154 ARALIACEAE, | Tetraplasandra. 
4. T, Kaalae, sp. x. — A small tree of 12—16 ft., glabrous, the ultimate 
branches slightly furfuraceous. Leaves about 1 ft. long, with widely 
‘clasping base. Leaflets 7—11, ovate or ovate-oblong, 3—4‘ * 2—3/, on 
petioles of 6—12", obtusely acuminate, rounded and u unsymmetrical at 
1'/2—21/2‘ long, with an umbel of about 12 rays of 1—1!/2‘, these again © 
umbellate with 10—12 pedicels of 4—6”. nasi obconical, glabrous, 1“. 
aoe 6, expanded at last, 3—4’. Stamens three times that number or 
less, 18—12. Ovary 4-, dinates 3-celled. "Bibbee sessile on the conical 
apex. 
Oahu! on in top of Mt. Kaala, 4000 ft. Almost like § of no. 1, excepting the 
multiple stamen 
4. TETRAPLASANDRA, Gray. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx-border prominent, truncate or wavy. 
etals 5—8, epigynous, with a broad age valyate, coherent or expanded. 
Stamens shorter, 4 to 6 times as man 1 to 3 circles, inserted round 
a broad annular disk, with thick fiscieinte and sagittate anthers. Ovary 
7—13-celled, the stigmas subsessile or on a short style. Drupe inferior, 
not fleshy, globose or ovoid, with truncate vertex, ribbed when dry; the 
0 4 times as many as petals; inflor. paniculate; leaves 
tome sats underneath 
1. T. Hawatiensis. 
Stamens bas to 8 times as many as petals; *inflor. umbellate; leaves 
glabro 2. T. Waimeae. 
3. en ee ely: Bot. U. 8. EB. Bop. p. 728, pl. 94. — A 
tall and stout, much branching tree with a smooth and pale bark, 40 
to 50 ft. high, es ultimate branches hirsute with a stellate and coarse 
Pateleehia'oadeectien 
oh OS sep 
jointed when elongate), obtuse, somewhat contracted at the base, the 
lateral o: nes unsymmetrical, a coriaceous, densely eee underneath, 
me) ribs a Panicles 1 with 3 nodes, or 3 with 2 nodes each, den- 
y tomentose, often 1 - long and undivided in the lower half, the 
Ses 3—4", umbello-racemose along umbellate and racemose tertiary 
