CAPRtFOLlACE^ 59 



Nilgiris : at 5,500 feet and below, end of Lamb's Rock Rd., 

 etc. Fyson 641 1. 



Gen. Dist. S. India and Ceylon, to 3,000 feet. 



Very closely allied to S. venulosum Harms, which is common at 3,000 

 feet on the Western Ghats in Mysore, etc., and differs in the acute-ovate 

 leaflets. 



Schefflcra wallichiana Harms', F.B.I, ii p. 730 VII 

 II. A large tree, with large pedate leaves, the main 

 rachis up to 18 inches long. Leaflets very thick, 6 to 12 

 inches by 2^^ to 4 inches, oblong-acute, with nearly hori- 

 zontal base. Umbels on peduncles of I to I^-^ inches, 

 in racemes of 12 to 15 inches. Pedicels ^ inch. Buds 

 glabrous, % inch. 



Nilgiris : 4,000 to 6,000 feet, F.B.I. Western Ghats at 

 3,000 feet. Fyson 1595. 



Gen. Dist. South Deccan and Ceylon. 



Schefflera capitata Harms, See Vol. I p. 179, and II 

 t. 131, under generic name BRASSAIA. 



CAPRIFOLIACE^. 



See Vol. I p. 180. 



VIBURNUM. 



Viburnum acuminatum DC- or V. punctatum Ham. 

 var acuminata, Vol. I p. 180. Fruits red, whole panicle 

 drooping when ripe. 



Viburnum coriaceum Bltime, var capitellata ; Vol. I 

 p. 181. Leaves bright green, drooping. Stamens 

 exserted. Fruits black erect, t. 353. 



Common below Coonoor on the ghat read at 5,300 ft. 



Viburnum crubcsccns Wall., var wightiana. Vol. I 

 p. 182. Leaves stiff as in the English Wayfaring tree. 

 Fruits cylindrical, with smooth shining skin. t. 354. 



