F lacourtiaceae. 
eat about 8 in racemes of 10 to 15 mm in length, often several racemes from one 
, the pedicels of about the same length, iraeteolate below the middle; male flowers: 
ak 4, connected at the base, ovate, obtuse 3 mm, margins ciliate; stamens 2 or 3 beh 
as long, on a raised torus and surrounded by a sear disc; female flowers: sepals 5, 
quincunial; ovary surrounded by a crenulate dise and a few w rudimentary stamens; stigma 
sessile, peltately 2 to 3 (or 4) lobed, the ale Begone Si 3 (-4) with 3 pendulous 
ovules to each; berry reddish somewhat dry 8 to 12 m ovoid; seeds 5 mm; embryo 
straight in copious albumen, but ee "he radicle iene, than the broad foliaceous 
cotyledons. 
The Maua is a very handsome tree, conspicuous in the forest by its reddish 
young leaves. It thrives best in the drier districts on the Islands of Oahu and 
Kauai only. The Maua of Molokai, Hawaii, and Maui is botanically referred 
to another species. 
In the forest of Kopiwai, a semi-dry district on the leeward side of Kauai. 
it grows to a height of 30 feet, developing a more or less straight trunk of some- 
times more than a foot in diameter, with a smooth bark. It is conspicuous on 
account of its large ovate or rounded leaves, which are of a dark-green color 
with reddish hue and shining. It is not uncommon at an altitude of 2000 feet, 
and sometimes as high as 3000 feet, where it can usually be found in company 
with the Hame or Haa, Kopilco, Ahakea, and others. 
It is confined, like the Kalia, to the Islands of Oahu and Kauai. In the 
former island it grows in nearly all the valleys of the leeward side, but has also 
been observed in Punaluu, on the windward side of Oahu; at lower elevation it 
usually is not taller than 20 feet, or sometimes even less. 
On Kauai it is found in the lower forest zone above Waimea, in the woods of 
Kopiwai, where it is associated with the Alphitonia excelsa (Kauila), Dracae- 
na aurea, the Halapepa, Santalum pryrularium, Sandalwood, and others; also at 
Kaholuamano and probably in the woods above Koloa. It is not found outside 
of the Hawaiian group, but has a relative in the Marquesas, Tonga and Viti 
islands. 
There seem to be intermediate leaves between this species and the following; 
on Lanai occurs a tree with entire leaves, while others have a faint suggestion 
of crenate leaves; evidently the two species are very little distinct specifically. 
The following may only be a good variety of the former. 
Xylosma Hillebrandii Wawra. 
Maua. 
(Plate 123.) 
XYLOSMA HILLEBRANDII Wawra in Flora (1873) 171;—Hbd. es Haw. Isl. pe ) ) 205— 
Del Cast. Ill. Fl. Ins.. Mar. Pae. VI. iets 109. —Myroxy ebran dii (Wawra) 
O. Ktze, Rey. Gen. Pl. I. (1891) 44;—Warburg in Engl. i eid Pfizfam. IIT, 6 a. 
sree 41, 
em long, 3 to 7 em wide, some what 
e 
ar rtienlate; male 
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