Part 12

Psidium Guayava.

(Sweet red guava.)

This guava has the same general characteristics as the preceding variety. It is more frequently found in valleys and gulches than in the open. Its red pulp is firm and sweet.

G. P. W. Collection. PLATE LIX

Psidium Guayava.

(White lemon guava.)

The lemon guava tree grows taller and somewhat more erect than the others. The pear-shaped fruit is large, often 3 inches in length. It has a rough, greenish-white skin, and the white pulp is sweet. This is a cultivated variety, and is found growing in a few gardens in these Islands.

One half natural size.]

G. P. W. Collection. PLATE LX

Psidium Guayava pyriferum.

"WAIAWI."

This handsome evergreen tree was an early introduced species, and now is very common about the islands. Grows very symmetrically, and attains the height of 20 to 25 feet. Leaves, small, lanceolate, shiny, the trunk and branches smooth. Flowers white and very fragrant; fruit small, pear-shaped, pulp yellow and containing many seeds; this species is very prolific, but the fruit is inferior.

One half natural size.]

G. P. W. Collection. PLATE LXI

Psidium Cattleyanum.

STRAWBERRY GUAVA.

One of the hardiest of the guavas, and said to be a native of Brazil. The date of its introduction to Hawaii is not recorded, and as Hillebrand makes no mention of it, it is probably of recent importation. A shrubby tree 15 to 20 feet high. Leaves opposite, obovate, small, leathery, dark-green, shiny. Flowers white, fragrant. Fruit spherical, about one inch in diameter, purple-reddish when ripe, soft, juicy pulp, which has an agreeable flavor, and containing many small seeds. This fruit is used for making jams and jellies, and bears a crop more or less during all the months of the year.

One half natural size.]

G. P. W. Collection. PLATE LXII

Psidium Cattleyanum.

(var. lucidum.)

This low-growing shrub is occasionally cultivated in these Islands. It has opposite obovate leaves, and fragrant white flowers. The round fruit, which has a sweet, yellow pulp, is larger than the strawberry guava, and has a more delicate flavor.

(var. lucidum.)

One half natural size.]

G. P. W. Collection. PLATE LXIII

Psidium molle.

This species was introduced to Hawaii by Mr. A. Jaeger; and a single specimen of its kind is now growing at the Old Plantation, Honolulu. It is a low-growing, slender, willow-like tree of straggling growth. The opposite leaves are small, stiff and rough. The white flowers are fragrant. The small, round fruit is brownish-green, turning to a pale yellow when ripe. The white pulp is slightly acid, and contains many seeds. This guava is rather an inferior fruit.

One half natural size.]