New Hawaiian Plants.— VI. 



Charlp:s X. Forbes. 

 JANUARY, 191 7. 



Tetraplasandra racemosa, sp. nov. 



Arbor 6-7 dm. alta; foliis pinnato 5, 7, 9, foliolatis, rachis 18-26 cm. longis; 

 foliolis cordatis, cordato-oblongis ad ellipticis, incanis, 5.5-10.4 cm. longis, 

 4.3-5.5 cm. latis. Inflorescentia racemosa, incana, 2.5-6 dm. longa; pedicellis 

 4-5 mm. longis. Cal5'x cylindriatum, truncatum, incanum, 7 mm. altum. 

 Corolla 16-20 venosa; 5-6 petalis, recurvis, intus 2-5 venosis, glabris, luteis, 

 extus incanis, 9 mm. longis. Stamina 16-20, uniserata. Ovarium 12-locu- 

 lare, stylopodio conico, stigma indivisum, obsolete 12-14-radiatum. Dnipa 

 ovoida, I cm. alta, 9 mm. lata. 



Type locality, Nonou mountains, Kauai. C. N. Forbes, No. 

 595, K. October 16-17, 1916. Also occurs on the Haupu range 

 near Nawiliwili Bay, Kauai. Forbes, No. 709, K. October 31, 1916. 



A tree with straight trunk 6-7 dm. high, clothed with smooth 

 gray bark, and crowned with spreading branches. Leaves crowded, 

 with clasping petioles, odd pinnate with 5, 7 or 9 leaflets, all parts 

 mealy tomentose, the rachis 18-26 cm. long. The leaflets mostly 

 cordate to cordate-oblong, the terminal and often the upper pair 

 elliptical, bright green sprinkled with mealy tomentum above, 

 pure w^hite mealy tomentose below, the middle pair of leaflets often 

 longer than the others, all on short petiolules, 5.5-10.4 cm. long, 

 4.3-5.5 cm. wide. Inflorescence a stout pendulous raceme, mealy 

 tomentose in all parts, 2.5-6 dm. long; the pedicels continuous 

 with the calyx, 4-5 mm. long. Calyx cylindrical, wnth truncate 

 border, smooth but becoming strongly ribbed when drj', \Ahite 

 mealy tomentose, 7 mm. high. Corolla 16-20-ribbed on the in- 

 side, breaking into 5-6 petals, never more, which are strongh' 

 2-5 -ribbed on the inner side, white mealy tomentose on the out- 

 side, glabrous and yellowish-colored on the inside, acute, strongly 

 reflexed, 9 mm. long. Stamens 16-20 in a single circle, recurved. 

 Ovary 12-celled, crowned by a conical stvlopodium bearing a 



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