Leguminosae. 
lobes; stamens exserted, the filaments hairy, broad and flat below; ovary haha 3 to 5- 
ovuled; style incurved; stigma small; pod broad- rape 2 or obovate nearly 10 em long 
by about 5 em wide, — a dorsal wing o o 2 mm width running along its whole 
length and ending i in uncinate point, indehiscent, “Blaucous yeniiek when young; 
seeds 2 to 4, pale ovate, ‘flat, 18 to 20 mm x 14 to 16 m 
The Uhiuhi is a very beautiful tree with a trunk of sometimes more than 
one foot in diameter. The bark is rough-sealy and of a dark-gray to brown 
color. The leaves are pinnate, having 4 to 8 pairs of leaflets of about 11% inches 
in length. The flowers are arranged in terminal racemes 1 to 4 inches long, and 
are of a beautiful dark-red color; legume is broad, oblong, 3 to 3% by 2 inches, 
and is winged on one side; when young it is pinkish, glaucous, and very pretty. 
The tree, which was first discovered on the Island of Kauai, inhabits the 
leeward side of the islands, especially the aa lava fields. It is not uncommon on 
the Island of Hawaii. At North Kona, between Huehue and Puuwaawaa, eleva- 
tion 2000 feet, the writer observed the biggest trees. They are not, however, 
very tall, reaching a height of about 30 feet, with short trunks. On Kauai they 
are very scarce nowadays, only individual trees being found in a guleh below 
Puu ka Pele back of Waimea; on Hawaii they are only found in Kona, where 
quite a number of trees exist, ee latter place being a new locality, as no U hiuhi 
had been recorded previously from Hawaii. 
The tree is known by the natives as Uhiuhi on Kauai and Hawaii, while 
on Maui, along Kaupo, the southern outlet of Haleakala crater, it is known as 
Kea. It blossoms in the early spring. On Hawaii it is associated with Kokia 
Rockii Lewton, the native red cotton or Kokio, Erythrina monosperma or 
Wiliwili, Colubrina oppositifolia, Dodonaea, Sideroxylon, Maba sandwicensis, 
Osteomeles, ete. It is also found on Oahu in the mountains of Waianae and on 
Wailupe. It has not been reported from Molokai or Lanai. 
The wood of the Uhiuhi is extremely hard, close-grained, and very durable; it 
is of almost black color, with a light-colored sapwood. The natives made their 
spears from it, as well as the laau melo-melo or laau makaalei, a peculiar imple- 
ment for fishing. The laau melo-melo had the shape of a club, to which a line was 
attached at the tapering end. When fishing, the natives used to drop the wood, 
which previously was besmeared with a sweet, sticky substance, into the water, 
through which it was slowly pulled in order to attract the fishes, which were 
then caught by a man with a net, who followed behind. The wood, being very 
heavy, will sink in the water even if a hundred years old, and was on that ac- 
count selected by the natives for the above-described purpose. 
The Uhiuhi is peculiar to these islands, outside of which it is not found. 
A species of Tortrix feeds on the flat seed-pods of the Uhiuhi; it is seldom 
that perfect pods are met with. 
SOPHORA L. 
Calyx with short teeth; vexilum broad, peat or cireular, often shorter, rarely longer 
than the carina; alae oblong; stamens free or arely connec eted at the base in a ring, wi 
dorsifixed anthers, ovary with many ovules; ae cylindrical often contracted between the 
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