Triplasandra.] ARALIACEAE. 153 
obconical, with distinct limb. Petals and stamens 5—7, the former 2” 
long. ae — s 3—4, sessile. 
Oahu! Wailupe; Molokai! Maunahui; and the same form with smaller leayes on 
shorter ns from Lanai! Height 8—12 ft. 
ws 3—4—5 stigmas. 
. 9—13 leaflets, 3‘ &K 1/1‘—1'/2‘, oblong, obtuse, contracting below, 
* coriaceous, aa lateral petioles 3“. Infl. simply umbellate, the 3—5 pe 
duncles 6—7‘, the 15—20 pedicels 7—9”. Drupe 4—5”, with 3—5, but 
mostly 4 stigmas on a conical disk contracted to a short stylopod. 
0 Ni 
TTTT 4—5—6 stigmas. 
¢. As 2, but the leaflets larger, 4—6‘ long. Infl. both simply and com- 
poundly umbellate, the peduncles 4—7‘, bearing at their apices an umbel 
of 15—-20 pedicels or of rays which are again umbellate, the pedicels of 
the mature fruit 10—12“. Drupe ovoid truncate, 5“, with 5, 4 or 6 stigmas 
on a short stylopod. 
Hawaii, woods of Hilo! (Lydg.). 
2. T. Lydgatei, sp. n. — A small tree, quite glabrous. Leaves 8—12' 
long. Leaflets 5—9, on petioles of 4—8”, oblong, 3—3!/2‘ % 1—1'/2', 
obtuse and slightly emarginate, contracting at the base, thin chartaceous. 
Infl. compound-umbellate from a short common rhachis of 1/2’, the 4 or 
5 slender peduncles bearing umbels of about 12 slender pedicels of 8—9”. 
Calyx broad obeonical, 21/2, with undulating border. Petals 5, cohering 
at their apices, 3. Stamens 12, about 1/3 shorter, with straight or re 
curved anthers. Ovary 4-celled, inferior, the disk slightly raised, with 
aig stigmas. Drupe ovoid-globose, 4—5“ in diameter, obtusely 4- -angled, 
€ short conical apex finally elongata into a short stylo 
Oahu, Wailupe! hatenie), In habit of plant and shape of fruit wack like Ptero- 
tropia gymnocarpa, which grows in the neighboring valley of Niu 
. T. Oahuensis, Seem. Journ. Bot. VI, 139. — A small tree. Leaves 
sou 1 ft. long. Leaflets 7—13, ovate or broad oblong, 2'/2—31/2' X 
‘4a—2‘, on petioles of 1!/2—3”, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous. Inflor. 
“oe maar e: 3—5 peduncles, 2—3' long, either free or united 
on a short rhachis of less than 1/2‘, each bearing an umbel of 16—20 
pedicels *of 6“ in length. Calyx cylindrical, 2—3”. Petals 5—6, about 3” 
long. Stamens 10— 15, half as long as the petals, with recurved anthers. 
Ovary 5—6-celled. Drupe ovoid or short cylindrical, 3—4", inferior, 
5—6-ribbed or angled, truncate, the stigmas on a short stylopod. Gastonia 
Oahuensis, Gray, Bot. U. 8. E. E. p. 726 
Oahu! on the slopes of Waiolani and Konahuanui. 
B. The etary 5—6‘. Leaves oblong, contracted at the base. 
Oahu, 
