268 F. Fedde. 
Frutex ramosissimus (fide Watt) ramulis crebre lenticellatis. Folia 
(matura non visa) obovata, cum petiolo gracili brevi 6—7 cm longa, 
acuminata, supra glabra vel citissimo glabrescentia, subtus, praesertim 
secus venas primarias, pilis longis simplicibus instructa, Stipulae 
lanceolatae 2—2,5 em longae, acutae, extus glabrae, intus sericeo-pilosae. 
Rami floriferi saepissime monophylli, breviter sericeo-pilosi. Spicae 
absque pedunculo brevi circiter 4 cm longae.  Bracteae bracteolaeque 
utrinque dense sericeae. Flores hirsuti.  Calyeis lobi ovato-oblongi, 
brevissimi. Petalum lanceolatum, unguiculatum, circiter 12 mm longum. 
Stamina 3 mm longa. Nectarii lobi 10, teretes, recurvi. Styli quam 
petalum quater breviores. Fructus ignotus. 
India: Manipur; Sirohifurar, N. E. Ranges, at 1950 to 2250 m, 
G. Watt, 6434. 
Geopanax gen. nov. W. B. Hemsley in Hookers Icon. pl, XXIX 
(1906), tab. 2821. /Araliaceae.] 
Genus novum ex affinitate Heptapleuri et Schefflerae, differt petalis 
connatis staminibus et ovarii loculis quam petalis duplo pluribus. 
18. G. procumbens Hemsl., l. c. | 
Frutex in rupibus procumbens, praeter inflorescentiam glaber, ramis 
ultimis crassis, cortice ruguloso. Folia in ramorum apicibus conferta, 
digitatim composita; petioli teretes, 5—10 cm longi; foliola saepius 8, 
coriacea, inaequalia, distincte petiolulata, oblonga vel lanceolato oblonga, 
cum petiolulo 10—17 em longa, integra, acute acuminata, venis immersis 
inconspicuis; stipulae circiter 1 cm longae, intra petiolum connatae, 
acutae. Flores racemoso-capitati; racemi circiter 15 cm longi; capitula 
circiter 10-flora, sessilia vel inferiora breviter pedunculata. Calycis 
limbus angustissimus, truncatus. Petala 5, in calyptram deciduam 
cohaerentia. Stamina 10. Ovarium 8—10 loculare, stylis brevissimis. 
"Fructus deest. 
Seychelles: Mahé; Cascade Estate, at 450 metres, growing on and 
among rocks of rough cliff, H. P. Thomasset, 192. 
I am puzzled as to genus of this plant. lt belongs perhaps to 
Schefflera as extended by Harms (Engler u. Prantl., Natürl. Pflanzenf. III, 
8, p. 35), who ineludes in it Sciadophyllum P. Browne, Actinophyllum Ruiz 
u. Pavon, Parapanax Miq., Agalma Miq., Actinomorphe Miq., Heptapleurum 
Gaertn., Paratropia DC., and Astropanax Seem.; but I am unable to accept 
this combination without investigation, though it may be a sound one. 
Schefflera digitata Forst., on which the genus was founded, differs from 
the plant here described in having a distinctly toothed calyx-limb, free, 
persistent petals and only five stamens; and Geopanax differs from Hepta- 
pleurum, as limited by Bentham and Hooker (Gen. Plant., I, p. 942), in 
having connate petals, and in the stamens and cells of the ovary being 
twice as numerous as the petals. On the whole it is preferable to treat 
this plant a representing a new genus. 
19. Durandea magnifolia 0. Stapf in Hookers Icon. pl., XXIX (1906), 
tab. 2822. /Linaceae-Hugonieae.] 3 
