Araliaceae. 197 



Aredia Sciodaphyllimi Sw.f Prodr. (1788) p. 55; Willd.! Spec. I. 

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



Hedera Sciodaphyllum Szv.f Flor. I (1797) p. 519; Roem. et 

 Schult. Syst. V. 510. 



Sciodaphyllum heptaphyllmn Hitclic. Bah. (1893) p. 91 (excl. 

 syn. Limi.). 



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

 Farn. III. 8 (1894) p. 37. 



Sciodaphyllum foliis majoribus ohlongis etc. P. Br. Jam. (1756) 

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



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

 St. Anns, Morses Gap, Manchester etc.: Alexander, Eggers n. 3664, 

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

 11. 6149. 



Obs. I. Quo loco ill. Linne haue plautam nomine specifico Sciado- 

 phyllum" salutaverit, ut cl. Harms indicat, frustra quaesivi. 



Obs. II. Vitis lieptaphylla Liun. Mant. (1771) p. 212 a cl. Hitchcogk 

 ad nostram speciem laudata differt caule scandente Hederae quinqiiefoliae 

 simillimo, foliis ovatis v. ellipticis mucrouatis, racemo e spicis simplicibus 

 facto, floribus sessilibus et patria India orieutali." 



^ 2. SciadopliyHiim Belaiig-eri E. March. glabriusculum, foliis 

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

 incrassato, foliolis ovatis vel ovato- ellipticis, in acumen angnstum obli- 

 qunm abrnpte attenuatis, basi rotundatis, margine angustissime reflexis 

 integerrimis, crassinsculis papyraceis, costa valida, nervis secundariis 

 1- 10 utriuque obliqais et arcuatissimis , reticnlo pagina infera valde 

 prominente; pannicula parva, perpaucis pilis stellatis passim conspersa, 

 ramis nmbelligeris bractea amplissima membranacea purpurea elliptico- 

 lanceolata snbciliata et insigniter venosa basi inunitis, nrabellis breviter 

 pedunculatis 8 15-floris; floribus brevissime pedicellatis, pedicello 

 bracteolis elongatis linearibus ciliolatis circumdato; calycis limbo bre- 

 vissime obscureque 5-dentato; coroUa hemisphaerica quam lata longiore, 

 petalis parum cohaerentibus ellipticis acutiusculis 3 5 venis notatis; 

 staminum filamento petalis majore, anthera ovato -oblonga utrinque emar- 

 ginata; stylis brevissimis alte connatis disco conico impositis; ovario 

 5-loculari breviter obconico (nondum plane evoluto). 



Sciadophyllum Bclanyeri F. March. in Bidl. Acad. roy. Sc. Belg. 

 Ilser. vol. XL VII (1879) p. 92 (seors. impr. p. 25). 



Schefflera Bclanyeri Harms in Enyl.-Prantl Nat. Pfl. Farn. III. 8 

 (1894) p. 37. 



Rami Ultimi V2 1 '2"^- crassi. Petiolus 10 15 cm. longus; 

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

 pedicelli 1 2 cm. longi. 



