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the same to which the pilikai has been added. These five cups are 

 respectively cahed : kiia-kahi, kiia-hta, kua-kolu, kua-Jia, and kna- 

 linia. The kalo is the efficient medicinal agent relied upon. The 

 coconut is added simply to neutralize the acrid taste of the kalo 

 and make the medicine more agreeable to the taste. The pilikai 

 serves as a powerful cathartic to remove the last trace of the 

 medicine from the system. 



KALO FOR KAHUNA RITES. 



The following varieties of kalo were all considered suitable for 

 the various kahuna practices of ancient times, and for offering to 

 the gods, auiiiakiia : 



Laiiloa nianiiii. This kalo is considered to be the best of all for 

 kahuna purposes. 



Piialii. Three kinds; two are for kahuna practices— P/VaZ/Y 

 ulaiila, Piialii keokco. 



(Piialii niclemclc — yellow — is not used by the kahuna.) 



Manini ha kikokiko. 



Ha'okca. Three kinds; all used by the kahuna — Ha'okca hau- 

 liuli, Ha'okea keokco, Ha'okca hau laula. 



Popolo. 



Apiikca. 



Icic. 



Uahi-a-pcle. 



K n mu-ii la iila ; keokeo. 



Only the oha or offspring of the central corm were used. These 

 corms when small were roasted on hot coals and all the burnt por- 

 tions were scraped off with an opihi (patella) shell or a knife. 

 Lu'au made from the leaves of any of the above list were also 

 used for the same purpose. 



The Ilawaiians made a pudding called ku-lolo of kalo and coco- 

 init. which is very good. Another dish is pre]:)ared by grating, 

 olo, the corm on a rough stone, and then cooking it. This is called 

 picpicle. 



ADDENDA 1. WORK OF HII.O r.().\KniX(; SCHOOL. 



Glenwood. 

 Professor MacCaughey. 



Dear Sir: — There occurs a statement in )'our article on taro 

 which is founded on a misconception and which I would like in 

 some way to have corrected. You state that the U. S. Experi- 

 ment Station is collecting and planting varieties obtainable at the 

 present time. This is unjust to the Hilo Boarding School, which 

 is the institution doing this work, and has at the present time 

 about sixty separate varieties under cultivation. I wish, therefore, 



