Notes upon Hawaiian plants with descriptions of new species and varieties

Author:

Rock, Joseph Francis Charles

Title:

Notes upon Hawaiian plants with descriptions of new species and varieties

Periodical:

College of Hawaii Publications Bulletin No. 1

Year:

1911

Pages:

19

Subject:

Geraniaceae Plants Mauna Kea

Summary:

The author visited all the high mountains of the Hawaii islands except for Mauna Loa. Plant species, location, notes, and some with photographs, are provided. "Geraniums are to be found on all the high mountains with the exception of the summit of Kohala. ...At 11,000 feet native vegetation ceases entirely, the only plant observed higher than that is Sonchus oldraceus L. with a long thick root-stock and prostrate leaves and flowers." "Var. a. Menziesii Hook. ... Slopes of Mauna Kea, elevation between 9000-10,000 feet, ...it grew in company with several species of Raillardia, Coprosma, etc. The plant is very bushy and much branching, flowers whitish, leaves green on both sides." "Var. r pauciflorum Hillbd. ... Slopes of Mauna Kea above Waikii, elevation 10,000 feet."

URL:

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006927530;view=1up;seq=1

Date:

December 1911

Collection:

Monographs