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of plants into an excellent herbarium of the Hawaiian 
flora, a considerable part. of which is the product of his 
skillful field work. Plans to extend Mr. Forbes’ studies 
to Samoa and Tonga where he was to have made a 
botanical survey for the Bayard Dominick Expedition 
were unfortunately rendered impossible by his death. 
In addition to his exacting routine duties as Curator, 
Mr. Forbes has contributed 12 articles to the Occasional 
Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polyne- 
sian Ethnology and Natural History. His last work is 
& paper on “Salient Features of Hawaiian Botany” 
which forms part of the Proceedings of the First Pan- 
Pacific Scientific Conference, held in Honolulu August 
2 to 20, 1920. 
A review of Mr. Forbes’ work reveals an enthusiastic 
and courageous devotion to the cause of science, re- 
markable in view of his continuous poor health, and re- 
sulting in valuable contributions to the know‘edge of 
Polynesian botany. 
PUBLICATIONS OF CHARLES NOYES FORBES. 
Some New Hawaiian Plants. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. 
Bishop Museum—Vol. IV-No. 3. 1909. 
New Hawaiian Plants II. Oceas. Papers Vol. IV-No. 4. 1910. 
Notes on the Naturalized Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Occas. 
Papers Vol. IV-No. 5. ; 
New Hawaiian Plants III—Plant Invasion on Lava Flows. Occas. 
Papers Vol. V-No. 1. 1912. 
Notes on the Flora of Kahoolawe and Molokini. An Enumeration 
of Niihau Plants. Occas. Papers Vol. V-No. 3. 1913. 
New Hawaiian Plants IV. Oceas. Papers Vol. VI-No. 1. 1914. 
New Hawaiian Plants V. Occas. Papers Vol. VI-No. 3. 1916- 
New Hawaiian Plants VI. Occas. Papers Vol. VI-No. 4. 1917. 
The Genus Lagenophora in the Hawaiian Islands. Occas. Papers 
Vol. VI-No. 5. : 
New Hawaiian Plants VII. Occas. Papers Vol. VII-No. 3. 1920. 
A New Cyanea from Lanai, Hawaii, with Geo.C. Munro. Occas. 
Papers Vol. VII-No. 4. 1920. 
Notes on Marsilea villosa Kaulf. Occas. Papers Vol. VII-No. 5. 
1920, 
