Euphorbiaceae. 
ecsggetade veins, and always See a fide patch in the angles of rib and oe greed 
short, branching only near base; ovary tomentose; drupe much smaller than A. 
piatyphytin, : to 6 mm, hey foniéls calyx tomentose, 5 to 6 cleft; style heandies pitta 
short, suben : 
This species, unlike the previous, is confined to the dry districts, especially 
to the aa (rough) lava fields. It does not reach the height vf A. platyphyllum, 
but has a beautiful round, symmetrical crown. The trunk is short and about 
10 inches to over one foot in diameter. The bark is deeply corrugated, longi- 
tudinally furrowed, fibrous, and whitish. The leaves are ovate, generally heart- 
shaped at the base, not glossy, of a dull-green, and have: villous patches on the 
underside in the angles of rib and veins, ysiving them a brownish color. The 
berries are much smaller than in the Hame or Haa, and are blackish. 
It inhabits the dry region of the lower elevations und may be found on the 
southern slope of Haleakala on the aa lava fields of Auahi in company with 
Reynoldsia, Maba sandwicensis, Xylosma Hillebrandii, ete. On Oahu it is 
found in the Waianae range, but it is most plentiful on the lava fields of South 
Kona, Hawaii, especially at Kapua (2000 feet), where it forms about 60 per 
cent of the tree growth. 
CLAOXYLON Juss. 
Dioecious, rarely monoecious. Discus of various oe on, Tale flowers: calyx 
subglobose, 3 to 4 cleft; filaments free, anthers extrorse; without ‘rudimentary ovary. 
emale flowers: calyx jess divided, 2 to Oe obed. Daceus. entire or lobed. Ovary 3 2 
celled. Styles short, f ree or united at the base. Seeds without ecaruncle, globose 
men fleshy. Cotyledons flat.—Gla rests or tomentose trees or shrubs. Leaves psig 
petioled, often large, oe entire or serrate; spiovenienes axillary single s- 
ciculate, shorter than ves. ae small, the male flowers usually fasricled, the 
female flowers single ae pee brace 
The genus Claoxylon consists of over 40 species, and is distributed in the 
tropics of the old world, from Africa to the islands of the Pacifie. Two species 
oceur in these islands, two in New Guinea (C. longifolium (Bl.) Mull-Arg., and 
C. bicarpellatum Laut. & Sch.). One species is recorded from New Caledonia, 
one from Tahiti, and two from Viti or Fiji Islands. Of the Hawaiian species 
only one is arborescent. 
Claoxylon sandwicense Mull.-Arg. 
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