Ma term I for Tapa . 137 



entire or three-lobed ; leaflets coriaceous, gray-tomentose and net-veined beneath, 

 broad ovate, the terminal one subcordate, acuminate or somewhat obtuse, bluntl}- 

 inciso-lobate and dentate. Stipules linear-lanceolate. Flowers numerous, subpani- 

 culate. Cal3^x tomentose, 5-parted nearl}- to the base, the sepals broadl}- ovate, more 

 or less serrate in the upper half. Petals as long as the sepals, obovate, pinkish. 

 Achenes very flesh}^, ij^a-z in. — "the fruit attains a diameter of two inches, red, some- 

 times yellow, very juicy and not disagreeable, but laxative if eaten in quantitj'." This 

 polj-morphous plant needs more examination of fresh specimens in the field, as the 

 specific distinctions are at present badly mixed. Both Dr. Gray and Hillebrand 

 depended on herbarium specimens for their descriptions, which do not correspond with 

 my field notes; but here this is of less importance, as both species seem to have been 

 used for kapa-making. When either of the species is cultivated marked changes 

 occur, and the plant becomes less fruitful. While the fibre is good and strong, it is 

 not as good as waoke, mamaki or oloa which were quite as accessible. The native 

 name akala applies to both species. (Fig. 83.) 



CeltiS Linn. Gen. n. 1143. — Flores polygami, fertiles hermaphroditi v. rarius 

 foeminei, masculi cum v. absque rudimento ovarii, in ramis hornotinis cymosi fas- 

 ciculati V. fertiles solitarii. Perianthium alte v. fere ad basin 5-rarius 4-partitum, 

 segmentis imbricatis. Stamina 5, rarius 4, filamentis erectis v. vix incurvis demum 

 exsertis; antherse ovatae. Torus ssepius dense pilosus, vix tamen in discum expansus. 

 Ovarium sessile ; stylus centralis, 2-partitus, ramis plumoso-stigmatosis divergentibus 

 indivisis 2-fidisve; ovulum ab apice pendulum, anatropum. Drupa succulenta, ovoidea 

 V. globosa, interdum 2-carinata, sequalis, endocarpio osseo ssepius rugoso. Semen 

 subconforme, testa membranacea; albumen o v. perparcum; embr3'o curvus, cot3'le- 

 donibus latissimis sibimet applicitis concavo-subcuculatis v. transverse subplanis et 

 incurvo-replicatis, interdum corrugatis, radicula sursum incurva incumbente v. cot3']e- 

 donibus amplexa. — Arbores fruticesve inermes v. spinosi. Folia alterna, annua v. 

 perennantia, serrata v. integerrima, pennivenia et 3-(rarius 4.5-) nervia, basi saspe 

 obliqua; stipulae laterales, liberse. Cymulse masculse v. androgynse laxse v. fasciculi- 

 formes, axillares v. ad basin innovationum ; flores fertiles in axillis superioribus 

 solitarii v. pauci, longius pedicellati. (H. & B.) 



C. vestittientaria is the specific name on the specimens sent me, but this 

 does not appear in the Kew catalogue, so I am unable to cite the actual species ; but 

 this is less important, as its use does not extend into the Pacific region. 



