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l^Gamblea. 



combined iiearly half their length. Fruit globose, 3-5-celled. Seed not com- 

 pressed ; albumen lightly ruminated, nearly as in Hedera. ' 



1. C3>. ciliata, C. B. Clarke \ leaflets oblanceolate or if solitary cordate 

 harshly pilose above margin bristle-ciliate. — Araliad sp. 3, Herb, Ind, Or. 



Sikkim; Tonglo, alt. 10,000 ft., J. D, H., Gamble; Jongri, 6\ B. Clarke. - 

 Unarmed, 30 ft. Leafiets 6^ by 2^ in., acuminate, hairs on both surfaces harsh 

 in age. or nearly glabrous beneath ; petiolules 0-^ in., densely rusty vallose. Umbels 



in sraall panicles; pedicels ^-^ '" — ^ ^ ^ *■ ^"-"^* ^ ^- /iioY« nUi 



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nume- 



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A glabrous small tree at first erect, afterwards a lofty climber. Leaves digi- 

 tate ; leaflets glabrous, leathery, entire ; stipules connate within^ the petiole. 

 Umbels in a compound umbel or small panicle ; pedicels thick, not jointed under 

 the flowers. Calyx-^nargin obsolete. Petals closely connate, falling off in a 

 cap. Stamens very many, in two or several series. Ovai'y cells very 

 rous ; Btigmas very many (90), sessile, radiating, contiguous but not connate. 

 Fruit globose, depressed (not seen ripe). 



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Hader, 6. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 2000-3000 ft.; Borpani, Zf . /. # T. East Bkngal; Griffith^ 

 (Kew Distrib. No. 2701). , 



Leaflets 7-9, .7 by 2^ in., narrowly oblong, shortly acuminate, narrowed at the 

 base ; petiolule 2 in. Main unibel about 3-rayed, branches 3 in., very stout wiUi 

 large ovate sheathing leathery persistent bracts at their base ; partial umbels 5-7-fia ; 

 pedicels 1-1^ in., glabrous, stout. Buds | in. diam., nearly globose; calyx-tube 

 leathery, smooth. Stamens about 50-70, densely packed; filaments and anthers as in 

 most of the order but larger. Unripe fruit more than f by 1. in., will be berried. 

 Seeds numerous, 20-30 at least. 



Okdeii LXXII. COSKACJSS:. (0. B. Clarke.) 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or alternate, generally petioled, entire or 

 ^asionally angular lobed or serrate, frequently unequal at the base ; stipule^s . 



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occasiuuttiiy aiijruiar looea or serrate, irequentiy unequal ax tue ucwo, «w^— 

 Floxvers usually small, regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual, in axillary or te - 

 minal cymes panicles or heads. Calyx-tube adnate ^^ +^^ ^▼^^'^ : ^^^^ '^^ 

 cate or 4-5-toothed, persistent. Petals or 4-5 ^uucuaiuutnv "•"" i^ 

 epigynous, imbricate or valvate. Stamens inserted with the petals and^a^fj^ , 

 them in number, rarely twice or thrice as many. Ovary inferior, l~f^^v ® J 

 crowned by a usually fleshy sometimes inconspicuous disc; s^'le single, sno 

 or long, stigma capitate or branched; ovule solitary (very seldom 2-3), pen 

 lous from the apex of the cell. Fruit generally succulent, l-4^elled, less ow 



2 pyrenes. Seed oblong, pendulous, albumen copious, fleshy ; enio > 



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