Araliaceae. 
Tetraplasandra hawaiiensis A. Gray. 
. Ohe. 
(Plate 135.) 
ee a kaa ee Pye Gray Bot. U. 8. E. (1854) 728, t 04;— 
Mann. Proe. Am. Aead, (1867) 169;— Hbd. FI. ia Isl. (1888) 154 
Del. Cast. Til. Fl. Ins. Mar. "Paci Vi. (1890) 183;—Harms in Engler et Prantl 
Pfizfam, III, 8 (1898) 30, Fig. 2 
Branchlets with the leaf- stalks, salludastanes and the exterior of the flowers canescent 
with a soft tomentum; leaves alterna te, exstipulate, 3 to 4.5 em long, pinnately 5 to 
late; leaflets oblong or elliptical 10 to 17 em lon ng and 5 em or more in ee obtuse at both 
ends, entire, coriaceous, glabrous above, epic canescent-tomentose underneath, the ribs 
hirsute; pedun cle terminal stout, bea ring an ample and open panicle of compound or de- 
compound umbels; peduncles and pedicels articulate, densely tomentose; calyx tube cup 
shaped, the truncate limb very short, entire; petals 5 to 8 tomentos i = is ~ aly, 
cohering at the apex, 6 to 8 mm long; ashe ens 4 times-as many as pe r les 
circle, recurved; ovary 7 to 13 celled; the e apex crowned with a short eT conical sivinbod 
which bears an obscurely 7 to 13 rayed stigma; ovules solitary; fruit a globose baccate 
drupe 1 em in diameter, many ribbed when dry, containing 7 to 13 flat seadicouiaa com- 
pressed pyrenae. 
The ohe, not to be mistaken for the ohe of the lowlands, is a beautiful tree 
with a broad, flat crown reaching a height of 40 to 80 feet, with a trunk of 1 to 2 
feet or more in diameter. The writer met with huge trees in Kona, Hawaii, in 
the semi-wet forest, overtowering the tallest Ohia trees. The bark is whitish and 
more or less smooth. 
It can be distinguished from afar on account of its large pinnate leaves, 
which are 1 to 1% feet long, having from 5 to 9 oblong leaflets, which are light- 
green above and pale-ocher colored underneath, due to a dense tomentum. The 
flowering panicles are often more than one foot long, bearing umbellate racemes 
along umbellate and racemose tertiary and secondary branches. The globose 
fruits become many-ribbed when dry. 
The ohe inhabits the drier as well as very wet regions and is not uncommon 
in the valley of Wailau, Molokai, where it grows on the steep pali or cliff covered 
with tropical verdure. On Lanai, from which island it had not been been re- 
corded previously, it can be found near the summit ridges of Haalelepakai and 
Lanaihale, at an elevation of 3000 feet, and also on Mahana ridge. 
On Maui it growes above Kaanapali, and on Hawaii it is found in the rain 
forests of Puna and semi-wet forests of South Kona, together with Xylosma, 
Pelea, ete. 
Its associates are usually species of Straussia, Bobea, Metrosideros, Cheiro- 
dendron, and such as are peculiar to the rain forests. 
Tetraplasandra Waimeae Wawra. 
Ohe Kikoola. 
(Plate 136.) 
TETRAPLASANDRA WAIMEAE Wawra - Flora (1873) 158;—Hbd. FI. Haw. Isl. Sai 
5;—Del Cast. LS Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif. VI. (1890) 184:— Heller Pl. Haw 
(1897) pS Feta in Engl. et Praatl Pfizfam. III, 8 (1898) 30 5S 
Leaves 30 to 45 em long, aise 5 to 13, oblong or ovate-oblong, 10 to 15 em Jong, = 
to 5 em wide, on iedioiae of 12 to 18 mm, obtuse with rounded, the la terals ones _ Age 2 
Symmetrical, bases, chartaceous re coriaceous, glabrous; eaiccancbate a terminal um ts) 
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