Chrysodracon aurea (H.Mann) P.L.Lu & Morden

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HERBARIUM
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
NEW. YORK.
Draeaena aurea Man#, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 207. 1867.
Hillebrand pays this species is“ not uncommon on all islands
at altitnd&s of 1000 to 2500 feet, as in Nuuanu, Oahu, near the
Paii.’7^JEf‘ it ever was common' on Oahu, it has become, rather
¿sbarce during the intervening years. My first specimens were
/<3bile$feed at the NuuanU Pali, where there, are several trees,
bnt.|iii«':npt at all common. On Kauai, it is plentiful between
thle Hanapepe and Waimea rivers. Above Waimea, on the edge
of t^iiabular summit, at about 3500 feet elevation it is very
abundant. '"0he stunted tree was observed in the forest on Ka-
hol^amanoa ,at 40,00 feet, Mann’s: statement that the berry is
red; is’much more'correct than Hillebrand’s designation of it as
‘ ‘ yeiloW. ” Red-brown is perhaps the proper term. The grace-*
ful. palm-like faabit of this, tree, is. quite a contrast to the her- ,
baceous liliaceous, plants of more temperate climbs;
| May .^4;;{2362^t,l,the ijtypej' ^njoaber is M. & B. 362, without e'x-
locality,' but probably fi;Qpa- Oahu.
botanical
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PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
COLLECTED ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI, ON THE RIDGE WEST OF
THE HANAPEPE RIVER,
By A. A. Heller, June 28, 1895.
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