Tupidanthus
(from tupis, tupidos, a mallet, and anthos, a flower; referring to the shape of the flower buds). ORD. Araliaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is at first a small, glabrous, erect tree, afterwards a lofty climber. It thrives in sandy loam. Propagation may be effected by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in heat.
T. calyptratus (calyptrate). fl. green; buds 5/8in. in diameter, nearly globose; stamens fifty to seventy; main umbel about three-rayed, the branches 3in. long, very stout, with large bracts at their bases; partial umbels five to seven-cleft. l. digitate; leaflets seven to nine, entire, 7in. by 2 1/2in., narrow-oblong, shortly acuminate, narrowed at base; petiolules 2in. long. India, 1856. (B. M. 4908.)