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andra,^ Tupidanthus,'' Eiiplerandra), 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- 

 plasandra, Pentadiplandra), 12-15 [Euphrandra) or co , sometimes 

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

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

 drupaceous ; pyrenes 5-co ; 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 {Euplerandra, Balceria, 

 Nesopanax, Didiplandra, Tupidanihus) ; umbellules sparsely bracteate 

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

 culate. {Waim, Oceania, East. Indm.') 



' A. Gkat, Unit. St. Expl. Exp. Sot. i. 727, t. ' Spec, atout 9. Mia. Jnn. Mies. Zugd.-Bat. 



94. — Seem. Jown. Bot. ii. 240. — B. H. Gen. 946, i. 4 {Tetraplasandra). — KocH, Wochenschr. 



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



applicable to no species of the genus). St. Expl; Exped. Bot. i. 726 (Gastonia?). — 



=> Hook. p. etTHOMS. ^ci.Afay.t. 4908(1856). H. Mann, Enum. Haw. PI. 169 {Gastonia?). — 



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



n. 3S.— Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 740. {Gastonia ?). 



