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EUPHORBIACEAE 
Euphorbia Family. 
The Euphorbiaceae have quite a number of representatives both 
among the native and introduced species. Of the latter the orna- 
mental species only concern us. There are about Honolulu a great 
many weeds which belongs to this family. Several genera are repre- 
sented by only a single species which in turn is represented only by 
a single specimen as for example Bridelia glauca Blume a native of 
Java, cultivated in the grounds of the Government Nursery on King 
Street. Of the genus Phyllanthus about three or four species are 
under cultivation as Phyllanthus emblica L. with edible fruits a native 
of the Mascarene Islands, East India, the Sunda Islands, China and 
Japan. 
There are about two specimens in Honolulu, one in the 
Mausoleum grounds, the other on Air. Jordan's premises on Wyllie 
Street. Phyllanthus distichus ( L. ) Muell.-Arg. a native of India and 
Madagascar, with edible fruits is also present. The ornamental hedge 
plant Phyllanthus nivosus Bull, the so called Snow Bush, a native of 
the Pacific Islands is the most extensively planted species ; it can be met 
with almost in every yard. It is exceedingly conspicuous even from 
afar oft" on account of the whitish-pink leaves, which gave it the 
horticultural variety name roseopictus. Jatropha multifida L. an 
ornamental shrub with umbel-like clusters of scarlet flowers and 
palmately divided leaves is sparingly cultivated. The writer knows 
of two specimens, one at the Seaside Hotel the other in the Royal 
Hawaiian Hotel grounds in Richards Street. Jatropha curcas L. is 
of early introduction and is met with in the valleys escaped from 
cultivation but not at all commonly. Sapium sebiferum ( L. ) Roxb. 
the Chinese tallow tree occurs at Lihue, Kauai. 
Of interest, though not belonging to the introduced flora is the 
Kukui, Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. extensively planted in 
private grounds, especially in Manoa Valley, and easily recognized 
by its light yellowish green angularly lobed leaves which are covered 
with a whitish pubescence underneath. Hevea brasiliensis (H. B. K. ) 
Muell.-Arg. the well known Para rubber tree may also be found oc- 
casionally, but was formerly planted for commercial purposes. 
