Sandalwood in Hawaii — St. John 
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dated plants are characteristic of the lower 
edge of the dry forests. This habitat, up a 
high hill with dry, grass-covered plains on 
top, dissected by deep, wooded glens, is well 
described by him. Together these data apply 
to only one section of Oahu—the Leilehua 
plains or the broad pass between the Koolau 
and the Waianae Mountains. To avoid the 
deep, steep-walled gulches cut by the larger 
permanent streams from the Koolau Range, 
the old foot and horse trail over the pass 
kept close to the Waianae Mountains, swing¬ 
ing from Pearl Harbor toward the old ham¬ 
let of Lihue, keeping on the right (or east) 
the largest stream, Waikele, and its tribu¬ 
taries Kipapa and Waikakalaua Streams, all 
of which have cut deep gulches across the 
plateau or its slopes. On the upper reaches 
of Waikele Stream is Pouhala, about 1 mile 
south of Schofield Barracks and 1 mile north 
of Robinson Camp 1 (see Oahu topographic 
map, 1938 edition). The Wouhala of Ben¬ 
nett is surely Pouhala of today, because the 
description applies, the place is close to pres¬ 
ent localities for sandalwood, and Bennett is 
known to have journeyed through this area. 
PRESENT DISTRIBUTION ON OAHU 
Accompanying this discussion is a map 
showing the present occurrence of Santalum 
Freycinetianum Gaud., a species restricted 
to the island of Oahu, and the only arbores¬ 
cent species on that island. This tree was 
doubtless the sole source of laau aala for the 
inhabitants of Oahu. On the map, the solid 
black dots mark localities for specimens with 
