30 LXIX, ARALIACEE (HIERN). [ Heptapleurum. 
2. H. elatum, Hiern. Tree 50-60 ft. high ; quite glabrous except 
the bracts and bracteoles. Branches 4—} in. thick close to the extre- 
mities. Leaves with 6 leaflets; petioles sulcate, 103 in. long; leaflets 
ovate or ovate-oblong, serrulate, nearly cordate at base, acuminate at 
apex, shining, 6-8 in. Jong, thinly coriaceous, on stalks 2-3 in. long. 
Inflorescence terminal, 6-8 in. long; primary pedicels }—? in. long, 
secondary 5-7 together, 1-} in. long; bracteoles lanceolate, fulvo- 
ubescent. Calyx campanulate or turbinate. Petals and stamens 0. 
tyle conical, 4~5-lobed at the apex.—Paratropia elata, Hook. f. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 196. Astropanax elatum. Seem, in Journ. Bot. 
1865, 177. Sciodaphyllum elatum, Seem. in Rev. Heder. 51. 
Upper Guinea. Camaroons mountains, 7500 ft. alt., fl. in February, Wann! 
3. H. Barteri, Hiern. A small glabrous tree. Branches about 
4 in. thick near the extremities. Leaves with 5 leaflets; petioles 
faintly sulcate, 54-5} in. long; leaflets 4-6 in. long, oblong, sharply 
acuminate, coriaceous, rounded at the base, on stalks 4-14 in. long, 
entire, shining. Bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, glabrescent; inflores- 
cence 72-8 in. long; umbellules 8-10-flowered; primary pedicels 
4-3 in. long, secondary }—} in. long. Styles radiating in fruit and 
raised on a column about as long as themselves. Fruit subglobose, 
ro in. long, about 8-ribbed, rather flat at the apex, with persistent re- 
mains of styles.—Astropanax Barteri, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1865, 177. 
Sciodaphyllum Barteri, Seem. in Rev. Heder. 51. 
Upper Guinea. Niger; Sugar Loaf Mountain, Sierra Leone, fr. in May, Barter ! 
Prince’s Island, Barter / 
4. Hi. Baikiei, Hiern. A glabrous tree, 20 ft. high. Leaves of 3 
or more leaflets ; petioles somewhat sulcate, 11 in. long; leaflets oval- 
oblong, shortly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, very thinly coria- 
ceous, entire, 8}in. long, on stalks nearly 2 in. long. Inflorescence 
terminal, 43-5} in. long; umbellules 4 or 5-flowered ; primary pedicels 
5—y’y in. long; secondary 4—} in. long; bracteoles lanceolate. Styles 
radiating in fruit, raised on a column about as long as themselves ; 
fruit { in. long, subglobose, acutely 5~7-ribbed, white when ripe.— 
Astropanax Baikiei, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1865, 177. Sciodaphyllum 
Baixiei, Seem. in Rev. Heder. 51. 
Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter! 
5, Hi. scandens, Hiern. A climbing shrub, 20-30 feet high. Leaves 
5-7-foliate ; petioles 44-6 in. long, striate, terete; leaflets 34-74 in. 
long, oval-oblong, acuminate or subcaudate at apex, rounded or sub- 
cordate’ at base, shining especially above, thinly coriaceous, entire, on 
stalks 1-14 in. long. Inflorescence terminal, about 5 in. long, with 
ovate brown-farinose bracteoles arranged in a spiral of ,8, in. in bud ; 
umbellules about 10-flowered ; primary pedicels } to } in. long, about 
twice as long as the secondary. Styles 5 or 6, diverging or radiating 
