ARALIACEZ, 
Decompound-umbelled Panax. PI. 2 to 8 feet. 
Cult, The hardy species of this genus grow best in peat, 
and are increased by dividing at the root. The other species 
grow well in a mixture of loam and sand: and are increased by 
cuttings which should be planted in sand, with a hand-glass 
placed over them. ; 
Ill. CUSSO'NIA (in honour of Peter Cusson, once Pro- 
fessor of Botany in the University of Montpelier : his writings 
are principally on umbelliferous plants). Thunb. nov. act. ups. 
3. p. 212. nov. gen. 1. p. 11. Lin. fil. suppl. 182. Juss. gen. 
p.217. Lam. ill. t. 187. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 22. D.C. prod, 
4, p. 255. 
Lin. syst. Pent-Hepténdria, Di-Trigynia. Margin of calyx 
short, entire or with 5-7 acute teeth. Petals 5-7. Stamens 
5-7, alternating with the petals. Ovarium turbinate, crowned 
by abroad disk. Styles 2-3, short, erect, distinct, approximate. 
Fruit 2-3-celled, roundish, nearly dry.—Cape shrubs; with 
rather succulent, thick trunks. Leaves glabrous, petiolate, 
palmate ; leaflets 5-7, 1-nerved, entire, or lobed. Flowers 
greenish, 
1 C. sprca‘ra (Thunb. nov. act. ups. 3. p. 212. t. 13.) leaves 
palmate ; leaflets petiolate, variously and acutely cut, often trifid 
at the apex; flowers spicate, exactly sessile along the rachis. 
k. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 
247, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p- 115. Shrub glabrous, 8-10 feet 
high. Leaflets usually 7, rarely 5, lower ones 3, variously pin- 
nate-parted, ternate at the apex ; lobes angularly toothed, very 
acute. Calyx entire. Flower bud globose. Styles 2-3. Flowers 
spirally disposed along the rachis of the spike in 5-6 series. 
Spiked-flowered Cussonia. Clt. 1789. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 
2 C. rnyrsirzdra (Thunb. act. nov. ups. 3. t. 12.) leaves 
palmate ; leaflets sessile, cuneiform, obtuse, truncate, tridentate ; 
flowers racemose, pedicellate along the rachis. h.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. fil. eclog. 1. p. 89. t. 61. 
C. thyrsoidea, Thunb. nov. gen. 1. p. 11. Pers. ench. I. p. 
298. Leaflets some of them entire, and a little toothed : others 
are ternate, varying in number from 3 to 5. Calyx acutely 5- 
toothed. Styles 3. There is a variety of this with jointed 
leaflets, the lowest joints dilated at end into smaller lobes. 
Thyrse-flomered Cussonia. Clt. 1795. Tree 6 to 12 feet. 
3 C. rri’prera (Colla, hort. ripul. 43. t. 26.) leaves palmate, 
leaflets sessile, variously and deeply pinnatifid, trifid at the apex. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The leaflets are 
the number and form of those of C. spicata, but they are ses- 
sile, as in C., thyrsiflora. Flowers unknown. 
Three-winged Cussonia. Shrub. 
Cult. A mixture of peat, loam, and sand is a good soil for 
Species ; and cuttings root readily if planted under a hand- 
ass, 
IV. MARA‘LIA (altered from Aralia). Pet. Th. nov. gen. 
mad. p. 13. no. 43. D.C. prod. 4. p. 255. Aralia species of 
Schultes. . 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Trigynia. Margin of calyx small. 
Petals and stamens 5. Styles 3. Ovarium cylindrical. Berry 
cylindrical, 3-celled, 3-seeded.—A small shrub, native of Mada- 
gascar. Leaves pinnate. Racemes hanging. Umbellules on 
ong peduncles. Berries blackish—This genus differs from all 
others in the present order, particularly in the ovarium and fruit 
emg cylindrical, not turbinate nor obovate. 
1 M. Mapacascarte’nsis (D.C. prod. 4. p. 255.). h. S. 
beg of Madagascar. Aralia Maralia, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 
Madagascar Maralia. Shrub. 
Cult. See Cussdnia above for culture and propagation. 
III. Cussonta. 
IV. Marara. 387 
V. GILIBE’RTIA (named after J. E. Gilibert, a French 
botanist, author of Chloris de Lyon). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. 
p. 50. t. 8. D.C. prod. 4. p. 255.—Gasténia species, Lam. 
Lin. syst. Pent-Decdndria, Monogynia. Margin of calyx 
entire, drawn out beyond the ovarium. Petals 5-10. Stamens 
the same number as there are petals, and alternating with them. 
Ovarium 5-10-celled, crowned by a broad disk above. Style 
short, thick, conical or pyramidal, composed of 5-10 joined ones, 
which are erectly conniving at the apex at first, but at length 
diverging a little. Fruit fleshy—Shrubs or small trees. Leaves 
variable. Flowers umbellate, disposed in racemose panicles. 
This genus differs from Gastonia in the stamens being equal in 
number to the petals, not double that number as in that genus ; 
and in the style being thick and pyramidal, hardly divided at the 
apex, not parted to the base, and stellate. 
1 G. umpezta‘ta (Ruiz et Pav. fi. per. 3. p. 75. t. $12.) 
leaves simple; petioles unarmed; limb oval-oblong, obsoletely 
denticulated, glabrous; umbels terminal, compound. h. G. 
Native of Peru, in the groves of Munna. Calyx 7-toothed. Pe- 
tals 7. Style thick, conical; stigmas 7, at length spreading a 
little. Fruit 7-celled. Wangenheimia umbellata and Ginannia 
umbellata, Dietr. ex Steud. 
Umbellate-flowered Gilibertia. Tree. 
2 G. parma ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 256.) leaves simple, gla- 
brous above, and clothed with rusty pubescence beneath, cor- 
date, palmately lobed : lobes lanceolate, acute, serrated ; petioles 
long, prickly ; flowers umbellate. h. G. Native of the East 
Indies, at Chittagong. Gastonia palmata, Roxb. hort. beng. 33. 
Lindl. bot. reg. 894. Calyx plicate. Petals white, nearly ovate, 
5-9. Perhaps G. palmata, Mess. sc. 1825. in Feruss. bull. 
1825. oct. 220. From the description the leaves are said to be 
nearly peltate; the leaflets petiolate, and the petals wanting. 
Flowers whitish. 
Palmate-leaved Gilibertia. 
Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
3 G. repa’npa (D. C. 1. c.) leaves or leaflets broadly ovate, 
feather-nerved, coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, bluntly 
somewhat attenuated at the base, on short petioles, with repand- 
toothed margins; flowers umbellate. h. S. Native of the 
Mauritius. Margin of calyx short, entire. Ovarium sulcate, 
conical in the superior part. Style hardly any; stigmas 5-7, 
very short, nearly stellate. The leaves or leaflets being detached 
from the specimen examined, it is doubtful whether the leaves 
are simple or compound; but from analogy we would rather 
consider them as compound. 
Repand-toothed-leaved Gilibertia. Shrub, 
4 G. Natu'cu (D. C. 1. c.) leaves impari-pinnate: with 5 
ovate, acuminated, feather-nerved, coarsely and irregularly-tooth- 
ed, coriaceous, glabrous leaflets; flowers corymbose. R. S. 
Native of Malabar. Nalugu, Rheed. mal. 2. p. 43. t. 26. 
Gastonia Naligu, Lam. dict. 2. p. 611. Smith, in Rees’ cycl. 
vol. 15. Petals 5. Stamens unknown. Fruit nearly globose, 
depressed, blueish black, 8-9-seeded. Flowers whitish or green. 
Nalugu is the Brahmin name of the tree. 
Nalugu Gilibertia. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 
5 G. panicura'ta (D. C. 1. c.) leaves or leaflets broadly ob- 
ovate, obtuse, feather-nerved, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; 
flowers panicled, disposed in racemes along the branches of the 
panicle. h.S. Native of the Mauritius and Bourbon. The 
leaves or the leaflets, whichever they may be, are about a foot 
long, and 6 inches broad. Panicle 6-8 inches long. Flowers on 
short pedicels. Margin of calyx entire; flower-bud conical, 
obtuse, 10-angled. Petals 10, valvate. Stamens 10, alternat- 
ing with the petals. Style thick, conical, hardly 8-10-lobed at 
the apex. Ovarium 8, rarely 9-10-celled. 
Panicled Gilibertia. Tree, 
3D 2 
V. GILIBERTIA. 
Fl. Feb. March. Clt. 1818. 
