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Mangosteen (Garcinia spp.). There are about 

 forty species known from tropical Asia and 

 Africa : two or more occur, rarely, in Hono- 

 lulu gardens. The dried juice of various 

 species forms the yellow resinous pigment 

 and purgative drug known as gamboge. All 

 the known species have a yellow juice, op- 

 posite coriaceous leaves and a fleshy fruit 

 with a thick rind. 



Mangosteen, 246, 269 



Manienie (Introduced), uses of, 208, 28(3 

 Native, 208 



Manila hemp, 280 



Manini mango is a small variety introduced by 

 Don Marin, perhaps one hundred years ago. 

 It is said to be the first mango introduced 

 into Hawaii. 



Manini (Fish), 349, 372 



Mano. a shark. There are many species of 

 sharks, etc.. which Hawaiians call by the 

 genera! name mano. They were all tabu to 

 women to be eaten only under penalty of 

 death. 

 Mano (Hawaiian cub-shark), 340, 349 



kihikihi (Hammer-head shark), 340. 

 34(3 

 Manoa valley, General view of, 270 



Head of" 206, 270 

 Mau-o'-war [Iwa], 310, 312, 314 

 Gular pouch of, 310 

 Nesting habits of, 317 

 birds on the nest, 36 

 Man-of-war, Portuguese, 490 

 Mantis, Praying, 429 



-shrimp, 4(38 

 Mantle [MolluscaJ (457). An outgrowth of the 



dorsal body wall. 

 Manufacture of poi, 6(3 

 of salt, 129 

 of tapa, 69 



of {we object in question) 

 Many celled animals, 499 



Mao. A kind of shrub (Ahulilon incanum Don.) 

 used in dying tapa. The jjlant is common in 

 low rocky districts. The name is also given 

 to the wild cotton. 

 Mao (Cotton), 203, 281 



Mapele. Name of a tree (Ci/rtandra spp.) form- 

 erly much used in building a heiau in the 

 worship of the god Lono. 

 Mapulehu valley, 13.5 



Heiau in, 140 

 Map of Ford's Island, 110 

 Haleakala, 134 

 Hawaii, 148 

 Kauai, 104 



Keanakakoi (showiug). 148 

 Kilauea, 148 

 Kilauea-iki, 148 

 Lanai, 134 



lava flows (recent) on Hawaii, 148 

 Leeward chain, 88 

 Maui, 134 

 Molokai, 134 

 the Pacific Islan.ls, 100 

 Pacific Ocean, 100 

 Pearl Harbor, 110 

 Pearl Lochs, 110 

 South Seas, 100 



Map showing Kupikipikio, 118 

 Topogra]>hic. of Hawaii, 148 

 Topographic of Kauai, 104 

 Topographic of Maui, 134 

 Topographic of Oahu, 110 



Margin shells, 4-52 



Marin, Don Francisco de Paula (Early Horticul- 

 turist). Arrived in Hawaii 1791, died 1837. 



Marine animals. Miscellaneous, 490 

 bivalves, Common, 456 



Marine gardens. It was not uncommon in old 

 Hawaii for the natives to have marine gar- 

 dens, reserved for the growth of certain fa- 

 vorite species of limu. Choice species were 

 occasionally transplanted from one locality to 

 another bv them. The care of these gardens 

 as well as the gathering of limu was the 

 work of Hawaiian women and children. 

 Limu was the third most important article 

 of diet in former times. 

 Marine jdants and plant-like animals, 498 

 plants, (ouimon at Waikiki, 492 

 worm, 490 

 Marker at Kealakekua Bav (old copper), 



84 

 Market-fish, Choice, 362 



Fish in the, 348 

 Marketing, Suggestions on, 348 

 Markets, Hawaiian, 74 

 Maro Reef, 88, 97 

 Marquesas Islands. 189 

 Marriage, 42 



among ])ersons of rank, 4-5 

 ('eremony of, 42 

 how solemnized. 4.) 

 -tie among Hawaiians, 4.3 

 Marsh, Birds of the, 320 

 Martain, Mr. 279 

 Marvel of Peru, 2-54 

 Masks, Gourd, 48 

 Mat, 57 



making. Method of, 84, 72 

 Mats, .59 



Lauhala, 72 

 made by women, 73 

 Makaloa, 72 

 Niihau, 57, 72 

 uses of, 72 

 used as sails, 48, 72 

 Materials for tools, 74 

 Maternal relation, The loose, 4.5 

 Ma'u. The name of a fern (Sadleria pallida 

 Hook. & Aru.) with a trunk 2-3 feet high, 

 very common about Kilauea. It was eaten 

 in time of scarcity and is the species said by 

 some authorities to be referred to in the name 

 of the crater pit Halema'uma'u. 

 Maua. A tree (Xylosma Hawaiiense Seem.) 

 found in the forests of Kauai and Oahu 

 where it is conspicuous by reason of the red- 

 dish color of the young leaves. On Maui 

 and Hawaii, etc.. a second species (X. Hille- 

 hrandii Waw.) occurs known by the same 

 native name. 

 Maui, Age of, 237 

 amakihi, 332 

 Area of, 237 

 a volcanic doublet. 237 

 beetle, 394 



blight or Lantana scale. 384, 38.5 

 Caiions on, 138 



