152 ARALIACEAE. [ Triplasandra. 
1. T. meiandra, Hillebr. — A small glabrous tree, branching from near 
the base. Leaves 1—1!/2 ft. long, the petiole dilated at the base an 
clasping. Leaflets 7—13. Inflorescence umbellate but variable: either 
or at the. ends of rays which proceed from the ends of 3—5 peduncles, 
and rarely the peduncles united at the base by a common rhachis (com- 
poundly umbellate). Bracts broadly ovate, 2—4‘ long, some empty along 
the rays or peduncles, caducous long before the flowers expand. Calyx 
cylindrical, with a short repand-denticulate border. Petals 5—8, triangular- 
lanceolate. Stamens as many and shorter. Ovary 2—5-celled. Stigmas 
2—5, sessile on the conical vertex, or, when 4 or 5, raised on a short 
stylopod. Drupe cylindrical, angular when dry 
Under this collective species I have united the following forms, which are all exceed- 
ingly rare, cord corresponding to a single or a few individuals, found in closely cireum- 
scribed localit 
+ Stigmas 2, rarely 3. 
a. 7—13 leaflets, 3—4‘ X 11/2‘, ovate or oblong, somewhat acute, con- 
tracted below, coriaceous, the lateral ones on petioles of 11/2‘. Inflorescence 
compoundly umbellate: 3—5 peduncles of 7—10‘ (occasionally emitting 
a lateral ray) umbellate at the apex with 12—14 rays of 1—2‘, each 
bearing an umbellet of 10—12 pedicels of 3—4“. Drupe narrow-elongate, 
compressed, 6" long, the 2 ma sessile on the broad conical exserted 
vertex. — se a oan Waimea , Wawra, in Flora, 1873, p. 
Waw nal wrong; his specimens were pga during a joint excursion 
with Poe author upon the western been of Nuuanu, Oa 
B. 7—9 leaflets, 5—7' XK 2—3’, ovate, fhe acuminate, with broad 
or contracting base, chartaceous. Inflor. compound-umbellate, as in 4. 
racts 2. Petals and stamens 5. igmas 2, sometimes 3, sessile on 
the slightly raised vertex of an ovoid compressed or 3-angled drupe of 
4" in height. In one specimen the 5 peduncles stand at the end of a 
common rhachis of 6—7‘, 
Oahu, Makaleha! 
+. 11 leaflets, 3— 3t)s xX Ufsa—1')2', obions, obtuse at both ends, thick 
chartaceous, the lateral ones on petioles of 11/2. Infl. compound-um- 
bellate, the ‘gid 2—3', the 15—25 pedicels “ig Petals and stamens 5—8. 
Stigmas 2—3, sessile. 
Hawaii, eee iuka! Height 12—20 ft. 
Tt 3 & stigmas. 
3. 7—9 leaflets, 3—4'  2—3’, ovate and obtuse at both ends to 
suborbicular, coriaceous, the ae ones on petioles of 4—9‘ and un- 
symmetrical at the base. Inflor. compound-umbellate, the 3—5 ee 
3—6', the 8—10 rays 1'/2— 21/2’ the 8—12 pedicels 4-6". Calyx 2*/2" 
