REVISION OF THE NATURAL ORDER HEDERACE;E. 
umbellis panieulatis. — 
Tetraplasandra, A. Gray, 
Bot. Wilkes, p. 727, t. 94 
(1854). Walp. Amn. v. 
p. 82. 
1. T. Hawaiensis, A. 
Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 
128, t. 94 ; Walp. Ann. 
v. p. 82.— Hawaii, Sand- 
wich Islands, in the dis- 
trict of Puna (United 
States Expl. Exped.). 
ra 
lati. eens es 
polygami. Calyx tu 
turbinato, limbo brevis- 
simo post anthesin re- 
pando-undulato. Petala 
ovato-triangularia, 5, ca- 
lyptratim coherentia. Stamina 
indefinita, pluriserialia ; antherze 
oblongz. Ovarium 12-15-locu- 
lete multiradiatum, stylopodio 
conico impositum. Drupa obo- 
vata, 12- ido: loculis 1- 
spermis. — Arbores Vitienses, = 
inermes, foliis exstipulatis digi- 
tatim 9-foliolatis, foliolis obo- 
vato-oblongis integerrimis, um- 
bellis compositis. — Plerandra, 
A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 729, 
t. 95 (1854); Walp. Ann. v. 81. 
Asa Gray not having had suf- 
ficient materials, I have emen- 
dated the generic character 
Plerandra. The petals are 5, 
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Tetraplasandra Hawaiensis (after Asa Gray). 
