HORACE MANN ON HAWAIIAN PLANTS. 



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For convenience, the Flora of the Hawaiian Islands may be divided into five regions : the 

 dry alluvial plains on the shore or Maritime Region, the Lowland Region, Higher Wooded Region, 



Wet Mountain Region and Dry Mountain Region. 1 



I. Maritime Region. Besides the plants in the previous list, the following are charac- 



teristic of this zone. 



Cleome sandwicensis. 

 Hibiscus Youngianus. 

 Erythrina monosperma. 

 Lipochreta succulenta. 



Lycium sandwicense. 

 Nama sandwicensis. 

 Erythaea saboeoides. 

 Pritehardia sp. 



II. Lowland Region. This extends to about 1,000 feet above the sea, and is principally 

 characterized by Aleurites moluccana, Jambosa malaccensis, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Pundanus odoratis- 

 simus, and Cordia subcordala. 



Capparis sandwicensis. 

 Abutilon incanum. 

 Sida fallax. 

 Hibiscus Youngianus. 



tiliaceus. 

 Gossypium (three species). 

 Tribulus cistoides. 

 Waltheria americana. 

 Oxalis cornieulata. 



Martiana. 

 Cardiospermum Halicacabuin. 

 Eugenia malaccensis. 

 Lythrum maritimum. 

 Jussioea villosa. 

 Sicyos cucumerinus. 

 Morinda citrifolia. 

 Adenostemma viscosum. 

 Vittadinia arenaria. 



conyzoides. 

 Erigeron canadense. 



Scasvola sericea. 

 Plumbago zeylanica. 

 Physalis peruviana. 

 Plectranthus parviflorus. 

 Myoporum sandwicense. 

 Cordia subcordata. 

 Ipomoea Bona-nox. 



insularis. 



palmata. 

 Cuscuta sandwichiana. 

 Bcerhaavia diffusa. 

 Santalum ellipticum (var.) 

 Chenopodium (three species). 

 Euxolus lineatus. 

 Euphorbia multiformis. 

 Aleurites moluccana. 

 Ricinus communis. 

 Tacca pinnatifida. 

 Zinziber Zerumbet. 

 Cordyline terminalis. 



III. Higher Wooded Region. This is the forest region. The following species are found 

 here ; those marked * in the higher part. Only those marked — are not endemic. 



* Ranunculus hawaiiensis. 



* maviensis. 

 Nephroica Ferrandianus. 

 Lepidium serra. 



— Cardamine hirsuta. 

 Viola Chamissoniana. 

 Isodendrion (all of the species). 

 Xylosma hawaiiense. 

 Pittosporum (all of the species). 

 Silene lanceolata. 

 Schiedea (most of the species). 



1 Jules Remy distinguishes five zones thus : Littoral, Trop- 

 ical (from the base of the hills to the forests), Forest, Moun- 

 tainous or Sub-Alpine, and Alpine. The absence of anything 



— Alsinidendron trinerve. 

 Calophyllum inophyllum. 

 Eurya sandwicensis. 

 Hibiscus Brackenridgii. 



Arnottianus. 

 Sida Meyeniana. 

 Elffioearpus bifidus. 

 * Geranium arboreum. 

 Pelea (all of the species). 

 Melicope (all of the species). 

 Platydesma campanulata. 



like an Alpine region will be evident on inspection of the 

 above lists, w. T. B. 



