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volume V UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

Numbers 4 and 5 HONOLULU 14, HAWAII
October and December 1966
(Issued April 1967)

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Impressions of the IIth pacific

SCIENCE CONGRESS AND JAPAN

Alvin K. Chock ^ {

Jntr eduction ;

Thanks to r\\o leg-T^york of Ifertin Vitousek of the Ifewaii Institute of Geophysics,
members of the Hawaiian Academy of Science were able to fly t6 Japan at very nominal
cost. The Academy chartered two Japan Air Lines flights and partially filled another
aircraft. The flights were uneventful and were made pleasant b;;|^ the hard-working
cabin crews, '

Society members who attended the 11th F.S.C, included: University of Hav;aii -

Alvin K. Chock, Dr. Maxwell S. Doty, Dr, Paul Ekern, and Dr, Dieter Mueller-Dombois ;
B.P. Bishop Museum - Dr, Roland TT. Force, Dr, J.L. Gressitt, Dr. tiprold St, John,

Miss Amy Suehiro, and Dr. Douglas E, Yen; State of Hawaii - Clifton J, Davis;

H.S.P.A, - Dr. Louis G. Nickell, Dr, Constance E. Hartt; P.R.I. - K^njyo Sakimura;
Smithsonian Institution - Dr, F.R, Fosberg, Dr, M.H, Sachet; University of British
Columbia - Dr. Vladimir J. Krajina, Dr. T.M.C, Taylor; Redlands University - Dr,
George J. Hollenberg; Miami University - Dr, H.A. Miller; National PaW Service -
Dr, George C, Ruble; University of Pittsburgh- Dr. Alexander Spoehr ; 'Imlversity of
Malaya - Dr. Benjamin C. Stone; Hopkins Iferine Station of Stanford University - Dr,
Isabella A, Abbott; Marine Research Institute, National Biological Institutes of
Indonesia - Aprilany Soegiarto, '1

P3.ar.t Quarantine Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S, Depa
Agriculture, and Lecturer in Botany, University of Hawaii,

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Hawaiian Botanical Society Nexijs letter - page 39

October-Decernber 1966

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11th Pacific Science Congress;

There were 5,905 Congress members, of which 2,200 were from foreign countries.

Of these 330 were from Hawaii, which was listed as a separate foreign country from the
U.S.A. The large size of the Congress necessitated separation into txirelve sections,
with most botanists being in Section V, Biology, although others were registered for
(II) Oceanography, (VI) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Science, and Conservation, and
(V) Fisheries, Marine and Freshwater Science. Other meetings held concurrently with
the Congress included three symposia of the International Organization of Plant
Biosystematists, and a general meeting on different aspects of the International
Biological Program.

The 12th Pacific Science Congress, to be held in Canberra, Australia in 1971 will
be limited to 1,000 participants. The means by which this limitation will be imposed
are not yet known. Perhaps the limitation is necessitated by the accommodations
available in that city.

The greatest benefit derived from the Congress was from meeting old friends and
making new friendships with colleagues previously known only through correspondence.

In too many cases the speakers read their papers to the pile of notes lying on the
desk (this was a source o£ argument with a senior Hawaiian botanist, who contended
that the speakers were reading their papers to the blackboard), instead of to the
audience. Unfortunately, too many institutions and countries will not pay for a
scientist's trip to a professional meeting unless the grantee presents a paper. This
is not a desirable situation, since there are many benefits to be derived and con-
tributions to be made even by mere attendance*

The receptions were delightful and well-organized. On the first Monday night a
general reception for all Congress participants was held at three different hotels,
because of the large size of the group. Most of the receptions, such as those hosted
by the Governor of Tokyo, the Emperor, the Prime Minister, the President of Tokyo
University, and various Ambassadors and Consuls were restricted to official delegates.
The concluding reception, given by the President of Kyoto University, was held at the
end of the tours and symposia which took place during the third week, and all parti-
cipants were invited,

A splendid job of organizing Section V, Biology, was done by the Chairman, Dr,
Hiroshi Hara, Professor of Botany, Tokyo University, and his colleagues, especially
Professors Takasi Toyama and Misaml Sato, Many tours were held for biologists, and
three tours wer^ organized for wives of participants.

Standing Committee on Pacific Botany:

Dr, F. Rayi^ond Fosberg, Special Advisor on Tropical Biology to the Director of
the Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, who has served as Committee
Chairman for Ipree terms has asked to be relieved of these duties. However, he will
remain in office pending the o/ a nox-7 Chairman by the President of the

Hav/aiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 40

October-December 1966

The Committee held two open meetings (August 22 and 29). Reports were presented
by the different subcommittees at the first meeting. This Newsletter, incidentally,
was mentioned as a source of information for current Pacific botanical bibliography.
Dr. Majwell S, Doty, Committee Secretary, was appointed chairman of the hoc
Resolutions Committee (with Professors C.C.G.J. van Steenis and T. Hosokawa as
members), and Alvin K. Chock, chairman of the pro temp Committee on Committee
Functional and Organizational Matters and Standing Committee Chairman Nominations.
Special reports on the Flora of Japan (English version), the Association for Tro-
pical Biology, and the International Biological Program (IBP) were also presented
at the first meeting.

After a lengthy discussion at the second meeting, the following subcommittees
were approved: Pacific Plant Areas, Bibliography, Ethnobotany (including the former

subcommittees on medicinal plants and vernacular names), Systematics and Evolution
of Vascular Plants (to include the former Subcommittee on Plant Genetics and the
fields of biosystematics, evolution, and anatomy). Ecology, Palynology, Vegetation
Protection, Bryology and Lichenology, Algae, and Mycology. There was strong feeling
that the Standing Committee should have a role in the organization of the botany
meetings of future Congresses.

It was also proposed to the Pacific Science Council that each Standing Committees
elect its own chairman rather than having him appointed by the Congress President;
that the trend toward segregation by disciplines be reversed toward general benefits
to all scientists (it was for example, difficult to meet fellow scientists in other
disciplines or to even procure informational materials about the meetings of other
sections); and that there be an interdisciplinary committee on small islands, with
efforts made by international, governmental, and private organizations to protect
such natural areas and to encourage descriptive studies of such natural ecosystems
before they are irrevocably lost.

Resolutions were also proposed to the Congress by the Standing Committee.

An unihibited botanical view of Japan: Tokyo: the reverse in more tirays than one of

Kyoto ...^ Street names; almost non-existent ... the skillful kamikaze taxi drivers
... the Establishment"; those carefully laid plans v;hich cannot be disturbed,
modified, or changed ... Air conditioning; very essential, and fortunately, found
in nearly all of the botany meetings ... ^Teather: "terrible," to quote a prominent

Japanese scientist, and which v;e found to be true, with 90°-l- temperature and 907o-J-
humidity ... Trains: very fast, fast, sort of fast, slow, and slower ... TJestern-

style breakfasts; they use a microtome to slice the ham and bacon ... The Hotel New
Otani, vjhere the botanists stayed; the Japanese version of the Ilikai, but not as
tall, and x^ith a larger version of La Ronde; the hotel v;as elegant, but much more
expensive than T-Taikiki, x*/ith the exception of the 107. gratuity charge attached to
every meal and room check, the service was non-existent ... ^-Tes tern-style hotels;
the only place where you can stretch your arms in the bathroom and skin your knuckles
... Japanese inns: lovely, with food one never saw before, but muchlimore plentiful

than in the Western-style hotels; wonderful personalized service; buc\ there is the

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October -December 1966

proverbial problem with the blankets: to cover the feet or the chest? ... Height of

door frames: average, 5 '8" (what is going to happen when the next generation gets

taller?), resulting in the development of scar tissue on the forehead and face of
foreigners ... Japanese gardens: there appear to be more individual ones in Honolulu

than Tokyo ... How to cross a street in a crosswalk: (1) wave the yellow flag pro-

vided in boxes near the cross walk; (2) if there are no yellox7 flags on your side of
the street, it's better to start from the other side, but you can raise your arm and
pray; (3) if you do not find any flags and cannot raise your arm, hold a child (we
V7ere lucky, we had two) ; (4) if none of the above are available, RUN . . . Bar Ber
(tx70 x7ords in Japan; if space is limited, then "Ber" x^ill suffice): a v/onderful

"treatment"; for ¥ 400 (ca. $1.11) at a Bar Ber near Tokyo University (the cost x^as
3007o more at the Hotel New Otani), you get a hair cut, scalp massage, shave, shampoo,
more scalp massage, then neck and shoulders, with the entire process taking one hour
... Money: it disappears quickly ... Cameras: at least 507. of the foreign delegates

bought one ... Suntory: Japanese version of scotch, and much cheaper ... Japanese

food : both better and v?orse than in Honolulu . . . Matches : they glov7 when extinguish-
ed ... Furo: a method of parboiling ... Pandanus : P. boninensis in greenhouses,

and Harold St. John . . . Streets : very narrow (ca. seven feet wide) X7ith telephone

poles in the pavement to complicate things ... Traffic: the right of way is depend-
ent upon the size of your vehicle ... Tour bus seats (width): designed for Japanese,
not Americans ... Street lanes: a V7aste of paint ... Toothpicks: splinters from

wood carvings ... 0-Shibori: a x^onderful custom ... Hawaiian music: heard every-

where ... A beautiful country, an enjoyable experience ... There are a lot of
Japanese in Japan.

NOTE^ on THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL
OCEANOGRAPHIC CONGRE^^ MOSCOTT, U. S. S. R,

Maxv7ell S. Doty ^

The 2nd International Oceanographic Congress x^as held in Moscow from May 30 to
June 6, 1966. This V7as a very fine Congress, although little nexjs was reported in
the field of primary productivity, the most botanical aspect of oceanography. Most
papers were extensions of papers given previously, or the results of studies in new
areas, which were rarely based on more than one cruise (i.e. time) period. There
Xi7ere essentially no new techniques reported. Dissolved organic matter received the
most new mention and attention. Correlations between manganese and primary pro-
ductivity; dissolved organic matter as a food source; and the leaching of dissolved
organic matter out of cells being the cause of measured carbon-14 values belox7 the
real net photosynthesis rate seemed to be areas where the greatest advances were

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Department of Botany, University of Haii7aii.

October-December 1966

Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 42

reported in botanical oceanography.

There is little in favor of "Intourist", Avoid their meal coupons for about
one-half are useless and non-re fundable. Actually if one devotes a great deal of
time and patience they do seem to try hard to please, but "the system" and lack of
authority (or the inflexibility of it) prevent their doing for one as much as they
would often seem to like to do.

After the Congress I visited several scientific institutes in Leningrad. At the
Arctic Institute there are over 500 workers. The principal duty is undei-ctanding
sea ice in reference to navigation north of the Soviet Union. Howev-er, to this is
added the job of coordinating all polar research and facilitating it as possible.

The Zoological Institute in Leningrad is one of seven institutes that are out-
growths of a royal museum established in 1714, and created in 1913 under the Academy
of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. It employs about 130 people, including 32 at the Ph. D.
level and 80 doctoral candidates. Among the interesting bits of information gleaned
here: the most recent mammoths have been dated by the carbon-14 method, and found

to be some 15,000 to 20,000 years old.

After a day of trying, a visit was made to the Komarov Botanical Institute. This
institute has 700 employees, including 50 Ph. D. 's and 180 doctoral candidates. This
institute contains one of the world's major herbaria. The phanerogamic collection
contains over 5,000,000 specimens. I spent most of my time in the cryptogamic
herbarium, which contains about 1,000,000 specimens, visiting V7ith Dr. A.D. Zinova,
and her assistant, Juri E. Petrov, Petrov is concerned with the systematic

morphology of the broim algae. In the algal section of the herbarium the concen-
tration seems to be on Northvjest Pacific and Arctic algae. Among the significant
col ections located here are the Mertens herbarium, and the Postels and Ruprecht
ppec mens from the Luetke expedition to Northwestern America.

1 ii 2. R G A N I Z A T X 0 N FOR T R 0 P C A L ^TUD^E S

A.C. Smith ^

^ Hawaii became a member of the Organization for Tropical

n^vQ ^ ) at the amiual meeting of the Advisory Council and the Board of

«;orti November 10 and 11, 1966, The OTS was established in 1963 by a con-

'universities to increase our understanding of tropical environments and
^ a scientific basis for their intelligent use by mankind. From 10
g a member institutions the Organization has grown to 17 (including the three

Department of Botany. University of Hawaii.

October-December 1966

Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 43

elected in November). The present members are:

Universities ;

California
Connecticut
Costa Rica

Kansas

Louisiana State

Miami

Michigan

Southern California
Texas A & M

Texas Technological College
Washington

Florida

Georgia

Harvard

Hai^aii

Indiana

and Smithsonian Institution

Nearly one-third the land area of the world lies betii^een the Tropics of Cancer
and Capricorn, but probably four-fifths of all existing species of plants and
animals live in the tropics. Although tropical biotic communities include the most
complex of all biological systems, little is known about them, and it is urgent that
intensive multidisciplinary studies by made of tropical environments without delay.

The OTS is neither a conservation nor a humanitarian organization; its central pur-
pose is to acquire and disseminate a broad understanding of the tropical environ-
ments. It is a non-profit corporation (incorporated in the State of Florida) designed
to promote training and research in tropical studies.

The OTS is managed by a Board of Directors of 17 members, elected by an Advisory
Council that comprises tvjo representatives of each member institution. The initial
representatives appointed by the University of Hax^aii are Vernon Brock (Department
of Oceanography and Institute of ^ferine Biology) and A.C, Smith (Department of
Botany). Current officers are; President, James S. Bethel (U. of Washington);
Vice-President, Stephen H. Spurr (U. of Michigan); Secretary, W.J. Argersinger, Jr.

(U. of Kansas); Treasurer, W. Henry Leigh (U. of Miami); and Executive Director,
Stephen B. Preston, The program of the OTS is conducted by the Executive Director,
who currently maintains a central administrative office at the University of Michigan
and an operating center at the University of Costa Rica. Support is provided by
entrance fees and annual assessments on member institutions, generously supplemented
by Foundation grants. In the initial phases the teaching program has been supported
by the National Science Foundation.

Although the OTS is not limited, by charter or intent, to biological efforts, its
first major activity has been in tropical biology, and its first center of operation
has been established at the University of Costa Rica. Existing field stations in
Costa Rica are utilized as adjuncts to the University, and consideration is being
given to additional stations outside of Costa Rica, for example in Panama and Honduras.
The OTS has decided to move slov7ly in developing its own field stations, hoping to
use existing installations when these are suitable. The possibilities of extending
teaching institutes into Hawaii and perhaps other parts of the Pacific are now under
discussion, and in this respect the Um’x’er«ity of Ijau’raii has a very direct interest
i.n t~he devel opiTtoiif: of t"h<5 Ov'goTvi ^^otion.

October-December 1966

Hawaiian l Society Newsletter " pag6

Universitites do not benefit directly from OTS membership, since teaching insti-
tutes are open to all university students on a competitive basis. Nevertheless,
membership is readily justified in the satisfaction derived from helping to expand
knowledge, in the anticipated benefits to all mankind, in the increased breadth of
their own educational programs as expanded by OTS courses, and in increased attrac-
tiveness to outstanding graduate students and visiting scientists.

The member universities, through OTS, have in effect set up a joint "depavtiucut-”
of tropical studies which constitutes an extension of the activities of each. OTS
courses may be listed in the catalogs of member universities as their own offerings.

No tuition is charged for such courses, which are open to graduate students from all
colleges and universities in the Americas. Successful applicants receive living
expenses and round-trip transportation to Costa Rica from grant funds. They enroll
in the University of Costa Rica, and their course records are automatically sent to
their home institutions. Students at member institutions receive full hour and
residence credit. Instruction is provided by visiting professors from universities
and other institutions throughout the Americas. Courses are noi-7 given in two eight-
week sessions, the first in February and Inarch during the Costa Rican dry season,
and the second in July and August during the rainy season. Each course has two or
more full-term instructors, several visiting scientists for shorter periods, and
lecturers from local institutions. The courses are strongly field -oriented and
emphasize aspects of science that can be studied only in the tropics.

The current "basic" course deals with Tropical Biology; an Ecological Approach.
This is offered twice each year for the full tv70-month period, provides 8 hours
credit, and is limited to 20 participants. Advanced biological courses, also for
8 hours credit but limited to 10 students, have been offered in Tropical Forest
Ecology, Biology and Evolution of Tropical Insects, Morphology and Biology of Tropical
Monocotyledons . Biology of Trop ical Epiphytes, Biology of Tropical Vertebrates, and
Biology of Tropical Grasses. In 1967 advanced courses will be offered in Biology of
Trop ical Pteridophytes and Insect Ecology in the Tropics. Opportunity is also pro-
vided for student research and independent study, as well as for seminars, symposia,
and conferences.

The OTS is very young, but its potentialities for the promotion of science and
human welfare are great. A developing research program, about to be added to the very
successful graduate training program, will permit the Organization to achieve the
balance of activities through which its objectives can be accomplished.

The above notes in large part have been abstracted from "The Program of Tropical
Studies and Research of the Organization for Tropical Studies, Inc." (August 1966).

Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 45

October -Dec ember 1966

BOOK REVIE H

Whitmore, T.C. Guide to the Forests of the British Solomon Islands.

xi -y 208 pp, Oxford University Press. 1966. 40/.

As many members of the Hawaiian Botanical Society are interested in Pacific floras
in the broad sense, it is appropriate to call attention to a highly significant book
dealing with certain aspects of the Melanesian flora. ^Thitmore's book is Forest
Record No. 2 of the Forestry Department, British Solomon Islands Protectorate; No, 1
in this series is F.S, Walker’s The Forests of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate
(1948). While the new book in no sense aspires to be a complete flora of the Solomon
Islands, it definitely succeeds in its purpose: to provide in compact format basic
information of value to botanists and foresters, It„is refreshing to find, for a very
inadequately explored part of the world, so excellent and informative a botanical
treatment.

Introductory pages discuss the Melanesian flora, followed by non-technical des-
criptive notes that should make the book useful to readers other than scientists.

The middle section of the book is directed toward practical foresters; in it about
60 of the common big trees (over 6 ft, girth) of the Solomons are very adequately
described and keyed, often with effective line illustrations. An extremely practical
section of the book deals v;ith the Kwara’ae language. Although Kwara'ae is only one
of 99 distinct languages recorded in the Solomons, the Malaita people who use it are
great travelers and possess a significant botanical knowledge, and their terms for
plants are used widely in the archipelago. A surprising number of about 600 vernacular
names, each i^ith one or more botanical equivalents, is placed on record.

For botanical users, perhaps the most valuable part of the book is the check list
of plants (pteridophytes and spermatophytes) recorded from the Solomons, In alpha-
betical sequence approximately 2,000 binomials are listed (with Kwara'ae equivalents
if known). Some duplication certainly exists because of synonymy, but in any case
this list is surprisingly extensive and will provide a sound starting point for a
floristic study. The authorship of names is meticulously provided; when the name is
typified by a Solomon Islands plant it is printed in boldface and in these cases a
I full bibliographic citation is given.

The book is tastefully bound, with end-page maps. It is a pleasure to indicate
the indebtedness of the international botanical public to the author for the excellence
of this initial step toward a flora of the Solomons. Dir. Whitmore, now at the Forest
Research Institute at Kepong, Malaya, carried out the basic work for his book while
’ieivlng ^t3 Fojre<5t Botanist at Honiara, Solomon Islands. (A.C. Smith).

Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 46

October -Dec ember 1966

NEXT BOTANICAL PUBLICATION: The Botany Department of the University of Hawaii has

recently initiated publication of a new series of papers* to be called HAITAII BOTANICAL
SCIENCE PAPERS, No. 1, which appeared in June 1966 is entitled Improvement and
Application of Benthic Algal Isotope Productivity Measuring Methods by Maxxjell S.

Doty, No, 2, which is also dated June 1966 is the Atlas for Bioecology Studies in
Havraii Volcanoes National Park which is described below.

This series will appear at irregular intervals in the future. Its major purpose
is to provide an opportunity for quick publication of observations and experimental
results which, while x^orthy of publication, are too lengthy to be printed in the
standard professional journals x7ithout great delay. Distribution will be made to the
major scientific libraries. The series is in mimeographed form with photo-offset
reproduction of illustrations,

ATLAS FOR BIOECOLOGY STUDIES IN HAITAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, by Maxx^ell S. Doty
and Dieter Mueller-Dombois. Haxjaii Botanical Science Paper No, 2: iii & 507 pp.

1966.

In late 1963 certain members of the Department of Botany, University of Hawaii,
under the direction of Maxwell Doty, began a biological and ecological study of
Hax-jaii Volcanoes National Park, at the request of the TTestern Region, National Park
Service, U.S, Department of the Interior, which supplied most of the funds for the
study. The original purpose of the study X7as to assemble all the available information
which X70uld be needed by anyone undertaking biological and, especially, ecological
studies in the Kilauea region of the island of Hax^aii. The Atlas x^hich has resulted
from the study includes not only this information, but reports several nex7 observa-
tions, the most extensive of which are summarized in complete vegetation and soils
maps of the area. As a base, 53 aerial photographs x-7ere selected from the different
photoreconnaissance missions that have been flox^n over the Park area. These x-7ere
obtained in 27 by 27 inch form and tx70 transparent overlays made for each. One of the
overlays bears topographic and other geographic and political information. The second
overlay is the vegetation map.

It must be announced X7ith regret that far too fex>7 copies of the manuscript V7ere
produced to permit general distribution, and it is especially unfortunate that the
great expense of hand -producing the overlays prevented the production of more than
two sets of aerial photographs and overlays (x-7hich, incidentally, must x-7eigh nearly
50 pounds per set). However, one set X7ill be kept at Park Headquarters and the other
in the Botany Department of the University of Haxjaii, x^here they will be available
for inspection by anyone doing scientific x7ork in the park. Already a number of
people from Hax^aii and from the mainland have begun utilizing this assemblage of
information. Several graduate students at the University of Hax^aii have undertaken
ecological theses as a result of the availability of this information.

Thus, there is nov7 assembled in one book a summary of, and references to, all the
published biological and ecological information on the park. An outline of the

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October -Dec ember 1966

contents includes :

Sources and directions for obtaining maps and aerial photos; a brief report on
the geological history of the Park; weather and climate of the Park and surrounding
areas; soils; check lists of organisms found in the Park; vegetation areas in the
Park; development of new populations on lava flows; vegetational responses to vol-
canic activity; marine communities in the Park; bibliography; generic index to Park
organisms and sources of information about them.

Several individuals have contributed sections to the Atlas, including F.R. Fosberg,
Chester K, Uentx^orth, Garrett Smathers, Andrew Berger, and Charles Lamoureux, Dr,
Fosberg has provided a completely revised checklist of the vascular plants known from
the Park,

The Park Service is to be commended for initiating and funding the project which
has resulted in this Atlas, In turn, the Atlas can serve as a basis for both 1) the
immediate development of plans for protecting and managing the Park in such a v;ay as
to best preserve its natural features, and 2) the development of a research plan for
the Park xi^hich Xirill enable scientists to fill in many of the gaps revealed by the
Atlas, Drs. Doty and Mueller -Dombois should be congratulated for bringing all this
information together in readily usable form.

It is hoped that before long the Atlas can be produced in such a form as to make
it more available to the general public than it is now, (C,H, Lamoureux)

BOTANICAL SOCIETY NET7SN0TES

Honolulu Botanic Gardens (SN) : Dr, Roger E, O'Connor is the new president of the

Friends of Foster Garden, Other new officers are: Mrs, Boyd MacNaughton, first

vice-president; James C, Hubbard, second vice-president; Ted H, Damron, corresponding
secretary. New trustees are Dr, Robert Ballard, l/bcs, Mabel Babcock, and Dr, Donald
P, Hatson, Special "Friend of the Year" recognition awards were presented to l^Irs,
Babcock and John Obata at the annual meeting,

Pineannle Research Institute (JBS) : The following professional people on the staff

have ieit, or are leaving the Institute. Their future addresses may be of interest
to members of the Hawaii Botanical Society, Dr, G.G. Dull, Agricultural Research
Service, Human Nutrition Research Division, Beltsville, Md, ; Dr, H.U. Gardner, Botany
and Plant Biochemistry Dept,, University of Calif, at Los Angeles, Los Angeles,

Calif,; Dr, R,TJ, Leeper, Amchera Products, Inc,, Ambler, Pennsylvania,

Plant Quarantine Division, ARS, USDA (ETT) : The following inspectors have left the

port of Honolulu, Carroll Jones transferred to Norfolk, Virginia, and David
Gushikuma and David H, Girard to Jamaica, Nex7 York, Boyd Holdavray resigned to further
his education at the University of California at Riverside in the field of plant
pathology, James Binando transferred to the Bureau of Land Management at Casper,
Wyoming, All of these men had been in Honolulu two years. On the plus side, Donald
mVNot'He riv»n.*5forred to Honolulu from Laredo, Tejcas.

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October-December 1966

University of Hawaii

Dept, of Horticulture (SN) : Dr. Donald P, Uatson has been appointed chairman of

the Dept, of Horticulture at the University of Hawaii, He will direct research
activities and undergraduate and graduate teaching programs in tropical horticulture.
The nex^ chairman is a trustee of the American Horticultural Society and Friends of
Foster Garden, in addition to being a member of the Hawaiian Botanical Society.
Originally from Canada, Dr, TJatson studied at the University of Toronto and Cornell
University before coming to Hawaii as a visiting professor in 1963.

Dr, Richard T. Poole has joined the Dept, of Horticulture, University of Hawaii.

He will be with the Agricultural Experiment Station, and do research in ornamental
horticulture. Before coming here, he v;as in the ornamental horticulture department
at the University of Florida, Gainesville for five years. He received his masters
in ornamental horticulture and Ph, D, in botany at the same university.

Dept, of Botany (CHL) t Dr. Albert C, Smith, Wilder Professor of Botany, has been
named president-elect of the Association for Tropical Biology for 1966-67, He will
assume the office of president next year.

Dr. Smith attended an international congress of the Association at the University
of Para, Brazil, in June, where he delivered a paper on the presence of primitive
Angiosperms in the Amazon Basin and its significance in indicating past migrational
routes. At present he is organizing a symposium to be held by the Association at the
University of Hawaii in June 1968.

B^P. Bishop Museum (AKC) : Douglas E. Yen was appointed Ethnobotanist in the Depart-

ment of Anthropology in July. He xiras born in Wellington, Nex7 Zealand, and received
his M.Agr, after attending Victoria University and Massey University. His previous
position x-jas In Charge, Vegetable Breeding Station, Crops Research Division, DSIR,

Otara, Nex; Zealand. He was associated Xirith the DSIR for 18 years. His fields of
specialization include evolution, cytogenetics, and plant breeding. Yen received
three grants from the Rockefeller Foundation for studies of sx^eet potato in the Pacific.
Field x7ork x^as conducted from 1957-64 in Thailand, New Guinea, Peru, Ecuador,

Colombia, Bolivia, Philippine Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Melanesia, Easter
Island, Central Polynesia, Eastern Polynesia, and Nex7 Caledonia, and experimental
work at the N.Z, station. These studies on sweet potato variation were made to
determine the relationships between plant and human movements. He has also done x;ork
on taro cytology xvith respect to agricultural systematic descriptions and inter-
pretations.

Botanical Gardens Foundation (C.E, Hartt) : The Hax^aiian Botanical Gardens

Foundation, Inc. at its meeting in September adopted a proposal to establish a fund
to provide financial assistance for graduate research in Botany at the University
of Hax^aii. Graduate students in Botany are frequently required to travel to the
Neighbor Islands to conduct research in the field, and in many cases this has created
nanc a problems. The Hawaiian IXotan-fcal Oardens Foundation research grants are

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October-December 1966

designed primarily to help defray such eKpenses. The maximum amount awarded to any
student in a year will be $100, Financial support will be limited to students who
have worthy projects, who do not have recourse to other appropriate funds, and who
are graduate students formally registered in the Department of Botany, University
of Hawaii. The project, to qualify, must be related to studies for an advanced
degree, and must be directed toward the eventual production of publishable research.
Appropriate budgetary items are travel to Neighbor Islands and living expenses while
in the field. Interested students may obtain applications from Dr, N.P. Kefford,
riiairinan, Popartment of Botany, University of Hawaii.

Also at the September meeting the Hawaiian Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc.
passed a resolution urging that State-owned land in Makiki Valley be transferred to
the University of Hawaii for teaching and research in plant science, and that the
area be maintained as a green belt.

At Large (AKC) : Dr. Richard S. Cov;an was appointed Director of the Museum of Natural

History, Smithsonian Institution. Prior to his appointment as Director he was
Assistant Director, Cowan was a one-time Graduate Assistant in Botany at the Uni-
versity of Hawaii, and wrote a taxonomic revision of the endemic genus Neraudia
(Urticaceae) ,

Dr. TTarren H. TTagner, Jr,, Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical
Garden, University of Michigan, was elected President of the American Society of
Plant Taxonomists, TTagner is a specialist in ferns, and has a special interest in
those found in Hawaii,

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR 1966

In 1966 the Society took an active part in the Mayor's Action for Beautification
Committee, the State Federation for Natural Beauty in Havjaii, and the park proposals
for Kawainui Swamp, No ax^ard v?as made for the Outstanding Botany student, nor in
the Senior Division at the ISSEC Science Fair. ITinner of the Intermediate Division
ilish Award Xi7as Mr. Terry Mau of Haiku School, Maui with Honorable Mention to Miss
Laura Nishiyama of Kula Elementary School, I&ui, About 35 persons joined the Oahu
Summer Foray on the Manoa Cliff Trail led by Ifi:, Tom McGuire, Dr. Dan Palmer, and
Dr, Adrian Brash, Dr, Mueller-Dombois led another foray the same day on the island
of Hax<raii in the Volcano area. At the April and November meetings. Dr, Robert
Warner conducted the plant donation raffles for the refreshment fund.

Ac the tagiiiai. ineotings during the year, the folloxiring papers xi/ere presented:

"Observations concerning the distribution of Polys iphonia and
related genera," by Dr, George Hollenberg, Stanford University,

Citrus Ecology in Japan," by Dr, Robert M. TTarner, Department of
Horticulture, University of Hawaii.

January 3
February 7

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October -December 1966

March 7 ''Grasses--An Agronomist's View,” by Dr. Peter Rotar, Department

of Agronomy, University of Hawaii.

April 4 "Native Andean Food Plants,” by Dr. Melvin L. Bristol, Department

of Botany, University of Hax^aii.

May 2 "The shoot apical meristem with emphasis on recent experimental

studies,” by Dr. Clifford TJ, Smith, Department of Botany, University
of Hawaii,

June 6 "Plants, Climate, and Phytotronics, ” by Dr. Noel P« Kefford,

Chairman, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii.

October 3 "Horticultural plants of Thailand, including native orchids,"
by Dr. Harry Kamemoto, Department of Horticulture, University
of Hav7aii.

November 7 "The Pineapple Research Institute and Botanical Research in Hax/aii, "
by Miss Beatrice H. Krauss, Pineapple Research Institute.

December 12 "Comparison of East Flank Vegetations on Maunaloa and Ifeuna Kea, *'
by Dr. Dieter Mueller -Dombols, D©partxn<?nt. o£ Botany, TTnlversity
of Hawaii, Retiring Vtocident.

On January 1, 1966, the Society had 305 members. During 1966, 28 members were
dropped and AT nevj- members V7ere added, giving a total membership of 318,

Respectfully submitted.

R.IT. Hartmann
Secretary, 1966

annual REPORT OF THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

FOR 1966

During the period from January 1, 1966 to December 12, 1966, 40 individuals were
accepted into membership of the Society, Of these, 8 were faculty members of the
University of tfewaii, 17 V7ere University Graduate Students and 13 were from other
fields of endeavor. Three organisations also became members. Those dropped from
membership were a total of 28, Total membership at the beginning of the year was
305 and at the end of the year the net total was 318, The new members for 1966 are
listed below in the order in which they V7ere elected:

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October -Dec ember 1966

\

1.

Mr. Norman K, Carlson

22.

Mr. Umporn Suwvnnamek

2.

Dr, Noel P. Kef ford

23.

Mr. Kuan-hon Chow

3.

Mr. Paul R, Schultz

24.

Mr. Samuel A, Adenikinju

4,

Dr. Melvin Lee Bristol

25.

Dr, Gary R, Str ingam

5,

Dr. Clifford Winston Smith

26.

Mr. Douglas E. Yen

6,

Mrs, Flora Rice

27.

Mr. H. Ron Hurov

7.

Mr, Richard P.. Haynes

28.

Dr. Richard T. Poole

8.

Mr. Paul Yamanaka

29.

Dr. Ivan Buddenhagen

9.

Mr. Lewis Cooksey

30.

Dr. E, H. Walker

10.

Mr, Suraphong Kosiyachinda

31.

Mr, Herbert C. Shipman

11.

Mr. William S. Null

32.

Mr, Fredrick Weld

12.

Mr, Bongho Choe

33.

Dr. Richard M. Bullock

13.

Mr, Masanobu Tara

34.

Mr, William S. Sakai

14.

lir. Antonio T, Perez

35.

Mr. Robert E. DeWreede

15.

Mr, James Murphy

36.

Miss Jane R. Mihata

16.

Miss Phyllis Ann Bond

37.

Dr. David E, Keck

17.

Mr. Francisco B. Aguon

38.

Miss Amy B.H, Greenv;ell

18.

Mr. Herman Baumann

39.

Hax^aii Natural History Assn,

19.

Mr , Ramon Barba

40.

Haleakala National Park

20.

Mr. John C. Elliott

41.

National Arboretum

21.

Mr, Richard T, Sakuoka

42.

Dr. Patrick D. Dalton

43.

Mr, John "Jack” King

Respectfully Submitted,
Membership Committee

Robert M, TJarner, Chairman
Beatrice Krauss
George IT, Gillett

REQUEST EOR miERIAL:

Dr. YrjH MHktnen is studying the rust, smut, and powdery mildew fungi which cause
diseases on many native and introduced Hawaiian plants* He would appreciate it if
the members of the Hawaiian Botanical Society would notify him of the occurrence of
these fungi. Because of the difficulties involved in identification, all information
should be accompanied by specimens (one diseased leaf is enough). Dr, M^kinen would
especially like rust specimens from carnations, chrysanthemums, corn, onions, pelar-
gonium, and roses. All of these are known to occur in Hawaii but are rarely collected.
All specimens and information may be sent to him in care of the Department of Horti-
culture, University of Hawaii, 1825 Edmondson Road, Honolulu 96822, or they may be
sent directly to his present address. Department of Botany, University of Turku,

Turku 2, Finland.

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October -December 1966

CORRECTION:

In the last number of this Newsletter (Vol, V, No. 3, p. 32), in the obituary
for Dr, Earl Edward Sherff, the date of Dr. Sherff 's birth was incorrectly cited as
May 18, 1866, The correct date of his birth was May 18, 1886,

NOTICE :

During the 11th Pacific Science Congress which recently took place in Japan,
four % hour programs were run on the Tokyo TV Science Channel. These dealt with the
following: 1. The human population problem; 2, Air pollution; 3, Fish productivity

of the sea; 4, Nature conservation.

The last topic was essentially botanical ecological and included a discussion of
Mauna Loa vegetation and a general comparison with the vegetation of the Japanese
Alps. Dr, Dieter Mueller-Dombois was one of the participants in this program. The
complete film strip with sound track was sent to HETV, Channel 11, Honolulu, and is
now in the hands of Mr, Ebelin, the program coordinator. There is a chance that this
program could be shown locally by translating the portions which are in Japanese,

This will probably be done, however, only if sufficient interest is expressed. If
you are interested in seeing this program it is suggested that you contact HETV and
indicate your interest, (D. M-D.)

2I£ICErs for 1 9 6 7,

At the meeting of December 12, the following were elected as officers of the
Hawaiian Botanical Society for 1967:

President; Dr. A.C. Smith

T'Jilder Professor of Botany, University of Hawaii

Vice-President: Dr. Yoneo Sagawa

Department of Horticulture, University of Hawaii

Secretary: Dr, Richard TT, Hartmann

Department of Horticulture, University of Hawaii

Treasurer; Mr. TIilliam M. Bush

Executive Vice-President, Castle & Cooke, Inc.

Directors: Dr. Gladys E. Baker

Department of Botany, University of Hawaii

Dr, Henry Y, Nakasone

Department of Hortlcult^ire, University of Hawaii

SMrTHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES

HAWAIIAN BOTANICAL SOC.
c/o Department of Botany, University of ^
2450 Campus Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

3 9088 01540 6911

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT, . , .Dieter Mueller -Dombois
(Dept. Botany, Univ. Hav/aii)

VICE-PRESIDENT Gladys E. Baker

(Dept. Botany, Univ. Ifewaii)

SECRETARY. Richard TT, Hartmann

(Dept. Horticulture, Univ. Hawaii)

TREASURER..., Hilliam M, Bush

(Castle & Cooke, Inc., Box 2990, 96802)
DIRECTORS. James L. Brewbaker
(Dept. Horticulture, Univ. Hawaii)

John Warner

(Dept. Genetics, HSPA Expt. Sta.)

THE HAWAIIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY was founded
in 1924 to "advance the science of Botany
in all its applications, encourage re-
search in Botany in all its phases," and
"promote the welfare of its members and
to develop the spirit of good fellowship
and cooperation among them, " "Any person
interested in the plant life of the
Hawaiian Islands is eligible for member-
ship in this Society, "

EDITORIAL STAFF

EDITOR ..Charles H. Lamoureux

(U.H. Botany)

ASSOCIATE EDITOR C.R. Long

(U.H. Botany)

ASSISTANT EDITOR (News). .Shinya Namiki

(Plant Quarantine Division-ARS-USDA)
NEWS REPRESENTATIVES:

Bishop Museum. Iferold St. John

Haw*n Bot. Card. Found. . Cons tanc e Har 1 1

HSPA Expt. Sta. Louis G, Nickell

Honolulu Botanic Gard. .... Paul Weiss ich
Orchid Growers & Societies. . Oscar Kirsch
Plant Quar. Div. -ARS-USDA. . Edward Tsugita

Pineapple Res. Inst. Jimmie Bob Smith

University of Hav7aii Noel P, Kef fore

(Botany), Shosuke Goto (Col, Trop.
Agric.), Robert M, Warner & Donald
P, Watson (Horticulture), Minoru
Aragaki (Plant Pathology), Edison
Putman (Plant Phys.), George W.
Gillett (H.L. Lyon Arboretum),

HAWAIIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY
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University of Hawaii
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ironol tilu, Hawaii 96822

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