Aralia. pentandria pentagynia. 107 



campanulate, white ; margins crenate. Style single, two- 

 cleft. 



4. E. angusfifolais, R. 



Diffuse, filiform, every part clothed with brown, serice- 

 ous pubescence. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate. Pe- 

 duncles longer than the leaves, from one to three-flower- 

 ed. Styles two, each two-cleft, 



A native of the Moluccas, agreeing well with Brown's 

 figure of Convolvulus herbaceous erectus, 152, t. 10. /. 2. 

 except that his plant is erect, and nearly smooth ; whereas 

 this spreads on the ground, and is very villous. 1 there- 

 fore think it must be different. 



PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



ARALIA. Schreh. gen. 7i. 525. 



Involucre to the umbellet. Ca^j/.r five-toothed. Carol 

 five-petalied. Germ five-celled ; cells one-seeded, at- 

 tachment superior. Berry inferior, five-seeded. Embryo 

 inverse and furnished with a perisperm. 



1. A. digitata. R. 



Subarboreous, unarmed. Leaves digitate. Leaflets, 

 broad-lauceolate, entire. Panicles terminal. 



Unjala, Rheed. Mai. 7. t. 28. 



Hind. Dain. 



A native of the Circar mountains and lately found by Dr. 

 Buchanan about Lukshmeepoor. Flowering time the rainy 

 season. Young trees are in the Botanic Garden at Cal- 

 cutta, where they grow luxuriantly, but always continue 

 bushy, somewhat scaudent, and irom the lower branches, 

 many roots continually descend into the ground or em- 

 brace other trees. The bark is smooth, and on the young 

 shoots of a bright deep green colour. 



Leaves round the ends of the young shoots digitate. 



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