Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . KiG. 68.— Trees on the windward side of Lanai, showing the effect of thestrong trade Fig. 69.—Grass hut of tlic Hawaiians. The wooden framework is thatchedwith pili grass {HcfcropogoM contortits). 66 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS \0L. 66 pods constricted between the seeds. In the arid regions is found thewiUwili (Erxthrina iiioiiospcniia), a deciduous tree with gnarlygrowth, a very soft hght wood, and bright scarlet seeds. Amongthe peculiar plants of the islands is the silversword (Argyroxiphittmsandwice
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . KiG. 68.— Trees on the windward side of Lanai, showing the effect of thestrong trade Fig. 69.—Grass hut of tlic Hawaiians. The wooden framework is thatchedwith pili grass {HcfcropogoM contortits). 66 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS \0L. 66 pods constricted between the seeds. In the arid regions is found thewiUwili (Erxthrina iiioiiospcniia), a deciduous tree with gnarlygrowth, a very soft hght wood, and bright scarlet seeds. Amongthe peculiar plants of the islands is the silversword (Argyroxiphittmsandwiceiisc), a strikingly beautiful composite with glistening silveryleaves, which grows only on the slopes of cinder cones in the crater
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