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ARALIACEAB. 



SCIODAPHYLLUM P. BROWNE. 



Flares hermnphro^ti capitulati vel umbcllulati, cum pedicello haud articulati. Cal.cis margo in- 

 mes h«™P^"« P calyptratim caduoa. ,S/a««-«« petalomm numero usque 



SS:':.^^; Xlni. S,n ,J\ cent. ^. .^.. Hben v. .asi coalj p«. 



^tentes i)..;.« carnosa sacpe sabcuneiformis, 5-7-pyrena, p^rems osse.s; alimtn - J,iores 



;!S;:. ilLi. ParaJpiae habitu. Mis digitalis, racemis capitulifens m ap.e ramulorun, so- 



litariis vel saepe pluribus. 



fragmenta 



ScioDAPHTurM ABTS.s,..cu,. MiQ. - Hujus geuexis videtuT (computat.s etiam petabs apice 

 conglutinatis a cl. RicnAi.i, visis) Jralia air-nica hochst. m schimp P. aiyss. _ ed. I, .. 283. 

 r RICH Tent. Fl. Ab.ss. I. ;.. 330, prope Adoa,. lecta, cujus drnp.fera tantum spee.m.na vid. F^ 

 L onge (5 poll.) petblata, digitata. /./.V« 7 longiter petiolukt,s.ntermed.oma,oreovat. abrupt 

 acumin:tis seLto-crenatis chartacels. costulis utrinque circiter octoms ;.««.»» drup.fon (J- -pedale, 

 dense umbellulifci; uMlalae modice pedunculatae circiter o-florae; flores broviter ped.cellati haud 

 articulati; eahx obeonicus, dcfloratus coriaccus, mnrgine cicatrisato-truncatus. Brupae siccae elhpsoi- 

 deae maiusculac profnnde 7-6-sulcato-a.gulatae, stylis 7-6, primum arete conmventtbus dem ra- 

 diato-diver^entibus scmiteretibus vel versus apicevn subcanaliculatis et leviter dilatatis corona ae, 7-6- 

 pyrenae, pjrenis compressis subcarlilagineis, saepius vaouis. Seminis testa membranacea, aUumen car- 

 noso-corneum homogcneum. 



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Hab. Ahyamia: schimper. 



OREOPANAX DECAISN. ET PLANCH. 



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Flares dioici capitulati. Calys: integer rimiis. Petala 5 aestivatione valvata. Stamina petalorum 

 numero iisquc alterua, aniheraran locuUs centre connexis. Ovarium 3— 7-locukre. Btyli 3—7 liberi 

 denram divaricati. Brupa glabosa carnosa 3— 7-p}Tena. — Arbores fruticesve in America calidiore 

 cresccutes, /o/iw simplicibus palmatis, raro d^x^xi^^x^; capitulis per paniculas terminales dispositis. 



Generis alioquin satis uaturalis character ad specimina completiora accuratius constituendus. 



0REOPANA.X CAPITATUM DECAis?T. ct PLANCH, in Revue hortic, 1854, p. 108. Aralia capitata 

 SWARTZ Prodr. p. 55. jacq. Americ. p. 89. tab. 61. Hedera smith Icon, pict DC. Prodr.lV ,p. 262. 

 Stylorum numerus inconstans videtur. Swautz 5 vidit, in nostris (siebeb FL Marl. n. 94) vero 7 



ad sunt. 



Hab. India occidenialis. 



DENDROPANAX DECAISN. et planch. 



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Flores polygami, in npicibus pedunculorum dilatatis umbellulati, cum pedicello haud articulati. Ca- 

 lycis margo acute 5-dentatus. Petala 5 libera aestivatione valvata. Stamina 5. Styll basi connati 3—6 

 (an plures), persistentes. Drupa carnosa globosa 3— 5-pyrena. — Arbores vel fmtices Americae calidae, 

 foliis alternis integris inaequilonge pctiolati's, inflorescentia saepe e ramorum furcaturis egressa. 



Genus naturale, cliaracteres accuratius describendi. 



1. Dendorpanax ARBOREtM DECAISN. ct PLANCH, in Reviie /iort. ISoi, p. 107. Hedera sv!. Fl 

 Ind, occ. I. p. 518. DC. Prodr. IV, p. 262. Pedicelli in nostris drupa breviores. Styli 6 basi connati, 

 demum reflexi. — Herd, persoon. 



Hab. India occidentalis. 



