Triplasandra.| ARALIACEAE. 151 
4-celled, or 3—5-celled. Stigmas on a distinct stylopod of less than 1”. 
Drupe ovoid, 5—6“, ringed at or below the middle, the pyrenae charta- 
ceous. — Heptaplewrum Kauaiense, Mann. — Agalma Kauaiense, Seem. 
Kauai! mountains of Waimea (Mann, Kn 
8 var. Leaves thin, glabrous above, SE underneath, Panicle very 
large, the common rhachis often 1 ft. in length. Flowers half the size of 
those of «. Stylopod shorter, pila Bit with the growth of the drupe, 
that the stizmas appear sessile on the conical apex. 
Oahu! Kaala and W. end of the main range. 
mnocarpa, sp. n. — A small tree, 12—15 ft. eo only the 
youngest shoots mealy, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 1 ft. long or more. 
Leaflets 15—17, ovate-oblong, 3—4' X 1—1'/s‘, on petioles rat 2—3", 
obtuse or obliquely acuminate, with rounded base, chartaceous to coria- 
ceous, glabrous underneath, shining above. Rhachis of panicle bast spare 
cae with 3 to 5 umbellately radiating primary branches of 8—9’, the 
doiies about 12 in an roca at the ends of racemose and Ne a 
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2". Ovary 3-celled. Stigmas sessile. Drupe globose, 5“ in diameter, 
almost entirely ie and naked, the adherent calyx forming a low disk at 
its base. Pyrenae thin papery, ovoid, beaked above and faintly notched 
below the bea : — Bracteal scars cover the upper portions of both 
primary and secondary rays. 
Oahu! valley of Niu (Lydg.). 
3. ciremnl re Seem. 
Petals 5—8. Stamens as many as petals or two or three times as 
many. Ovary 5—2-(6-)celled, quite bay atte Drupe not succulent, ovate- 
elongate or cylindrical, angular or compressed, the 5—2(—6) reniform stigmas 
sessile on the conical vertex or mar on a short stylopod; the pyrenae 
compressed, with a prominent ridge on either side, the endocarp thin 
chartaceous. — Small glabrous trees or shrubs with alternate impari- 
pinnate leaves and 5—13 folioles, the terminal petiolule articulate when 
more than 3 times the length of the lateral ones. Flowers in a simple 
or compound umbel, the umbel in the bud inyolucrate by discreet, broad 
ovate, soon deciduous bracts. Otherwise as in Pterotropia. 
7. 
e many a: fe : : : i 1. T. meiandra. 
Stamens two or three S many ; 
Drupe ovoid, with conical vertex 2. T. Lydgatei. 
D cylindrical, truncate : 
Stamens 10-15; ovary 5—6-celled . . + - : emesis 
; "D, with broad exserted conical vertex, soe ao uae 
from Pterotropia, while nos. 3 and 4, with multiple stamens and an occasionally pleio- 
erous ovary, lead into Tetraplasandra. 
