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r shrul)s, glabrous, unarmed. Leaves simple, entire, on young shoot 

 ous, palmately S-S-lobed ; stipules small, scarcely united within thi 

 Jmbels solitary or in small panicles ; bracts small or ; pedicels noi 

 jointed under the flower, Calyx-margin entii-e or5-toothed. Petals o, valvate 

 somewhat thick. Stamem 5. Ovary 5-celled ; styles united into a column a1 

 the base, their summits (in the Indian species) spreading". Fruit globose oi 

 ellipsoid, distinctly or obscurely 5-ribbed. Seeds compress^ ; albimien uniform 

 -^DisTRiB. Species 20. mostly tropical American ; four species in China, Japan 

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1. D* japonlcunif Seem, Rev. Heder, 27; leaves densely glandular^ 

 fruit ellipsoid much longer than broad distinctly ribbed,, Hedera japonica, 

 Jungh. in Walp, Rep, ii. 431 {ex &m.).— Araliad sp. 34, Hah Ind. Or. 





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-io79). — DisTBiB. Japan. 



Appears to be an erect shrub or very small tree. Leaves (those near the umbels) 

 ^ by 2-3 in., oblong or elliptic, acute, entire, 1-3-5-nerved from the base; petiole 

 ^-2 in. ; polymorphous leaves on young shoots sometimes 8 in. diam., deeply 3-5- 

 palmated ; segments narrowly lanceolate, often remotely and minutely toothed ; 

 petiole 6-8 in. Umbels solitary or 2-3, panieled ; pedicels J in. Fruit ^ by } in., 

 somewhat pentagonal. 



- 2. n. parviflorum, Benth. Fl, Hongh 137; leaves not densely glan- 



ually 3-nerved at the base oblong or elliptic acute, fruits suhglobose 

 y ribbed. Seem. Rev, Heder, 27. Iledera parviflora, Champ, in Hook. 

 J^eio Joum. Bot. iv. 122. 



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Mount Ophir, Malacca ; ( 

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Apparently an erect shrub. 



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glands not visible on the young leaves even; petiole }-l^ in. Umbels mostly 

 solitary ; pedicels A in. Fruit I in. diam.— The branchlets from Mount Ophir have 

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Shrubs or small trees, unarmed. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, lower 

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intermediate 3-foliolate ; leaflets easily ueparauie uuui .u^ ...^..» , ...^.^.o 

 united within the petiole. Pe^wno/e* mostly forming a terminal umbel, each 

 ending in a simple (or slightly compound) umbel of flowers ; bracts very small ; 

 pedicels not joiSted under the flow^. Calyx-teeth 5, small Petals 5 yalvate. 

 Stamens 5. Omry 1-celled 1-ovuIed; style short, simple. Frut< (in the -^ 

 Indian sner.i^s^ ovoid, not aiigilar. Seed subglobosej albumen ru— ^-^ - a 



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