Tremandra
(from tremo, to tremble, and anthos, a male; the anthers vibrate with the least movement of the air). ORD. Tremandreae. A genus comprising only a couple of small, greenhouse, more or less stellate-tomentose, Australian shrubs. Flowers five-parted; stamens apparently in a single series; disk crenate, almost five-lobed. Leaves opposite, toothed. For culture of the only species introduced, see Tetratheca (to which it is closely allied). T. stelligera (star-bearing). fl. on pedicles shorter than the leaves; sepals tomentose or villous, two to three lines long; petals but little longer; anthers dark purple. Summer. l. opposite, shortly petiolate, ovate, obtuse, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long, coarsely and irregularly toothed or rarely entire. h. 2ft. or more. Plant densely stellate-hairy.
T. verticillata (whorled). A synonym of Platytheca galioides.