ARALIACEAE. 



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• J- 1 * . Pf vprfir-lllatim ramosa vel et tricliotoma, ramulis ultimis urabelliiligeris; 



tlirS^X^^^<- vol triquetrae calyce S-dontulo stymno 2-3 superatae, 2-3-pyrenae. 



Jralk (/laucescens zippel. herh. ct mss. 



Snpenori cognatu., characteribus ta,nen eWiahbus distinctum. - FetioU ba.i vaginante semkmplex.caules ; 

 foUoIa iirmula, sunoriora haud perspicue maiora. UmheUulae m eadcm i.florcscentia aliae bacciferae, aliae adhuc 

 vir^neae alabastris compositae, an mares magis serotinae? Cahjx iunior limbo mfule pube^ccnte, glabresceute. 



Pdah in floribus virgineis 5 elliptica. Stamina 5. Sfi/U 2, rarius S, breves arete conferruminah acutiusculi ; 

 drupae obfemnt stylos in stylum brevem crassum conicum^ cuui disco sulcato immediate co.ifliieutem coiina- 

 tos apicibus a vel 3 ovulibus subrotundis facie antica convexa stigmatosis divergentibus. Fencarpmm car- 

 nos'ulum loculorum endocarpium (pyrenae) cartilaginoum nunc extus rugosum. Semina nondum satis matura, 



allumine albo. 



Hab. Nova Guinea, in umbrosis sylvaticis prope ttuvium Dourga: zippelius. 



OPLO PANAX TORR. ET ASA GRAY. 



(Panacis Subgenus. — ^ckinopmaw decaisn. et planch, in Rev. hortie. 1854, p. 105). 



Oplopaivax horridiim torh. et as. gray /. c. — Panax horridum smith in kkes Cyclop. V. 

 p. 26, n. 10. DC. Prodr, IV. p. 252. hook. Flor. Amer, hor. I. p. 273, tab. 98. torr. et asa gray 

 /y. North. Americ. 1. p. 648. bongard, de Veyet. ins. Sitcha, p. 143. — Aralla erinacea hook, in 

 BREWST. Edi/ib. Jotirn, 1827, p. 64. dc. /. c. p. 259. -- Aralia Laribuki keiske herb. — ^. 

 Faribuki siebold herb. — Caulis (vel rami?) densissime setoso-aculcatus; petioli sparse aculcati,/o//« 

 in nems pracsertim subtiis aculcata. Bacenn umbeliuligeri. Flores albi. Ovarium biloculare. Styli 2 

 usque ad basin liberi subsubulati divcrgentes aplce acutiuscnlo stigmatosi, diu persistentes. FrucUs x\\\yn 

 baccati clliptico-comprcssi dipyreni. 



Species utiique orbi communis, in ins. Sitcha a cl. bongard, in insulis Ko(^ak jam a pai-lasio visa. 



Hab. lajmiia, in distr. Owari or. austr.: siebold. 



KAT.OPANAX MIQ. mv. fjen. 



Flores polygami iimbelhilati cnm pedicello baud articulati. Calycis tubus subsemiglobosus cum 

 ovario connatus, limbo supero distanter 5- rarius 4-denhilo. Peiala 5 rarius 4, aestivatione valvata, 

 sub antbesi patcntia. Stamina petaloruui numero iisquc alterna. Discus epigynus dcpressus. Siyli 2 ad 

 apieem usque raro basi tantum counati, apicibus stigmatosis ovalibus convexis discretis vel magis 

 minusve conr.atis. Brupae Icuticulari-compressae subdidymae, stylis diutius coronatae, dipyrenae. Al- 

 bumen homogeiieum. — Fruti^es arboresve? Asiae orient., iaponici, malayaui, passim aculeati, foliis 

 palmatilobis vel palmatis, /•6rc^«^^>;7r/«2W;/2>i-^terininalibus confcrtis, uinbelluligeris. — Genus Oplopaiiaci 

 proximum. 



1. Kalopanax riciiyifolium miq. — Pana.x ricbdfoUim sieb. et zucc. in Abh. Bayer. Akad. 

 I. c. p. 199. — Aralia hari-yiri sieb. herb. — A. lama-kuruma laponensium. — Frutew, rnmis cxm- 

 sis petiolisque aculeatis illis inter innovationcs nodosis. Folia alterna longe petlolata {ijetioli 4— G— 10 

 poll, teretes) annua, circa innovatiojics internodiis contractis nodosas subfasciculato-conferta, passim 

 tamen distantiora, aliqu|ndo ramulis laterahbus contractis inserta, fasciculas lateralos exliibentia, e basi 

 cordata vel superloruni truncata rotundata 7— 5-lobata, lobis superiorum ovatis acuminatis vix \ lon- 



* En ejaa diagnosin: » Caule fruticoso subsimplici, foliis impari-pinnatis sub- 4-jugi8, foliolis distantibus (oppoMtis) ovato-oblongis 

 obtuse acuminatis yenalosis integris, supra pallidis, siibtus glauccscentibus pergaiiia.cis glabris, panicula laxiasime divaricato-dichotoma 

 eloBgata pendala, pedunculia umbellato-multifloris, baccis trigonis trisperiuis." 



