifolium. A small tree, juore often a shrub only 

 10 feet high, with slender ascending branches bearing Avhorls of thin 

 leaves at the ends. The fruit is a small elongated orange-colored berry. 



AKIA, Wil'stroemia sandwiecnsis. This becomes only a large bush wnth 

 dark green leaves, black bark and small reddish fruit. The tough 

 bark was used by the Hawaiians for rope and the leaves and bark, 

 which are poisonous, were pounded and thrown into the water to stupefv 

 fish, 



ALANT, Prlea el a us iae folia. A small tree with thick leatherv leaves, often 

 fragrant, belonging to a genus dedicated to Fcle, the Hawaiian god 

 dess of the volcano. The leaves, which occur in whorls of 4 or o, ar<^ 

 somewhat fragrant and have a prominent midrib. The fruit is a small 

 4-lobed green woody capsule. 



ALAXI, Pelea volcanica. A tree u]) to 40 feet in height with oval, oppo- 

 site leaves, hairy branches and very large, deeply parted green capsules. 



ALANI, Pelea Zalilbruelneri. A tree about 25 feet high, Avith large, oblong 

 leaves and very large cuboid capsules which are scarcely even notched. 



