Lxxi. ARALiACE^. . (C. B. Clarke.) 



739 



Macropanax.'l 



lanceolate entire rarely minutely denticulate, base narrowed often very acute- 

 petiolules ^-2 m. Panicle 1 ft, compound; bracts ^ in,, triangular, caducous' 

 peaicels j m., angular, perfectly glabrous; bracteoles or caducous. Fruit 

 Jl/. oreojmilum. 



as in 



15. 



, Zinn, 



Shruts, climting extensively, or small trees. Leaves simple, lobed or pin- 

 nate, glabrous; stipules 0. Flotuers polygamous; uinbels paTiicled; bracts 

 very small, pedicels not or very obscurely\jointed uuder the flowers. Calyx- 

 margiyi 5-tootbed or sub-entire. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 6. Ovary 5- 

 celled; styles connate into a column. Fruit globose, almost berried. Seeds 

 ovoid; albumen ruminated. — Species 2; one in all temperate regions of the 

 Old World ; the other Australian. 



1. 



K. Helix. 



elongated. 



Z/wn.; DC. Prodr. iv. 261; leaves simple, panicle not 

 Don Prodr. 187; Wall. Cat 4908; Poxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey cS- 

 Wall ii. 515; Brand. For. FL 248. 



Throughout the Himalaya alt. 6000-10,000 ft. ; Khasia Mrs., alt. 4000-6000 ft. ; 

 not rare. — Distrib. From W. Europe to Japan. 



Stem glabrous climbing adhesively by means of numerou-s extra-axillary rootlet*^. 

 Leaves 3-4 in., varying from linear-fanceolate to cordate -ovate, entire or variously 

 lobed palmate or subpinnatifid ; petiole ^2 in. Panicle often depressed, subcorym- 

 hose, or shortly ovate, never large compound; bracts ecarcely \ in., trinngular; 

 pedicels ^-| in., stellately hairy; bracteoles minute or 0. Fruit black, more rarely 

 yellow or red. — There is no note of red fruit from India; yellow fruit is not un- 

 common there. 



16. 



, C. B. Clarke. 



A glabrous unarmed tree. Leaves 1-3-folioIate ; leaflets lanceolate,^ denti- 

 f'ulate or nearly entire ; base of petiole much dilated; stipules inconspicuous. 

 Umbels panicled; bracts and bracteoles deciduous; pedicels jointed close under 

 the flowers. Calyx margined, 5-toothed somewhat prominently. Petals 6, 

 valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 5-celled; styles connate. Fruit berried, large, 

 subglobose, crowned by the stout persistent style. Seeds 5-4; albumen 

 laminated. 



Differs technically from Hedcra in the jointed pedicels: the serrate leaflets and 

 ^rge fruit give to it a widely different aspect. 



1 



B. nXaingrayi 



simple leaves attain 8.J by 4 in., 



' ■ *' ^ petiole 



owers 



Malacca ; Maingay, No. 683. 



Leaflets of the compound leaves 3^ by 1^ in., ^ _ _ . 



Membranous, opaque, base subacute, secondary nerves raised tertiary obscure; p 

 ^-2 in. Panick glabrous or obscurelv pubescent; pedicels ^3 ,n. Young / 

 «Mall, petals expanding, reflexed. Fr^iit (not quite ripe) more than ^ in. excluMve of 

 ^e conical disc and stout style.— Dr. Mainga/s examples are m fragments; the size 

 ^f the panicle is doubtful, and it is not improbable that some at least of the leaves 

 ^y have more than 3 leiiflets or may be pinnate. 



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17. 



C. B. Clarke. 



A 



rr tree. Leaves digitate, 5-^-1 -foliolate ; stipules within the 

 ^^nheU panicled, bracts 0, pedicels continuous. F/owm polygamous. 



'^ar^m minute. Petals 6, valvate. Stamens 5.- Ovary 3-5-celled ; styles 3-5, 



' - 3 B 2 



petiole. 

 Calyx- 



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