New Elawatian’ Plants.— V |. 
CHARLES N. FORBES. 
JANUARY, I9QI7. 
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, 2.5-6dm. 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-locu- 
lare, stylopodio conico, stigma indivisum, obsolete 12-14-radiatum. Drupa 
ovoida, 1 cm. alta, 9 mm. lata. 
Type locality, Nonou mountains, Kauai. C. N. Forbes, No. 
595, K. October 16-17, 1916. Also occurs on the Haupu range 
near Nawiliwili 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. Leaves 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 stylopodium bearing a 
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