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in shortly pedunculate cymose clusters." The type was col- 

 lected on Kauai by Knudsen, probably on Halemanu, west of 

 the Hanapepe river. 



July 23 (2610a). 



MELIACEAE. 



3IELIA L. Sp. PL 384. 1753. 



Melia azederacli L. Sp. PL 3S4. 1753. 



A number of trees are found growing in Pauoa valley, Oahu, 

 and also in Hanapepe valley. Kauai. 



March to May (2006); original locality, "in Syria." 



El PHORBIACEAE. 



ALEURITES Forst. Char. Gen. 3: pi. 56. 1776'. 

 Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Sp. PL 4: 590. 1805. 



Jutropha moluccana L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1428. 1763. 



This is the "Kukui," one of the largest, as well as the most 

 common tree of the lower forest zone. In fact, it is the indi- 

 cator of the upper limit of this zone, as it is never found above 

 it. It is a large tree, with heavy, far spreading limbs. The 

 light green leaves make it a very conspicuous object, especially 

 as a number of trees always grow together, usually in ravines. 

 It is a very useful tree to the natives of Polynesia, for, accord- 

 ing to Hillebrand, ' ' the nuts, strung together on sticks, served 

 the natives for candles to light their houses, whence the English 

 name Candle-nut tree. The gum which it exhudes seems also 

 to have been in use. Of the acrid juice contained in the fleshy 

 covering of the fruit, they prepared a black dye, which like- 

 wise served to tattoo their skins. The expressed oil of the 

 nuts, besides being useful for burning in lamps, makes a good 

 paint oil.*' 



June 24 (2431); original locality, "in Moluccis, Zeylonia." 



ANT1DESMA L. Sp. PL 1027. 1753. 



Antidesma platypkylluni Mann, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:202. 



1867! 

 Hillebrand has two leaf characters which do not appear in 

 the specimens of this collection. They are "punctato-papil- 

 lose," and " youngest leaves speckled with a peltato-stellate 



