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  C()U('Ctin(j 
  in 
  Koiia, 
  Hairaii. 
  101 
  

  

  VIII. 
  — 
  Notes 
  ua 
  Cullectlng 
  in 
  Kona, 
  Hawaii. 
  

   By 
  R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Perkins, 
  B.A 
  * 
  

  

  The 
  district 
  of 
  Kona 
  embraces 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   western 
  side 
  of 
  Hawaii, 
  and 
  includes 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   mountains 
  Mauna 
  Lja 
  and 
  Hualalai. 
  The 
  lower 
  slopes 
  up 
  

   to 
  1500 
  or 
  1(300 
  feet 
  have 
  few 
  forest-trees^ 
  save, 
  here 
  and 
  

   there, 
  the 
  kukui 
  and 
  lehua 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  mostly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   dense 
  masses 
  of 
  the 
  introduced 
  lantana, 
  the 
  guava, 
  and 
  

   especialh'^ 
  near 
  the 
  coast 
  with 
  prickly 
  pear 
  or 
  cactus. 
  

  

  From 
  about 
  1700 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  3000 
  feet 
  the 
  forest 
  has 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  character. 
  It 
  consists 
  mainly 
  of 
  the 
  lehua-tree, 
  

   which 
  here 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  enormous 
  size 
  and 
  height, 
  the 
  koa, 
  and 
  

   several 
  other 
  trees 
  of 
  smaller 
  size. 
  On 
  the 
  rough 
  lava-flows 
  

   these 
  trees 
  are 
  thickest 
  and 
  most 
  luxuriant 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  spaces 
  

   between 
  the 
  flows 
  they 
  have 
  largely 
  been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  

   cattle, 
  and 
  these 
  spaces, 
  which 
  are 
  up 
  to 
  about 
  3000 
  feet 
  

   waist-deep 
  in 
  the 
  hilo 
  grass, 
  more 
  resemble 
  English 
  park- 
  

   land 
  than 
  thick 
  woods. 
  Tree-ferns, 
  which 
  were 
  once 
  very 
  

   numerous, 
  are 
  now 
  much 
  scattered 
  in 
  these 
  spaces, 
  but 
  are 
  

   more 
  plentiful 
  on 
  the 
  lava. 
  That 
  cattle 
  destroy 
  them 
  is 
  

   certain, 
  for 
  in 
  dry 
  seasons 
  they 
  are 
  cut 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  feeding 
  their 
  animals. 
  

  

  Both 
  on 
  the 
  rough 
  flows 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  open 
  country 
  the 
  

   Frey 
  cine 
  tin 
  (ieie) 
  climljs 
  high 
  up 
  the 
  trees, 
  but 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  

   roughest 
  lava 
  it 
  shows 
  no 
  leaves 
  or 
  flowers 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   height, 
  the 
  cattle 
  eating 
  off 
  the 
  shoots 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  

   able 
  to 
  reach. 
  Even 
  in 
  the 
  now 
  open 
  grass-covered 
  land 
  not 
  

   many 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  all 
  united 
  by 
  the 
  ieie 
  vines, 
  while 
  

   the 
  tree-ferns 
  were 
  in 
  profusion 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  1 
  100 
  feet. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  trees 
  mentioned 
  above 
  (some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  still 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  open, 
  though 
  they 
  are 
  most 
  luxuriant 
  on 
  the 
  rough 
  

   lava) 
  the 
  following 
  are 
  predominant 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  opiko, 
  a 
  broad- 
  

   leaved 
  tree 
  of 
  considerable 
  size, 
  which 
  is 
  largely 
  destroyed 
  by 
  

   the 
  cattle 
  ; 
  the 
  olomea, 
  with 
  red- 
  veined 
  leaves 
  ; 
  the 
  mamaki, 
  

  

  * 
  Cuinnmuicated 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Joint 
  Committee 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Koval 
  Society 
  and 
  the 
  Britisii 
  Association 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  Zoology 
  of 
  

   the 
  S.uuhvich 
  Islands. 
  

  

  