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styles nearly a line long. Petals not seen. Seeds much and 
deeply lobed laterally.—Central] Madagascar, Baron 1935 
PANAX CISSIFLORUS, n. 8p. 
Glaber, foliis magnis deltoideis bipinnatis, foliolis 2-3-jugis oblongis 
acutis parce ciliato-denticulatis, infloréscentiz ramis parce racemosis, 
ramulis simpliciter umbellatis, umbellis 5-6-floris, pedicellis flore longi- 
oribus, ovario globoso triloculari, calycis limbo minuto subintegro, stylis 3 
ad basin liberis. 
A. shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves a foot long and 
broad, with two erecto-patent opposite side divisions and an end 
one; leaflets 5-7 to a division, oblong or obovate-oblong, acute, 
2-3 in. long, about an inch broad, moderately firm in texture, no 
ribs except.the midrib distinctly visible. Branches of the in- 
florescence three in a terminal whorl, half a foot long, bearing 
each 5-6 peduncled whorls of flowers arranged racemosely ; final 
pedicels slender, about 4 in. long. Ovary globose-trigonous, } in. 
long and broad, crowned by a minute calyx-limb and small 
globose green corolla. Stamens included. Styles free to the 
base.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1775! 
Pawax (§ SPHEROPANAX) ZANTHOXYLOIDES, n. 8p. 
Arboreus, glaber, foliis bipinnatis, pinnis 3-4-jugis, centralibus solum 
parce compositis, foliolis obovatis obtusis rigide coriaceis, floribus in um- 
bellas paniculatas dispositis, umbellis paucifloris, pedicellis basi articulatis 
quam fructus paulo longioribus, fructu globoso 4—5-angulato 4-5-loculari, 
stigmatibus 4-5 brevibus patulis. 
An erect tree or shrub, glabrous in all i parts, with stiff 
terete branchlets. Leaves 3—4 in. long, including the 1-in. 
petiole, which is swollen at the base; rhachis angled; leaflets 
obovate, obtuse, cuneate at the base, 1-11 in. long, firm in 
texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with 4—5-jugate 
parallel erecto-patent main veins, the 3-4 pinne consisting of 
single leaflets in the less developed leaves, but in the more 
developed leaves the central pinne compound, with 3-5 leaflets. 
Flowers in small peduncled terminal panicles 2-3 in. long, with 
short simple erecto-patent 4- -angled branches bearing umbels of 
3-6 flowers, with pedicels 1—L in. long, not dilated into a cup at 
the tip. Mature ovary doble, 4-5-angled, 4—5-celled, glabrous, 
iin.in diam. Petals and stamens not seen. Stigmas 4-5, forming 
a star about a line in diameter, thickened downwards and connate 
at the base.—Central Madagascar, forests of Imerina province, 
