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1160. (2) H. trifoliata (W. & A.:) shrubby, unarmed, glabrous: leaves 
pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate with a narrow acumination, equal and 
slightly acute at the base, somewhat closely bristle-serrated, scarcely coria- 
ceous, petioled ; terminal petiole 4-5 times longer than the others : panicle 
biform, bracteated ; flowers umbellate, numerous in each umbel: calyx 
5-toothed: corolla calyptriform, ovoid: stamens 5: styles united into one: 
berry 5-celled.— Wight ! cat. n. 1214.—Dindygul hills? 
Closely allied to the following, but in all our specimens of both the charac- 
ters given are constant. 
1161. (3) H. Leschenaultii (W. & A.:) shrubby, unarmed, glabrous : leaves 
pinnated ; leaflets 2 pair with an odd one, ovate with a narrow acumination, 
retuse or slightly cordate at the base, lower pair and terminal one equal at 
the base, the upper pair unequal, all searcely coriaceous, somewhat closely 
bristle-serrated, petioled ; terminal petiole 4-6-times longer than the conti- 
guous lateral ones, about twice as long as the lower ones: panicle corymbi- 
. form, bracteated ; flowers umbellate, numerous in each umbel : calyx 5-tooth- 
ed : corolla calyptra-shaped, hemispherical: stamens 5: styles united into 1: 
berry hemispherical, 5-celled.— Wight ! cat. n. 1215.—Panax Leschenaultii, 
DC.? prod. 4. p. 254.— Neelgherries. Dindygul hills. 
Our only doubt as to this being De Candolle’s plant arises from his not de- 
scribing the base of the leaflets as cordate or retuse. 
1162. (4) H. ovata (Wall.)—Wall. L. n. 4911. i 
This is perhaps the same as n. 1211 of Wight’s Catalogue, which we have 
described under the character of the order. 
II. PARATROPIA. DC.—Heptapleurum, Gertn. fr. 2. ETARE 
Calyx truncated, with scarcely any margin. Petals 5-9, distinct. Sta- 
mens as many as the petals. Styles wanting. Stigmas 5-9, sessile and im- 
mersed in the thick shortly conical epigynous disk. Fruit fleshy, containing 
as many chartaceous cells as there are stigmas.—Unarmed trees or shrubs. 
Leaves compound. Inflorescence panicled or thyroid. 
. With the exception of P. nodosa, this appears a natural genus, having the leaves 
igitate, and umbels of flowers arranged in racemes forming thyrses that are usually 
crowded at the ends of the branches on their young leafless continuations.—We 
opt the above name in preference to the older one given by Gartner, as the lat- 
ter is not characteristic of the whole genus. 
_ 1163. (1) P. venulosa (W. & A. :) somewhat arboreous, glabrous: leaves di- 
gitate ; leaflets 5-7, long-petioled, elliptic, shortly and suddenly pointed, 
quite entire, coriaceous with the veins prominent: thyrses numerous at the 
ends of the branches ; bracteas none (or caducous) ; flowers pedicelled and 
umbelled, numerous: petals and stamens 5: berry 5-celled.— Wight! cat. n. 
1216,—Hedera terebinthacea, Wall.! L. n. 4920.-—Aralia digitata, Rowb. ff. 
Tnd. 2. p. 107 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1229.—Rheed. Mal. 7. t. 28.—Circars. 
Courtallum mountains. Malabar. 
Rheede most unaccountably describes the berry as 1-seeded, and figures it 
very unlike any that we have seen, although his section of the ovary is quite 
correct. .** In. Hedera terebinthacea, which this species most resembles, the 
Style which is single is as long as the filaments, and ends in a single acute 
stigma ; consequently they cannot be the same, though in the Banksian her- 
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barium I believe my plant is marked H. terebinthiana.”—Roxs. 
, 1164. (2) P. Wallichiana (W. & A.:) somewhat arboreous, glabrous : leaves 
digitate ; leaflets 8-10, long-petioled, oblong, pointed, quite entire, coriace- 
ous; veins not prominent: thryses numerous at the ends of the branches ; 
teas caducous ; flowers pedicelled and umbelled, numerous: petals and 
stamens 6: berry 6-celled.— Wight ! cat. n. 1217.——Courtallum. 
