8 niicctdi-'s /v('/i('/7 for KjiS. 



(Ill tlio steep sides oi the guleli, hun,t; down in dr\' festoons, while even 

 patches of tlie comparatively seinixerophilic Clcichcnia linearis were with- 

 ered in places. Trees showed varying degrees of resistance, species of 

 Siraussia apparently' sntYering the nmsl. .Man\' thanks are due tn .Mr. Da\'id 

 I'deniing for permission to camp i.i tlie valley. 



The most notahle ac(|uisition to the herl)arinm was a collection of 

 plants nanietl hy 1 lille])rand, already mentioned in the Director's .Vnni'al 

 Report for 1917. 



Rettiniino in the hitter ])art of vSepteniber, 191(8, after nine 

 months leave of absence, the t^reater ])art of ]\Ir. Forbes' thne was 

 occupied by the routine work which had accumulated. With the aid 

 of a teni])()rar\- assistant the ])tilk of the material has been pois(.)ne(l, 

 and mtich of it mounted. .\ brief monograph on the Genus Lage- 

 nophora was published with Occasional Papers \'olume VI, Num- 

 ber 5. 



The accessions to the herbarium for the two years are as 

 follows : 



1917. 



.-\. S. Hitchcock, U. S. Grasses hy exchange 104 



C. M. Cooke. Oahu 8 



J. C. Bridwell, Oahu 6 



H. Graves, U. S. hy exchange 13 



G. C. Alunro, H. I. purchase 134 



J. W. Thompson, Oahu i 



L). Thaanum, U. S 25 



J. AI. Lydgate, Ilillehrand collection purchase 589 



CuR.vroR's Collection 



Oahu 316 



Kauai 2765 



Lanai 597 



Maui 1300 



Total 5858 



1918. 



Mrs. A. H. B. Judd. teratological papaia i 



rUireau of Science, Manila, e.xchange 247 



(j. C. Alunro. I^anai and Alaui 33 



E. L. Caum, Alaui 2 



J. F. G. Stokes, teratological papaia i 



.\. I). \\. Rimer, Philippine Islands, purchase 1318 



J. R. Weir, U. S 13 



Total 1615 



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