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form of rootstock and tuber attributed specially to P. Ginseng and to P. quinqtie' 

 folius, Linn,: the scale at the base of the stem is persistent even in some of 

 Wallich's specimens. 



2. A. blpinnatifida, C. B. Clarke; leaflets pinnatifid the lobes serrate 

 or bipinnatifid pilose above. Panax bipinnatifidiun, See77i, Rev, Heder. 100, 



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SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 8500-11,500 ft.; J. D. H. ; C. B, Clarke. ^ 

 Generally resembles A, Pseudo -ginseng, and perhaps not distinct. Leaflets' 

 petiolnled or sessile, lanceolate acuminate or caudate. Rootstock horizontal, quite 

 like that of some examples' of A. Pseudo-ginseng, and doubtless, like it, produces 

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Sect. II. Shrubs, erect or scandent, or small trees. Leaves digitate. Styles 

 5 (or 4). Fruit carpels 5-4, ridged on the back. 



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3. A. cissifolia, Griff.-, Seem, Rev. Heder. 91; leaflets 5 rarely 3 

 lanceolate narrowed at each end, a tuft of fulvous hairs or spines often at the 

 apex of the petiole, umbels simple. — Araliad sp. 4, Herh. Ind. Oi\y H.f, ^ T. 



Temperate Himalaya; Kumaon, Sikkim, and Bhotan. > .* 



A shrub 10 ft. or erect small tree, branches with short strong deflexed pnckles 

 which are sometimes clustered at the nodes. Petioles 5 in., glabrous or pubescent, 

 often with scattered prickles; stipules large, ovate, often deciduous; leaflets 2-3 in., 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pilose above; petiolule 0-^ in. Peduncles 2-5 in., solita^, 

 pubescent upwards, carrying each one many-flowered umbel; bracteoles among the 

 pedicels few, linear, small. Fruit glabrous, 



,:;>iyAR. 1. norihalis; a small tree, branchlets and leaves prickly, leaflets fulvoi^- 

 pubescent beneath doubly serrate, pedicels pubescent. Sikkim; alt. 9000-13,000 ft.> 

 Laewen, J:i). a, j Bhotan; GV/^a (Kew Distrib. No. 2669). i Vv 



-^ Var. 2. seandens, Edgew. in Herb.; scandent (?) without spines, glabrous, leaflets 

 simply serrate. Kumaon; alt. 9000 ft,, Madhari Pass, Strachey ^' Winterbottom, / 



Sect. III. JSu-Aralia. Erect lax shrubs. Leaves 1-3-pinnate. Styles 



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idged on the back, 

 cacl&emlrica. Bene, in .Tana. Voi/. Bot. 72. t. 81 ; unarmed 



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leaflets at the points of division of the leaf-rachis, leaflets elliptic shortly 



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Seem. Rev. Hede?-, 91 ; Brand. For. FL 2487 ^. macrophylla, Lindl in Bot, 

 Reg. 1844, Misc. 73. Panax tripinnatum, Wall. Cat. 4934; G. Dm Gen. Syst. 

 iii. 384. P. decomnositmn TJ^nJi rw/ yioQf;. nn Pr/w/ iv. 255. — Araliad sp. 



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Temperatk Himalaya; from Rixkim, alt. 7000-8000 ft, to Kashmih, alt. 9000- 

 12,000 ft.; frequent. 



A lax shrub, 5-10 ft. Leavrs 1-3-pinnate, ultimate pinna with 5-9 leaflets, 

 petiolules 0-j in.; leaflets 3i by 1| in., often cordate at base, usually simply regu- 

 larly serrate, pilose above, gbtbrous or hispid on the nerves beneath. [^^'J. ^^ 

 elongate panicles a foot long, but many smaller panicles occur; bracts J m., tew, 

 lanceolate, or sometimes leaf-like 1^ in.; panicle-branches and pedicels pubescent. 



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aculeate, panicle-branches and pedicels glabrous or sparingly bnstly 

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