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root, or by seed. The hardy shrubby kinds also grow best in 
peat-earth, and are very ornamental and curious; they are in- 
creased by seeds brought from the places of their natural growth, 
which do not vegetate until the second year; or by slips of the 
roots. The other species being either green-house or stove 
plants, require to be grown in pots, in a mixture of loam, peat, 
oe sand; and cuttings of them root readily under a hand- 
glass. 
X. SCIODAPHY’LLUM (oxuoete, skioeis, shady ; from oxa, 
skia, shadow, and gv)\Xov, phyllon, a leaf; the leaves are large, 
and usually digitate, and afford much shade). P. Browne, jam. 
p. 190. Poir. dict. 6. p. 745. Spreng. syst. 1. no. 1139. Blum. 
bijdr. p. 874. D. C. prod. 4. p. 259.—Actinophyllum, R. et 
Pav. fl. per. prod.—Aralia species, Blume, in litt, &c. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Pentagy nia. All as in Aralia, but 
the petals cohere in the form of a calyptra at the apex, notwith- 
standing it ought perhaps still to be joined with Ardlia. 
§ 1. Leaves simple, undivided. 
1 S. nv`mire (Blum. bijdr. p. 875.) shrub parasitical, diffuse ; 
leaves simple, ovate-oblong, acuminated, distantly serrated, cori- 
aceous, glabrous; racemes terminal; flowers umbellate, tetran- 
drous. kh.S. Native of Java, in woods on Mount Salak. 
Humble Sciodaphyllum. Shrub diffuse. 
§ 2. Leaves simple, palmate-lobed. 
2 S. parma rum (Blum. l. c. p. 875.) stem arboreous, prickly ; 
leaves membranous, glabrous, palmately 5-9-parted: segments 
lanceolate, serrated from the middle to the apex ; racemes axil- 
lary ; flowers umbellate, with 8-12 stamens. h.S. Native of 
Java, in humid parts of woods on the mountains, where it is 
called {jankuran by the natives. Fruit hemispherical, 6 lines in 
diameter. 
Paimate-leaved Sciodaphyllum. Tree. 
§ 3. Leaves trifoliate. 
3 S. sca’npens (Blum. bijdr. p. 878.) stem shrubby, scan- 
dent ; leaves trifoliate; leaflets lanceolate, much acuminated, 
quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous: the middle one on a long 
petiole; racemes crowded, terminal, divaricate; flowers umbel- 
late, pentandrous. kh. |. S. Native of Java, in woods on 
Mount Tjerimai. 
Scandent Sciodaphyllum. Shrub cl. 
_4 S. varasiticum (Blum. bijdr. p. 877.) stem shrubby, para- 
sitical; leaves ternate: leaflets oblong, acuminated, obtuse at 
the base, remotely serrated, coriaceous, glabrous, nearly vein- 
less; racemes axillary and terminal, solitary or twin; flowers 
umbellate, hexandrous. h.S. Native of Java, at the foot of 
Mount Salak, where it is called Ramo giling huntje. 
Parasitic Sciodaphyllum. Shrub parasitical. 
§ 4. Leaves digitate. 
* East Indian species. 
2 S. susave`'xne (Blum. bijdr. p. 876.) stem frutescent ; leaves 
digitate : leaflets 3-5, oblong, acuminated at both ends, coriace- 
ous, nearly veinless; racemes crowded, terminal, diverging ; 
flowers umbellate, pentandrous. h. S. Native of Java, on 
Mount Salak, in woods, where it is called Ramo-huntje by the 
natives. 
Nearly-veinless-leaved Sciodaphyllum. Shrub. 
6 S. romentosum (Blum. bijdr. p. 877.) stem pubescent ; 
leaves digitate; leaflets 5-7, oblong, acuminated, rounded at the 
base, shining above, but clothed with stellate tomentum beneath ; 
ARALIACEZ. X. SCIODAPHYLLUM. 
racemes panicled, axillary, and terminal; flowers umbellate, 
pentandrous. h.S. Native of Java, in woods on Mount Bur- 
angrang. 
Var. B, farindsum (Blum. bijdr. p. 875.) leaflets 7, ending in 
a long taper-point each. k.S. Native of the west of Java, in 
mountain woods, where it is called Pangany tapok.  Actino- 
phyllum farindsum, Blum. cat. hort. buit. p. 43. 
Tomentose Sciodaphyllum. Shrub. 
7 S. erxivricum (Blum. bijdr. p. 878.) stem shrubby, scan- 
dent; leaves digitate ; leaflets 5-7, rarely 3, elliptic, acutish at 
both ends, coriaceous, glabrous; panicle terminal, divaricate ; 
flowers umbellate, pentandrous. h.. S. Native of Java, at 
the foot of Mount Salak, where it is called Ramo-gunti by the 
natives. Petals purplish. 
Elliptical-leafletted Sciodaphyllum. Shrub cl. 
8 S. pivarica‘tum (Blum. bijdr. p. 876.) stem arborescent, 
sometimes scandent; leaves digitate: leaflets 5-9, petiolulate, 
oblong, bluntish at both ends, glabrous; racemes panicled, ter- 
minal ; flowers umbellate, pentandrous. h.S. Native of Java, 
on the mountains in humid woods, in the province of Buitinzor | 
where it is called Ramo-giling or Sanga-boanah. Actinophyl- 
lum divaricatum, Blum. cat. hort. buit. p. 42. and in flora 1825. 
. 147. 
x Divaricate Sciodaphyllum. Shrub cl. ? 
9 S. Lu`cipum (Blum. bijdr. p. 877.) stem arborescent ; leaves 
digitate : leaflets 11-12, oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, 
coriaceous, glabrous; racemes crowded, terminal, divaricate, 
glabrous; flowers umbellate, pentandrous. h.S. Native of 
Java, on the top of Mount Salak. 
Shining Sciodaphyllum. ‘Tree. 
* * American species. 
10 S. Bréwnt (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 953.) stem arboreous; 
leaves digitate; leaflets 7-11, nearly umbellate, petiolulate, ob- 
long-lanceolate, glabrous, unequal; racemes compound, very 
long, nutant; flowers nearly capitate, pentandrous ; corollas 
hemispherical, h. S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains in 
woods. Sciodaphy'llum, Browne, jam. 195. t. 19. f. Te Aralia 
Sciodaphy'llum, Swartz, prod. 55. Hédera Sciodaphy'llum, 
Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 519. Schultes, syst. 5. p. 510. Vids 
heptaphy'lla, Lin. mant. p. 212. ex Smith, exclusive of the coun- 
try. The central leaflets of the leaves are smallest. Anthers 
purple. 
Browne's Sciodaphyllum. Clt. 1793. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 
11 S. céntcum (Poir. dict. 6. p. 746.) stem shrubby ; beset 
digitate: leaflets 7-13, petiolulate, oblong, abruptly ne 
coriaceous, glabrous, reticulately veined ; racemes 2-3, rather vel- 
vety; flowers capitate, with 7-8-9-10-11 stamens ; corollas coni- 
cal. h. S. Native of Peru, in groves. Actinophy lum conicum, 
Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 74. t. 809. Heads of flowers about 
the size of a pea. Corollas of a whitish-red colour. Branches 
violaceous. 
Conical-flowered Sciodaphyllum. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
12 S. PENTA'NDRUM (Poir. dict. 6. p. 747.) stem shrubby; 
somewhat arboreous ; leaves digitate : leaflets 7-11, petiolulate, 
oblong, acuminated at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous above, but 
beset with stellate pili beneath; racemes 1-3, woolly; flowers 
capitate, pentandrous; corollas conical, obtuse. Rh. S. epee 
of Peru. Actinophy'Ilum pentandrum, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per- 4 
p. 75. t. 311. Corollas ofa whitish purple colour ; anthers A 
low. Berry whitish, about the size of a cherry. Leaflets dark- 
brown beneath. Racemes pale-reddish. fe 
Pentandrous Sciodaphyllum. Clt. 1820. Tree 18 to 20 it. 
13 S.ancura'rum (Poir. dict. 6. p.745. exclusive of Browne $ 
synonyme,) stem arboreous ; leaves digitate: leaflets 7-11, pe- 
tiolulate, oblong, acuminated, concave at the base, shining above; 
