342 65. ABALIACE-E. 



Dr. Henry designates this the red-root kind of " ¥u Chia P'i," 

 a drug. 



2. Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. xviii. 

 sub t. 1711. 



Hupeh : Patung district (A. Henry, 2580 !). Herb. Kew. 

 " ' Wu Chu P'i ' ; the outside of the root is white. The root- 

 bark is a drug." — Dr. A. Henry. 



3. Eleutherococcus senticosus, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 132 ; 

 Regel, Gartenfl. 1863, p. 81, t. 393; Seem. Revis. Heder. p. 80; 

 Franchet, PI. David, p. 145. 



Hedera senticosa, Rupr. in Mel. Biol. 1857, p. 426, ex Regel. 



CiilHiii: Peking mountains (Bretschneiderl) ; Shlngktng ; 

 hills near Moukden (James !), Kwandien (Ross !). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Mandshuria to Sachalin. 



It is possible that the three foregoing forms are extremes of 

 one very variable spacies, as the differences are in the more or less 

 numerous sharp bristles and prickles or absence of the same, 

 in the amount of pubescence, in the shape of the fruit, and in the 

 length of the styles. 



4. Eleutherococcus, sp. ? ; umbellis racemosis, calycibus dense 

 albo-lanatis. 



Chekiang : Ningpo (Faber !). Herb. Kew. 



1. Heptapleurum octophyllum, Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiii. p. 105. 



Aralia octophylla, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 187; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 258. 



Paratropia cantoniensis, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 189; Walp. 

 Rep. iv. p. 433 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 136. 



Agalma octophyllum, Seem, in Journ. Bot. 1864, p. 298, et Revis. Heder. 

 p. 24. 



Fokien: Foochow (Swinhoel); Fobmosa : Tamsui (Oldham, 

 199 !); Kwangtung: Macao, &c (Macartney ! Seemann ! Gaudi- 

 chandl Millettl Tate I); Hongkong (Champion I TTrquhartl 

 Wilfordl); Luchtj Abchtpelago (Wright^. Mus. Brit.; 

 Herb. Kew. 



1. Dendropanax japonicum, Seem, in Journ. Bot. 18C4, p. 301 

 et Revis. Heder. p. 27 ; Clarice in Hoole.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 733. 



