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Scientific names. Native names. 



NiiophyUum? Llmu haula . " 



Piihophora dffinuf Nordst Limu palawai b or limu lipalawai. 



Pithophora polymorpha Do. 



Polyopesf Limu luau. « 



Polysiphonia mollis Limu pualu<* or limu hawane. 



Porphyra leucosticta, Thurst Limu luau or limu lipahee. « 



Pterocladia capillacea (Gmel. ), Bornet Limu loloa./ 



Sargassum echinocarpum, J. Ag Limu kala. 



Sargassum cymomm, Ag Do. 



Sargassum polyphyllum. J. Ag. Do. 



Spiridia spinella Limu hulupuaa.? 



>Spirofl'!/ra sp. (probably several)'' Limu palawai, .limu nehe, and limu 



polao. 



Stigeodonium amcmum, Kg Limu huluilio. * 



Stigeodonium sp? Limu palawai or limu lipalawai. 



Strebdodadia? Limu hawane.* 



Ulva fasdata, i Delile Limu pahapaha or limu palahaloha. 



Viva laduca rigida { Agh. ) Le Jolis Limu lipahapaha. 



Viva laduca lacinaia (Wulf. ) J. Ag Limu lipalahalaha, limu pakaea. 



Valonia utricularis Limu lipuupuu. 



» Very rare, only one small specimen obtained from a native on Maui. 



6 Most all the edible green fresh- water algse are called lipalawai or polawaie, and 

 there are perhaps a half dozen species in the mountain streams that are known b^ 

 these names. 



« A single small specimen sent by native on Maui, similar to Porphyra. 



<*Used by but few Hawaiians for food; not popular. 



« Reported only from two islands and scarce; called limu luau on Kauai and limi| 

 lipahu on Hawaii. 



/This species often called limu loloa on Maui and Kauai. 



^Not in general use, but eaten in the southern part of Hawaii. 



'i Imperfect and immature specimens, so could not be positively identified. 



'This grows in brackish water pools by the sea and is eaten by only a fe'j 

 Hawaiians. 



i These three species seem to be indistinguishable by the natives, and the difteJ 

 ent islands and localities have various forms of the name, but limu pakaea is only il 

 use on Hawaii. 



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