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results produces these curious forms. Many of the bulblets 

 become short fat little bulbs, but those nearest to the mother 

 bulb grow up around it as if trying to make sure of a good 

 start in spring. They are closely pressed against the parent 

 bulb, and in most cases one can discern the curve in the side 

 of the stem where the bulblet came in contact w^ith its parent. 

 Some of these stalked bulbs are three or four inches long, 

 though not much thicker than a pencil. 



THE WILD FLOWERS OF HAWAII 



By Vaughan Mac Caughey. 

 {Concluded) 



The genus Scacvoia, with eight species, is abundant, and 

 ranges from the sea-shores to the upper limits of the rain 

 forest. The natives call it nau-paka, and tell a pretty legend 

 concerning the split corolla of the flower, this being attributed 

 to the angry fingers of a certain fair maiden who had quar- 

 reled with her lover. So every nau-paka blossom appears to 

 have been torn. The corollas are beautifully pubescent Avithin; 

 in color white or bluish, with fine purple streaks. The one ex- 

 ception is .S. glabra, with deep-yellow curved tubular corollas, 

 nearly two inches long. The Scaevolas are shrubs or small 

 trees, with alternate simple foliage and conspicuous flowers 

 solitary or in axillary cymes. Like many of our Hawaiian 

 shrubs, they flower continuously, and brighten many a valley 

 slope and sea-shore with their tattered blooms. 



Two large genera oi Hawaiian composites are Lipocliaeta 

 and Coreopsis, each with a dozen species. These are all 

 herbaceous perennials or woody shrubs; many are decumbent 

 or prostrate. They occupy a wide variety of habitats, from 

 arid to humid, and from sea-shore to the summits. The floral 



