2. Pimpinella.] 50. JIMBFLLIFEBM. [1. Tbbvesia. 



Umbels leaf-opposed 1J-3" diam. Fls. minute, scarcely ■$£ 

 diam. 



Damp places, common. Fls. Oct. Fr. Vec.-Jany. 



Lower petioles 2". Ljits. rarely 2", finely doubly-serrate, lanceolate 

 or ovate-lane, shortly pubescent both sides. 8ep. 0. Pet white, with an 

 inflexed tip. Mericarps T y smooth. Vittse 8. 



Boot used in fever, Wood. 



Fam. 51. ARALIACE^E. 



Trees or shrubs, often scandent, with usually palmately- 

 nerved and lobed or digitate more rarely 1-3 pin ate leaves, 

 petioles with a sheathing base, stipulate or not. Fls. small 

 regular, 2-sexual or polygamous. Sepals small superior or 

 0. Petals 5 rarely 6-7, valvate or sub-imbricate. St. alt. with 

 the petals, inserted outside the epigynons disc. Ov ary inferior 

 2-several-celled. Styles as many as the cells or united. 

 Ovule 1 in each cell, pendulous. Fruit usually drupaceous with 

 1 or more cells and seeds. Albumen sometimes ruminated. 



Small tree. L. palmate (or young digitate) . . 1. Treresia* 

 Climbing shrub. L. digitate . .... 2. Heptapleurum. 

 Small tree. L. 2-3-pinnate .... .3. Heteropanax. 



1, Trevesia, Vis. 

 1. T. palmata, Vis. 



A small erect scarcely branched soft-wooded prickly tree 

 with hairy shoots, large palmate 6ub-orbicnlar leaves 1-2 ft. 

 diam. and white flowers in large panicles composed of 

 numerous umbels. 



Valleys in Singbhum (e.g., Leda JBlock, Jui gara), rare. Fls. Jany- 



Feby. Fr. May-June, Evergreen 



Attaining 15 ft. Lobes of leaf sharply harshly serrate. Panicles 13 

 Sepals minute. Petals 8-10. 



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