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andra,^ Tiipidanthus,'^ Euplerandra), rarely in 5 groups, alternipetalous ; 

 filaments simple or more rarely 2-furcate ; anthers introrse, 2-celled, 

 2-rimose. Germen inferior; cells 1-ovulate 6, or 6-10 [Tetra- 

 plasandraf Fentadiplandra)^ 12-15 (Euplcrandra) or oo , sometimes 

 ** above 90" (Tupidanthus) ; styles small sometimes very small, 

 either free, or connate in a more or less produced umbo. Fruit 

 drupaceous ; pyrenes 5-oo ; seeds descending ; albumen uniform, 

 rugose or ruminate. — Trees or shrubs, sometimes high- climbing, 

 unarmed, glabrous or more rarely tomentose ; leaves alternate com- 

 pound with connate intrapetiolate stipules, either pinnate (Triplas- 

 andra, Tetraplasandra), or oftener digitate (Euplcrandra , Bakeria, 

 NesopanaXf Didiplandra, Tupidanthus) ; umbellules sparsely bracteate 

 or ebracteolate in compound racemes or in umbels ; pedicels inarti- 

 culate. {Warm Oceania, East, India,^) 



i A. Gray, Unit. St. JExpL Exp. Bot. i. 727, t. ' Spec, about 9. Mia. Ann. Mns. Lugd.-Baf. 



94. — Seem. Jowrn. ^oi. ii. 240. — B.K. Gen.9i6, i. 4 {Tetraplasandra). — Koch, Wochemchr. 



n. 37 (a name having priority but incorrect and (1859) 348, ic. {Tupidanthus).— A.. Gray, Unit. 



applicable to no species of the genus). St. Expl. Exped. Bot. i. 726 {GastoniaT). — 



2 Hook. f. et Thoms. BU. Mag. t. 4908 (1856). H. Mann, Enum. Haw. PL 169 {Gastouia ?).— 



—Seem. Joum. Bot. ii. 239.— B. H. Gen. 947, Walp. Ann. v. 81, 82 {Tetraplasandra), 83 



n. 38.— Hook. El. Ind. ii. 740. {Gaatouia ?). 



