Araliaceae. 
REYNOLDSIA A. Gray. 
Calyx border = undulate. Petals 8 to 10, linear-lanceolate, valvate in the bud. 
Oy 8 to 10 
Stamens as many Spee and somewhat shor ter. vary 10 or 15 to 22 celled. 
Stigmas arranged in ircle around the very short, thick style. Drupe globose, some 
what fleshy. Py icnks takes rally compressed, chartaceous or crustaceous. Embryo small 
at the apex of an even fleshy ah Spee ea rmed, nating trees. Leaves large, impari- 
pinnate, with 3 to 9 bod or cordate sinuate-crena ate r (in the species not from Hawaii) 
entire lea flets; exulipela Flowers puoeaias: aanbellete on the alternate branches of a 
terminal panicle. Br ct iets linear. 
A genus of three species, one inhabiting Tahiti (R. verrucosa Seem.), one 
Samoa (Savaii) (R. pleiosperma A. Gray), and the third our islands. 
Reynoldsia sandwicensis A. Gray. 
ve, or Ohe maka. 
(Plates 140, 141, ene 
REYNOLDSIA SANDWICENSIS A. Gray U. S. (1854) 724, pl. 92;—H. Mann Proe. 
Am. ere Vit (1867) 169; A Wawse in " Blies (18738) 142; —Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. 
(1888) 156;—Harms in Engl. et Prantl Pflzfam. III, 8 (189 8) 30.—Eschweileria 
Sandwicenss Durand Ind. Gen. 167;—Del Cast. Ill. Fi. Ins. Mar. Pace. VI. (1890) 
Leaves about 3 dm long, glabrous, the poe goign ae toothed at the nota 
Lase — to Hillebr. but not in the = ns); leaflets 7 to 11, ovate to 
cordate, 7 to 10 em x 5 to 8.5 em on petiolu aise re 2¢ ened cis er pair of icafleti and 
4 em in "tie lower pair, A woe or bluntly acuminate, gpretir ts or sinuate crenate, stiff 
membraneous, light green, glossy; ee of 3 terminal peduncles, rising from a 
short common rha chis, each out ne o 20 ¢ ae = ee oe the base upward, 
the branches horizon tal, 4 to m pe to 9 em when in fruit, and 
Tacemose umbellate in their aipee halves, with h pedieels a s. to 12 mm; ealyx obconical 
bide ang 2 to 3. mm; petals 8 to 10, abo ut 6 ong, cohering; ovary 8 to 10 ian 
wholly inferior; drupe lobose 6 to 8 mm in cies ribbed when dry; pyrenae crustac 
ous, With smo oth & 
The Ohe is a very peculiar Hawaiian tree, which sheds its leaves in the winter 
months and flowers before the reappearance of the leaves in the early summer. 
When bare, it resembles somewhat the Wiliwili, which also sheds its leaves dur- 
ing the rainy season. 
It reaches a height of from 15 to 60 feet and develops thick and often short 
trunks with bluish-gray, smooth bark, and a spreading crown with straight as- 
¢ending branches. The leaves, which are about a foot long, consist of 7 to 11 
leaflets, heart-shaped at the base. The flowers are arranged on stiff, erect term- 
inal peduncles, rising from a short common rhachis, branching from the base 
upward, and racemose-umbellate in the upper half. 
It is peculiar to the very dry districts of the lowland zone and especially on 
aa lava fields, where the heat is intense and rain is very infrequent. The trunk 
exudes a very thick resin or gum which is of a clear yellowish-golden color. 
On Maui it is not uncommon on the lava fields near Ulupalakua on the south- 
ern slopes of Haleakala, as well as on Molokai, where it can be found at the 
western end at Mahana in gulches, and on the heights above Kamolo, associated 
with Dracaena aurea (Halapepe). On Hawaii, on the lava fields of North and 
South Kona, it reaches its best development, trunks with a diameter of 1/2 to 2 
feet being not uncommon. It also crows on Lanai on the slopes above Manele 
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