Araliaceae. 



197 



Aralia Sciorlaphjlhim Siv.I Frodr. (1788) p. 55; Willd.! Spcc. I. 

 2. p. 1519; Lim. Jam. I. 314. 



Hedera Sciodaphyllum Sw./ Flor. I (1797) p. 519; Roem. et 

 Sek f dl Syst. V. 510. 



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Sciodaphyllum heptapJiyllum Ilitckc. Bah. (1893) p. 91 (excl 

 syn. Linn). 



Scheffkra Sciadophyllum (L.) Harms in Enyl-Prantl Nat Pfl. 

 Farn. IIL 8 (1894) p. 37. 



Sciodaphylluni foliis majoribiis ohlonyis etc. P. Br. Jam. 

 p. 190 1. 19 f. 1, 2! 



(1756) 



Hab. in Jamaica in sjlvis montanis Catherines Peak, St. Andrews, 

 St. Anns, Morses Gap, Mancliester etc.; Alexander, Eggers n. 3664, 



0. Hansen, Harris in Bot. Dep. Herb. n. 6997, Swartz in herb. Willd. 

 n. 6149. 



Obs. L Quo loco ill, Linke haue plautam nomine specifico „Sciado- 

 phyllum" salütaverit, ut cL Hakms inclicat, frustra quaesid. 



Obs. II. Viiis hejita^^hylla linn. ]\rant. d??!) 7). 212 a cl. ITttchcock 

 ad nostram speciem laiidata differt „caiile 



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foliae 



sniiillimo, foliis ovatis v. ellipticis mucronatis, racemo e spicis simplicibus 

 facto, floribus sessilibus et patria India orieutali." 



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2. Sciadophyllum Belaiigerl E. March. glabriiisculuni, foliis 



7-natis, petiolo comuumi cylindrico tenuiter striato basi et apice leviter 

 incrassato, foliolis ovatis vel ovato- ellipticis, m aciimen angustum obli- 

 qimni abrupte attenuatis, basi rotundatis, raargine angustissirae refle.xis 

 mtegerrimis, erassiusculis papjraceis, costa valida, nervis secundariis 

 7—10 utriüque obliqiiis et arcuatissirais, retioulo pagina infera valde 

 prominente; pannicula parva, perpaucis pilis stellatis passim conspersa, 

 rainis umbelligcris bractea amplissima membranacea purpurea elliptico- 

 lanccolata subciliata et insigniter venosa basi numitis, nmbellis breviter 

 pediuiciilatis 8— 15-floris; floribus brevissime pedicellatis, pediccllo 

 braeteolis elongatis linearibiis cilioJatis circumdato; calycis limbo bre- 

 V'ssinio obscureque 5-dentato; coro Ha hemisphaerica qnani lata longiore, 

 petalis parum cohaerentibus ellipticis acutiusculis '3 — 5 venis notatis; 

 staminiim filamento petalis majore, anthera ovato -oblonga utrinquc emar- 

 ginata; stjHs brovissimis alte connatis disco conico impositis; ovario 

 5-lüculari breviter obconico (nondum plane evoluto). 



Sciadophyllum Bclangeri E. March. in Bull Äcad. roy. Sc. Bcly. 

 ^I ser. vol. XL VII (18 79) p. 92 (seors. impr. p. 25) . 



. Scheffkra Belanyeri Harms in Engl-Prantl Nat. Pfi Farn. IIL 8 

 (^894) p. 37. 



Rami Ultimi ^L — l cm. crassi. Petiolus 10 — 15 cm. longns; 

 foUola 6-9 cm. lata ac 12-18 cm. longa. Pannicula 8-15 cm. longa; 

 Pedicelü 1 - 2 cm. longi. 





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