ISBN: 9781130832365

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RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 46 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: . . . I find de scribed only 92 such species, distributed among 7 genera. Of the Carelia found on Kauai, I have already spoken. There has been on some parts of the island of Hawaii a most remarkable development of the Succinea family. This is a genus of thin, pellucid, amber colored shells, with a large body whirl. In extensive portions of the Hamakua and Kona districts, at altitudes of 3, 000 to 5, 000 feet, the soil is filled with millions of the sub-fossil shells of this family. Of 29 described species of Succinea, 22 are found on Hawaii. Further exploration will doubtless swell the number of Hawaii species to 50 or more. The only other considerably represented genus is the Helix. Of this family there are 30 species, most of them found only on Kauai. I do not include Helix similaris, Fer. , an introduced shell, common in the garden lots of Honolulu, and the low altitudes of some of the other islands. It is I think a native of South America; but appears to be a species very diffuse in its habitats. This is the cmly introduced shell we have here. The other genera of land shells are Pupa, represented by 10 species; Bulimus, 7 species; Helicina, 5 species; and Tornatellina, 4 species. Of fresh water shells, the Limnoea, Neritina, Melania, and Melampus genera are represented by 22 species. Seven other genera have each a single species. TARO--Colocasia Antiquorum. This very excellent and unsurpassed vegetable, in its several varieties, is well known through many of the islands of the Pacific Ocean to which, as in the Hawaiian Islands, it seems to be indigenous; but to Hawaiians does the credit belong of the perfection of its culture and their dependence upon it as their staff of life. Early voyagers and explorers of the Pacific, although they reported taro, . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<