Genus Neraudia — COWAN 
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altitude, Oct. 19, 1930. (Type deposited in 
Bishop Museum [Ho].) 
Range : Island of Oahu, Waianae Range, moist 
forest and moist pockets of forest along the 
ridges, 1,600-3,500 feet elevation, Mt. Kaala 
to Palikea. 
Specimens examined 
Data complete: Makaleha Ridge, Rock 17084 
(Ho); Northeast slope of Puu Kumakalii, 
Degener 17506 (NY); First large side-valley 
south of Makua Valley, Degener 18183 (NY); 
Makaha Valley, Forbes (Ho) ; Puu Kaala, Cowan 
and St. John 325, 316 (Ho); Slope of Kaala, 
Selling 3669 (Ho); East ridge of Puu Kaala, 
St. John 9933 (Ho); Mt. Kaala, Nitta 37 
(NY); Base of Kaala, northeast side, Degener 
1 81 91 ( NY ) ; Mt. Kaala Trail, MacDaniels 926 
(Ho); Puu Hapapa, St. John 10422 (Ho); 
Small valley southeast of Puu Hapapa, Degener 
18192 (NY); Small valley northeast of Puu 
Hapapa, Degener 18189 (Ho); Southeast slope 
of Puu Hapapa, Degener 12235 (Ho); South 
part of Puu Hapapa, Selling 3363 (Ho); Puu 
Hapapa, Meebold (Ho); Between Puu Ka- 
nehoa and Puu Kaua, Degener 17192, 17647 
(NY); Middle ridge east of Puu Kanehoa, 
Degener 12803 (NY); Kanehoa, Frederick 
206 (Ho); In gulch below Kanehoa, Cowan 
1055, 1056 (Ho); Kupehau Gulch, Cowan and 
St. John 141, 147 (Ho); Along ridge trail in 
vicinity of Palikea, Cowan and Sakimura 615, 
616,617 (Ho), Cowan 663, 673, 690, 691, 803, 
809 (Ho); Kaaikukae, Russ (Ho). 
Data not complete: Hillebrand, no locality 
(K); Honolulu, Hillebrand (K); Oahu, Forbes 
(Ho); Oahu, Remy 198 (P). 
Wawra in 1874 described a forma parvi folia 
of N. sericea which Hillebrand raised to varietal 
status and transferred to N. melastomae folia. 
The range given by Hillebrand fits very well 
and the description is adequate for recognition. 
However, the size of the leaves and petioles de- 
scribed by Wawra and copied by Hillebrand 
suggests that Wawra probably had an unusually 
small-leaved form. G. von Beck, in a consider- 
ation of Wawra’s work, transferred Wawra’s 
collection (151), originally cited under his 
forma parvi folia of N. sericea, to N. melastomae- 
folia but did not consider it to be any different 
from the "typische Form.” In entirety, he says, 
"Alpine Form mit kleinen Blattern (4 cm. 
lang), sonst wie die typische Form.” In 1935 
St. John made a search in the herbarium at 
Vienna for this material but neither he nor the 
director was able to locate it. In spite of this, 
Hillebrand’s interpretation of this group is ac- 
cepted and the name applied. 
Fig. 9. Outlines of leaves to show variation in leaf 
shape and size in Neraudia melastomaefolia Gaud, 
var. parvifolia (Wawra) Hbd. 
Upon first examination of the facts it seemed 
that Meyen’s name, N. glabra, should be ap- 
plied to this group but additional and more 
detailed study has revealed that Meyen’s name 
is not applicable in this genus. In his journal, 
writing of his excursion into Nuuanu Valley, 
he says (translated), "Here we found the plant 
called mamaku’ from which the Indians make 
their ordinary tapa; it belongs to the Urticaceae 
and is Neraudia melastomaefolia Gaud.; a new 
species of this genus, Neraudia glabra n. sp., 
