New Hawaiian Plants.— VI, 



Charles N. Forbes. 



JANUARY, 191 7. 



Tetraplasandra racemosa, sp. nov. 



Arbor 6-7 dm. alta; foliis pinnato 5, 7, 9, foliolatis, rachis 18-26 cm. longis; 

 foliolis cordatis, cordato-oblongis ad ellipticis, incanis, 5.5-10.4 cm. longis, 

 4.3-5.5 cm. latis. Inflorescentia racemosa, incana, 2.5-6 dm. longa; pedicellis 

 4-5 mm. longis. Calyx cylindriatum, truncatum, incanum, 7 mm. altum. 

 Corolla 16-20 venosa; 5-6 petalis, recurvis, intus 2-5 venosis, glabris, luteis, 

 extus incanis, 9 mm. longis. Stamina 16-20, uniserata. Ovarium 12-locii- 

 lare, stylopodio conico, stigma indivisum, obsolete 12-14-radiatum. Drupa 

 ovoida, I cm. alta, 9 mm. lata. 



Type locality, Nonou mouutains, Kauai. C.N. Forbes, No. 

 595, K. October 16-17, 1916. Also occurs on the Haupu range 

 near Nawilivvili Bay, Kauai. Forbes, No. 709, K. October 31, 1916. 



A tree with straight trunk 6-7 dm. high, clothed with smooth 

 gray bark, and crowned with spreading branches. L,eaves crowded , 

 with clasping petioles, odd pinnate with 5, 7 or 9 leaflets, all parts 

 mealy tomentose, the rachis 18-26 cm. long. The leaflets mostly 

 cordate to cordate-oblong, the terminal and often the upper pair 

 elliptical, bright green sprinkled with mealy tomentum above, 

 pure white mealy tomentose below, the middle pair of leaflets often 

 longer than the others, all on short petiolules, 5.5-10.4 cm. long, 

 4.3-5.5 cm. wide. Inflorescence a stout pendulous raceme, mealy 

 tomentose in all parts, 2.5-6 dm. long; the pedicels continuous 

 with the calyx, 4-5 mm. long. Calyx cylindrical, with truncate 

 border, smooth but becoming strongly ribbed when dry, white 

 mealy tomentose, 7 mm. high. Corolla 16-20-ribbed on the in- 

 side, breaking into 5-6 petals, never more, which are strongly 

 2-5 -ribbed on the inner side, white mealy tomentose on the out- 

 side, glabrous and yellowish-colored on the inside, acute, strongly 

 reflexed, 9 mm. long. Stamens 16-20 in a single circle, recurved. 

 Ovary 12 -celled, crowned by a conical stvlopodium bearing a 



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