434 BURMA, ITS rEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOyS. 



-\- + Ovanj h- or more {rarely hj alortion 3-i-)eelled. 



HKPTAPLEuniTM, Goertiier. 



Flowers 5-6- (rarely 4- or 7-8-)raorous. Drupes angled and ribbed in a diied 

 state. Umbels, heads, or racemes forming large compound inflorescences. Pedicels not 

 jointed. Stigmas immersed on the ovary, dot-like. 



H. (Paeateopia) vEjnjLosA, W. A. All over Burma and the Andamans. 



Aralia digitata, Rosb. 



Ba-loo-let-wa (Mason). 



Climber. Leaves and inflorescence glabrous. 



H. ELLiPiicuir, Seem. Kamorta, Xatcliall and Great Nicobar. 



Sub-genus Agalma, Miq. 



Styles united into an elongate column. 



H. (Agalma) gladcum, Seem. Hills East of Toung-ngoo at 6000 feet. 



Leaflets on thick rather short petiolules, entire. 



H. HYPOLEucrii, Kz. Hills East of Tonng-ngoo at over 6000 



feet and the Khakyen Hills. 



Leaflets on very long, slender petiolules, usually pinnati-lobed. 



Trevesia, Visconti. 



Floivers 8-12-merous. Drupes globular, sulcato or ribbed. Umhels panicled. 

 Leaves palmatifid, digitate or pinnate. Pedicels not jointed. 



T. (Gastonia) palmata, Roxb. Tropical forests all over Burma up to 



T. Burmaniea, T. And. 4000 feet. 



The leaves in this species vary very much in cut, the base of the lobes being 

 often abruptly reduced to the midiib only, 



X X Albumen ruminate [Ilederieie). 

 + Ovary 1-eelled. 

 Aetheophtllum, Plume. 

 Pedicels not jointed. Umhels compound. Leaves pinnate or simple. 



A. jAVA^ficuir, Bl. Tropical forests of Western coast of 



A. ellipticum, Bl. South Andaman and Kamorta. 



A. Blumeanwn, Zoll. et Mor. 



A palm-like tree up to 30 feet high. 



-\ — |- Ovary 2- or rarely 3 -celled. 



f Pedicels not jointed with the calyx. 



Heteeopajtax, Seem. 



Styles distinct, filiform. Umhels racemose, in panicles. Leaves pinnately de- 

 compound. 



H. (Panax) feageans, Roxb. Chittagong, Ava, and Pegu up to 3000 feet. 



f f Pedicels jointed under the caly.v. 



Maceopanax, Miquel. 



Styles united into a cone or column. Umbels or heads foiming panicles. Leaves 

 digitate. 



M. OEEOPniLFM, Mi(|. Khakyen Hills ami Bhamo at 4000 feet. 



* * Stamens numerous, and more numerous than the petals. Styles none or connate. 

 Petals valcate or firmly cohering (Pleurandriea). 



