156 Ka Hana Kapa. 



Eugenia Liuu. Gen. u. 616. — Calycis tubus globosus ovoideus turbinatus v. 

 elongatus, supra ovarium haud v. plus minus productus ; limbi segmenta 4, rarissime 

 5, distincta, nunc ampla imbricata, nunc brevia v. in niargine truncate vix prominula. 

 Petala 4, rarissime 5 -co v. o, patentia distinctaque, v. conniveutia et in cal3'ptram plus 

 minus connata. Stamina co, co-seriata, libera, v. basi in phalanges 4 praesertini in 

 alabastro obscure connata, filamentis filiformibus ; antlierse versatiles, saepius parvse, 

 loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus saepissime parallelis rarius divaricatis. Ovari- 

 um 2-rarissime 3-loculare; stj'lus iiliformis, stigmate parvo; ovula in loculis co, 

 placentae e septo parum prominenti affixa, saepius incurvo-adscendentia, in Sect. 

 Mvrciaria 2-4. Bacca subdrupacea v. pulposa, rarius subsicca et fibroso-cortica, 

 calvcis limi)o persistente coronata v. rarius limbo deciduo truncato. Seniina pauca, 

 saepius 1-4, globosa v. mutua pressione varie compressa, testa membranacea v. carta- 

 laginea; embrj-o crasso-carnosus, radicula brevi, cotyledonibus crassis plus minus 

 conferruminatis v. distinctis hemispliaericis v. heteromorphis. — Arbores fruticesve, 

 glabrae v. rarius tomentosae v. villosae. Folia opposita (in una specie alterua?), 

 coriacea v. membranacea, pennivenia. Inflorescentia nunc centripeta, pedicellis i-floris 

 oppositis, ad axillas solitariis fasciculatis v. in racemum brevem ( raniuni apliyllum) 

 dispositis, nunc centrifuga cymis terminalibus densis v. in paniculas terminales 

 lateralesve trichotomas dispositis. Bract^e et bracteol^e scepius parvas caducissimaeque, 

 rarius foli'Jiceae persistentes. (H. & B.) 



A large genus of more than 500 species, the species not ahva3-s clearl}- defined. 



H. malaccensis Linn. — A glabrous tree 25-50 ft. high. Leaves opposite, 

 elliptico- or obovato-oblong, 6-7X2'2-3 in. on petioles of 'j in., acuminate, dark green 

 and shining, not dotted, the sinuate marginal nerve distant from the edge. Cymes 

 axillar\', usually cauline, short, about 2 in. long. Cah'x turbinate, produced beA'ond 

 the ovar}' with 4 rounded lobes. Petals and stamens red (in one variety white). 

 Fruit obovate, 2-3 in. diam. deep crimson (or white). vSeed generall}' single. In the 

 valleys and the lower forest zone on all the islands. The bark was an important dj-e 

 and witli the allied species E. sandtvicensis was used for tanning. Native names of 

 the two species, Oliia at and Oliia lia. 



The oliia ai (edible oliia ) was almost the onlv Hawaiian fruit before the com- 

 ing of the foreigner. When or how it was originalh- introduced no one knows, but it 

 still offers its grateful if rather insipid fruit to the traveler, and is found ripe at 

 almost any season in some of the well-watered valleys, while in others still in the 

 flowering stage. It is, however, far more attractive to the ej-e than to the taste. 



