Note 120 — CONTENTS. (continued 3)

I know of only two varieties of maile, but they are the same in beauty and fragrance. Here are also some of the famous places where they grow. 1. The maile ku honua (stands on earth). The maile ku honua grows in all the places I have mentioned above; it is a creeping vine. But I wish to tell you of what I know at my place, because when I asked my friends, they had a different explanation about the maile ku honua on the mountains of the different islands of our group. This maile has leaves somewhat round, though some are long, but not very small and slender like the mailelaulii,120 but more like the orange leaves. In the forests of my place, when the maile first comes up, it has one stem and one branch; the branch, slender and young, is from a yard to a fathom in length, and this is covered with green, fragrant leaves. The bark comes off readily when stripped by the hand of man, leaving only the woody part.