NO. 17 



SMITHSONIAN EX IT.( )KATI( )XS, H)l() 



69 



The indigenous grasses of the Hawaiian Islands are not numerous. 

 The most interesting" helong" to the genera Panicum and Eragrostis. 

 A tall species of the latter (E. atropioides) is the dominant grass 

 upon the plain hetween Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. Tliree peculiar 



Fig. 7,^. — Wiliwili (Erythrina nioitospcniia). in an arid gulch on the western 

 part of Molokai. At this season (Octoher) the tree is devoid of leaves. 

 Flowers and pods may be seen at the extremities of the branchlets. 



species of I'aniciun inhahit the open hogs formed on the tops of 

 many of the high mountains in the wet zone such as Alt. Eeka and 

 Mt. Kukui in West Maui, some of the peaks of Alolokai and Oahu, 

 and Waialeale in Kauai, that upon the latter covering in all several 



