Hawaiian Flowers

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Author

Tongg, Richard C., 1899-

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Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QK: Science: Botany

Subject

Plants -- Hawaii

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58034

Release Date

October 5, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HAWAIIAN FLOWERS
2. 2.Preface
3. 3.Contents — List of Illustrations
4. 4.Introduction WHERE TO SEE HAWAIIAN FLOWERS? — ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL GARDEN — DRIVING FROM WAIKIKI TO TOWN — NUUANU AVENUE — MANOA VALLEY — DIAMOND HEAD AND KAHALA
5. 5.Chapter I HAWAII’S OWN FLOWER—THE HIBISCUS — COMMON RED HIBISCUS. CHINA ROSE Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linnaeus — CORAL HIBISCUS Hibiscus schizopetalus Hooker — HAWAIIAN INTEREST IN HIBISCUS — HYBRIDS — WATERFALL OR BUTTERFLY HIBISCUS — YELLOW HIBISCUS — ROSE OF SHARON. ALTHEA Hibiscus syriacus, Linnaeus — TURK’S CAP Malvaviscus arboreus Cavanilles
6. 6.Chapter II THE BLOSSOMING TREES — GOLD TREE. SUNSHINE TREE Tabebuia donnell-smithi Rose — ROYAL POINCIANA. FLAMBOYANT Poinciana regia Bojer — POTATO TREE Solanum macrophyllum Dunal — TIGER’S CLAW. CORAL TREE. INDIAN WILI-WILI Erythrina indica Lamarck — PLUMERIA. GRAVEYARD FLOWER. FRANGIPANI Plumeria acutifolia Poiret — BE-STILL. YELLOW OLEANDER Thevetia nereifolia Jussieu — AFRICAN TULIP TREE Spathodea campanulata Beauvois — GOLDEN SHOWER TREE Cassia fistula Linnaeus — PINK AND WHITE SHOWER TREE Cassia javanica Linnaeus ( Cassia nodosa Hamilton ) [1] — ORCHID TREE Bauhinia variegata Linnaeus — CORAL SHOWER TREE. PINK SHOWER Cassia grandis Linnaeus — RAINBOW SHOWER Cassia hybrida ( Cassia javanica × Cassia fistula ) — YELLOW POINCIANA Peltophorum inerme Roxburgh — MONKEYPOD TREE Samanea saman ( Bentham ) Merrill — BOTTLEBRUSH TREE Callistemon lanceolatus De Candolle — JACARANDA Jacaranda ovalifolia R. Brown — CHINESE RICE FLOWER. MAI SUI LAN Aglaia odorata Loureiro — WONG LAN Michelia champaca Linnaeus — BOMBAX Bombax ellipticum Humboldt, Bonpland and Kunth
7. 7.Chapter III NATIVE TREES — HAU Hibiscus tiliaceus Linneaus — HALA. LAUHALA. PUHALA. SCREWPINE Pandanus odoratissimus Linnaeus — OHIA LEHUA Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudichaud — KAMANI Calophyllum inophyllum Linnaeus — KOA Acacia koa Gray — MILO Thespesia populnea ( L. ) Correa — KOU Cordia sebestena Linnaeus — KUKUI. CANDLENUT TREE Aleurites moluccana ( L. ) Willdenow
8. 8.Chapter IV TROPICAL SHRUBS — PAGODA FLOWER Clerodendron squamatum Vahl — GOLDEN DEWDROP Duranta repens Linnaeus — SHRIMP PLANT Beloperone guttata Brandegee ( Beloperone nemorosa ) — FLOWERING ERANTHEMUM Pseuderanthemum reticulatum Radlkofer — VINCA ROSEA. MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE Lochnera rosea ( L. ) Reichenbach — RONDELETIA Rondeletia odorata Jacquin — STAR JASMINE Jasminum pubescens Willde ( Jasminum multiflorum ) — GALPHIMIA Thryallis glauca Kuntze ( Galphimia glauca ) — PLUMBAGO Plumbago capensis Thunberg — IXORA Ixora macrothyrsa Teijsmann and Binnendijk — CANDLEBUSH. ACAPULCO Cassia alata Linnaeus — CORAL PLANT Russelia juncea Zuccarini — LIPSTICK PLANT Bixa orellana Linnaeus — BRUNFELSIA Brunfelsia hopeana Bentham — COTTON Gossypium barbadense Linnaeus — ILIMA Sida fallax Walpers — THUNBERGIA Thunbergia erecta T. Anderson — MOCK ORANGE Murraya exotica Linnaeus — JUSTICIA Odontonema strictum Kuntze ( Justicia carnea ) — DWARF POINCIANA. PRIDE OF BARBADOES Caesalpinia pulcherrima ( L. ) Swartz — CHENILLE PLANT Acalypha hispida Burmann — CAPE HONEYSUCKLE Tecomaria capensis ( Lindley ) Seemann — CREPE MYRTLE Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus — CROWN FLOWER. GIANT INDIAN MILKWEED Calotropis gigantea R. Brown — BEACH NAUPAKA Scaevola frutescens ( Miller ) Krause — PURPLE, OR TRAILING LANTANA Lantana sellowiana Link and Otto — PIKAKE Jasminum sambac Solander — CROWN OF THORNS Euphorbia splendens Bojer — SINGAPORE HOLLY Malpighia coccigera Linnaeus — DOMBEYA Dombeya wallichii Bentham and Hooker — KALAMONA Cassia glauca Lamarck — HAOLE LEHUA Calliandra grandiflora Bentham — CUP AND SAUCER PLANT. CHINAMAN’S HAT Holmskioldia sanguinea Retz — KONA COFFEE. ARABIAN COFFEE Coffea arabica Linnaeus — CORAL BUSH Jatropha multifida Linnaeus — LASIANDRA. PLEROMA. PRINCESS FLOWER Tibouchina semidecandra Cogniaux — NATAL PLUM Carissa grandiflora De Candolle
9. 9.Chapter V COLORED FOLIAGE SHRUBS — SNOW BUSH Phyllanthus nivosus Bull Variety roseo-pictus — CROTON Codiaeum variegatum Blume — ERANTHEMUM Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum ( Bull ) Radlkofer ( Erantbemum purpureum ) — PANAX Polyscias guilfoylei Bailey ( Nothopanax guilfoylei, Cogniaux and Merrill ) — BEEFSTEAK PLANT Acalypha wilkesiana J. Mueller ( of Aargau ) — CARICATURE PLANT. MORADO Graptophyllum pictum Griffiths — OTHER COLORED FOLIAGE PLANTS
10. 10.Chapter VI FLOWERING VINES — YELLOW ALLAMANDA Allamanda hendersonii Bulliard — PINK ALLAMANDA Allamanda blachetti A. De Candolle — BABY MORNING GLORY Jacquemontia pentantha G. Don ( Convolvulus mauritanicus ) — ORANGE TRUMPET VINE. FIRECRACKER VINE. HUAPALA Bignonia venusta Ker — “MAUNA LOA”. PUA KAUHI Canavalia microcarpa De Candolle — PINK BIGNONIA Pandorea jasminoides Schumann — WOODEN ROSE Ipomoea tuberosa Linnaeus — CAT’S CLAW VINE. HUG-ME-TIGHT Bignonia unguis-cati Linnaeus — GALPHIMIA VINE Tristellateia australis A. Richard — GIANT POTATO VINE Solanum wendlandii Hooker — PHANERA Bauhinia corymbosa Roxburgh — SANDPAPER VINE. PURPLE WREATH Petrea volubilis Linnaeus — ORCHID VINE Stigmaphyllon littorale A. Jussieu — GARLIC VINE Cydista aequinoctialis Miers — MEXICAN CREEPER. CHAIN OF LOVE Antigonon leptopus Hooker and Arnott — CUP OF GOLD Solandra guttata Don — BLEEDING HEART. BAG FLOWER Clerodendron thomsonae Balfour — KUHIO VINE. PRINCE’S VINE Ipomoea horsfalliae Hooker — PORANA VINE Porana paniculata Roxburgh — CRIMSON LAKE BOUGAINVILLEA Bougainvillea glabra, var. Sanderiana Choisy — WHITE THUNBERGIA Thunbergia grandiflora Roxburgh Var. alba. — WAX VINE Hoya carnosa R. Brown — BEAUMONTIA VINE. NEPAL TRUMPET FLOWER Beaumontia grandiflora Wallich — BLUE BUTTERFLY PEA Clitoria ternatea Linnaeus
11. 11.Chapter VII GINGER BLOSSOMS — SHELL GINGER. PINK PORCELAIN GINGER Alpinia nutans Roxburgh — YELLOW GINGER Hedychium flavum Roxburgh — CREPE GINGER. COSTUS Costus speciosus Smith ( Costus spicatus [2] ) — RED GINGER. OSTRICH PLUME GINGER Alpinia purpurata ( Vieillard ) Schumann — KAHILI GINGER Hedychium gardnerianum Roscoe — WHITE GINGER. GINGER LILY Hedychium coronarium Koenig — TORCH GINGER Phaeomeria magnifica ( Roscoe ) Schumann ( Phaeomeria speciosa )
12. 12.Chapter VIII SPECIAL TROPICAL FLOWERS — SPIDER LILIES Crinum species — THE BANANA FAMILY — WHITE BIRD OF PARADISE Strelitzia nicolai Thunberg — BIRD OF PARADISE Strelitzia reginae Banks — GOLDEN HELICONIA Heliconia latispatha Bentham — LOBSTER CLAW Heliconia humilis Jacquin — ANTHURIUM. FLAMINGO FLOWER Anthurium andraeanum Linden — PINK OR PURPLE FLOWERING BANANA Musa rosacea Jacquin — SPATHIPHYLLUM Spathiphyllum species — DIEFFENBACHIA Dieffenbachia seguine Schott — GREEN TI Cordyline terminalis Kunth — RED TI Cordyline terminalis — POTHOS. TARO VINE. PHILODENDRON Scindapsus aureus Linden ( Pothos aureus Linden ) — CALADIUM. VARIEGATED-LEAVED A’PES Caladium bicolor Ventonat — MONSTERA VINE Monstera deliciosa Liebmann — RHOEO. TRADESCANTIA Rhoeo discolor Hance — A’PE Alocasia macrorhiza Schott
13. 13.Footnotes
14. 14.Index
15. 15.Transcriber’s Notes

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