Hawaiian Raspberry. 135 



shade tree common near the shore on all the islands of the group; the light, tough 

 wood serves for adz handles and to unite the outrigger to a canoe ; the bark furnishes 

 an excellent fibre for ropes and was often beaten into kapa of good quality. (Fig. 82.) 



Thespesia Correa, in Ann. Mus. Par. ix., 290, t. 8, f. 2. — Bracteolse 3-5, parvse 

 V. deciduse. Calyx truncatus, minute v. setaceo-dentatus rarius 5-fidus. Columna 

 staminea infra apicem dentatum (nunc antheriferum) filamenta 00 exserens. Ovarium 

 5-loculare, loculis pauciovulatis ; stylus apice clavatus, 5-sulcus v. in ramos breves 

 stigmatiferos erectos clavatos subdivisus. Capsula lignoso-coriacea, loculicide 5-valvis 

 V. fere indehiscens. Semina obovoidea, glabra v. tomentosa ; cotyledones quam maxi- 

 me complicatae, radiculam brevem subrectam fere includentes, saspius nigro-punctatse. 

 — Arbores v. herbse elatae. Folia integerrima v. angulato-lobata. Flores ssepius flavi, 

 speciosi. Calyces non conspicue punctati, sed cotyledones insigniter nigro-punctatse 

 in T. populnea et T. Lampas. (H. & B.) 



T. populnea Correa, /. c. — Tree 25-40 ft. high. Leaves roundish, cordate, 

 acuminate, entire, 4-5 in. in diameter, glabrous. Peduncles and petioles equal. 

 Involucral bracts lanceolate, equalling the calyx, soon deciduous. Calyx truncate. 

 Petals obovate-oblong, 2 in., yellow turning dark during the day. Capsule oblate 

 spheroid, almost woody, apparently indehiscent, but opening later. The milo of the 

 natives, the same in Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga. Like the Polynesian race, it ranges 

 from Hawaii to Madagascar. The wood is very beautiful, and the bark serves much 

 the same purposes as the hau. 



Rtlbus Linn. Gen. n. 632. — Calycis explanati tubus brevis, latiusculus, 

 ebracteolatus ; lobi 5, persistentes. Petala 5. Stamina co, rarissime definita, ori 

 calycis inserta, filamentis filiformibus, antherae didymae. Discus tubum calycis 

 vestiens. Carpella co, rarius pauca, receptaculo convexo inserta; styli subterminales, 

 filiformes, stigmatibus simplicibus v. capitellatis ; ovulo in loculis 2 (altero ssepe 

 minimo) collateraliter pendula. Achsenia drupacea, rarius sicca, ssepissime recep- 

 taculo conico sicco v. spongioso congesta, i-sperma. Semen pendulum, testa mem- 

 branacea; cotyledones plano-convexae ; radicula brevis supera. — Herbse repentes v. 

 frutices plerumque sarmentosi et aculeati, glabri tomentosi v. pubescentes, rarius cani 

 V. glandulosi. Folia sparsa alterna simplicia lobata, 3-5 foliolata v. imparipinnata. 

 Stipulse petiolo adnatse. Flores in paniculas corymbosve terminales et axillares 

 dispositi, rarius solitarii, albi v. rosei. Fructus ssepe edulis. (H. & B.) 



R. ttiacraei Gray. Bot. U. S. Exped., p. 505, pi. 57. — Stem climbing 10-25 

 feet, often 2 in. thick at base. Stem prostrate or rambling. Leaves on stout petioles 

 an inch or more long, pinnately trifoliate, but those of the short flowering branches 



