Hau. Plate 1 from the book: Indigenous flowers of the Hawaiian Islands

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Hau. Plate 1 from the book: Indigenous flowers of the Hawaiian Islands

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Collection

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Description

Plate 1 of 44 from Isabella Sinclair's Indigenous flowers of the Hawaiian Islands (1885). The coloured illustration is accompanied by the following text describing the plant:The Hau.Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn.The hau is found more or less in all parts of the islands from the sea-coast to an elevation of about one thousand feet. When growing singly it attains a considerable size; but where found in groves, it inclines to spread in a dense thicket not over twenty feet high. When the hau grows as ...

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Date created

1885

Creator

Isabella Sinclair / Leighton Brothers / Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Ltd.

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2087772

Related subjects

Flowers / Hawaii (United States) / fau, Hibiscus tiliaceus L. / printing paper / lithographic ink / London

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