long. Fruit 



wicm] XLiv. sApiNDACEiE. (W, P. Hiem.) . 605 



dunctes in short little-branched corymbose cymes, which measure 2-3 in. 



glabrous; carpels 1 in. long; wings venose, slightly diverging, widening above, back 



nearly straight; cells somewhat nodose. o di & , 



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.Sect. III. Leaves 5-lobed and nerved (3-lobed in J. fnllosum van 

 ^ftomsoni). 



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fifv^" <^»s*um, Wall ex Brand. For. Fl, HI, t 21 ; leaves palmately 

 o-lobed pale beneath serrate base cordate 5-nerved lobes ovate acuminate 

 basal ones smaller, cymes corymbose appearing after the leaves. 



. Tempeeatk Wkstekn Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nipal, alt, 7-10.000 ft., extend- 

 ing to Kumaon. » 



-. A tree, 70-80 ft. high, Ltmes 34-7 by 4-8 in., thinly pubescent, especially on the 

 veins beneath, usually glabrescent except in the axils of the 5 (rarely 7) basal nerves ; 

 petioles 24 64 in. Cymts nearly equalling the leaver; flowers pentamerous. Petal$ 

 short, white. Stamens short. /VmiY glabrate ; carpels lJ-2 in. long; wings venose, 

 somewhat diverging, back sligbtly curved; cells angular, black.— Woo<l soft; inferior 

 annking cups are made of it in Tibet, 



_10. A. villosum, Wall PL As, Ear. ii. 4; Cat. 1227 j leaves normally 

 5"lobed upper surface glabrate lower surface pubescent or nearly glabrate 

 ^ther paler base cordate 5-nerved lobes ovate or lanceolate serrate or repand, 

 racemes branched or simple pubescent usually appearing rather before the 

 leavea Brand. For. Fl. 111. A. sterculiaceum, Wall Fl. As. Bar. il :^, 

 t-lOS; Cat 1224. 



Temperate Western Himalaya; from Kashmir to Nipal, alt. 7-9000 ft.^ 

 A large handsome tree. Leaves 3^-10 in. long and wide; petioles 2-5 in. Qumt$ 

 fateral shorter than the leaves. Segals elliptic or ovate, ciliate, 3-nerved, Petals 

 ^ear-oblong, ciliate, about equalling the calyx. Stamens 5-8, glabrous, exserted. 

 ^ruit puherulent, brownish; carpels 14-2| in. long, diverging; wings venose, margins 

 often crenulate, back rather curved; cells angular-nervose. — According to Dr. 

 »^allich his A, sterctdiaceum diflFers from the type of A. viUosum in being much 

 sjnoother; he thinks, however, that this difference may perhaps be due to ita less 

 «ievated situation. 



. Vae. Thomsoni, Miq. in Archives N^erlandalses, iL 470 (*/?.) ; basal lobes of leavei 

 Obsolete, the three other lobes small, fruit 2-3 in. long.— Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 

 7-9000 h.,LD.H.; Dhotan, Griffith.— This is probably A. platanzfolia, Onff. Jtin. 

 yOl%s, 200, and perhaps distinct from A. mllosum. 



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^ 11. A. caudatum, WaU. PI. As. Bar. iL 4, 28. t. 132 ; Cat. 1225; leaves 

 5-Iobed serrate submembranous nearly or quite glabrescent except axils of 

 joe 5 basal nerves base cordate or truncate lobes ovate caudate the two 

 basal ones small, racemes short in flower longer in fruit nearly glabrous. 

 ^and. For. Fl. 112. A. pectinatum, WaU. Ic. ; Cat. 1226. A. acummatum, 

 **aU. ex D. Dm Prodr. 249. . 



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A large tree, with somewhat glaucous shoots. Leaves in some cases with persistent 

 Puberulence especially along the veins beneath, 2^-5 In. long and wide ; petioles 

 }i-34 in., reddish, puberuTent. Cymes appearing about the time of the leaves, SepoU 

 I in., oblong, obtuse, whitish, 5-4. Petals white, obovate, rather shorter than the ca^yx. 

 ftamens 4-6, exserted. Fruit ghibrous, subglaucous ; carpels ^IJ in. long, more or 

 fess diverging or (in A. pectinatum) quite patent ; wings pink, or at length ferruginous, 

 S^ose, back arcuate, front sinuous-crenulate : cells rugose, davkeT.— A, pectinatum isa 



form with Betosely serrate leaves.' 



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