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A tree 30-50 ft., or scandent shrub. Leaflets 3 J by 2\ in., 3 (or 5 in Wight's No. 

 1204), base rounded or cordate; petiolules often f-f in. Panicles 3-6 in., with 3-6 

 heads; pedicels J-| in., glabrous cr puberulo-pubescent. Styles combined nearly to 

 their summits. Fndt ^ in. long and broad subcampanulate ; ribs not prominent. 



The typical form of the fruit in the Nilgherries, accurately described and figured 

 by Wight and Beddomo, differs from the Himalayan, but the large series of examples 

 bridges over the gap completely. 



Vab. umhellatum, Seem. Eev. Heder. 22 (sp.); fruit oblong strongly-ribbed, disc 

 often elongate-conical, pedicels glabrous or pubescent. P. Leschenaultii, Seem. Rev, 

 Reder, 22, partly; Brand. For. FL 248. Hedera fragrans, Bon Prodr. 187, not of 

 BoxK. Panax bijugum, Wall Cat. 4937; C. Dm Gen. Syst. iii. 386, &c.— Tempemte 

 Himalaya from Kumaon to Bhotan, alt. 4000-10,000 ft., common. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 3000-6000 ft. — Resembles the type except in the fruit: the pedicels are either 

 glabrous, or more or less pubescent. .Seemann has marked as P. Leschenaultii 

 examples with pubescent pedicels. 



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Leaves large, simply piunatifid, glabrous. Panicles male or hermaphrodite, 

 males mucli larger and more compound; pedicels jointed close under the 

 flowers J flowers small. C«^yi.-teeth 5, triangular. Petals 5, imbricate, 

 Stamens 6. Ovary 4^3-celled ; styles 4-3, separate, linear-cylindric, stigma- 

 tose on all sides. Fruit 1-seeded. — Distrib. Species 2, Malayan. 



, 1; A. pinziatlfidum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 763, t. 13; leaves 12-18 

 in. lobed nearly (sometimes quite) to the rachis, panicles upwards and flowers 

 tawny-pubescent. 



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Malacca : Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2702); Maingay No. 676. - 

 ' , liObes of the haves 4-6 by 1-2 in.» oblong-lanceolate, Male panicles 15 by 12 in., 

 compound, with innumerable minute pubescent flowers. Petals pubescent. Young 

 ovary -vnth ] pendulous ovule in each cell. Fruit (unripe) \ in. long.— Maingay notes 

 '* Drupes 1-seeded, cotyledons crumpled leafy." The albumen in the imperfectly ripe 

 seeds seems much ruminated. The seeds of the closely allied A. dentatum are 1 in. 



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Shrubs or trees. Leaves pinnate or digitate rarely undivided ; leaflets 

 entire or serrate. Umbels panicled (in Indian species), pedicels iointed close 

 binder the flowers. Flmvers often polygamous. Cdyx-limb 6-toothed or nearly 

 entire. Tetals 5, valvate. -Seamen* 6. Ovary 2- (rarely 3-) ceUed ; styles ? 



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(rarely 3), distinct. Fi-uit subcompressed or globose, 2- (rarely 3-) seeded, 

 carpels rounded on the back— Distkib. Species 25, Polynesian, Australian, 

 ancf Malayan, extending to Mantchuria and Tropical Africa. 



, 1. P. " fruticoBum,' Linn.; DC. Prodr. h. 254; leaves ^PJ^ate, 

 leaflets lanceolate bristle-serrate, fruit compressed lateraUy. fiu;>»^^Vf- «»^ J 

 ^oxb. Sort. Bmg. 21, Fl. Ind. ii. 76; Wall. Cat. 4932; W. ^ ^. iVorfr. 3/6; 

 ^iffht Ic. t. 673 ; Kurz For. Fl. i. 637. Nothopanax fruticosum Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 ^^- i. pt. i. 765 ; Seem. Rev. Heder. 70.— Hutnph. Amb. iv. t. 33. 



.Throughout the warmer parts of India, cultivated.— Distkib 

 '«sia, cultivated; wild state unknown. v; ■ ' > •• . ' . . ^ -^^ 



. A shrub, 3-6 ft. i leaflets 2-3 by H ^^•' ^"t varying greatly in size and often 



'Regular in shape, usuklly much setose-serrate or \°"f f .««'°«*^'^.f °.^"^„t° i^ 

 fanicles 3-6 in.; bracts minute, deciduous; pedicels ^m._Fnutim. long and 

 •^oad and i in. thickfstyiei persistent recurved. ''■•^■';.-sftf^=i7>:*f:*>i - ,: .> 



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