574 LXYIII, ARALIACE.'B. 



1. Heptapleurum venulosum, Seem, in Jouni. Bot. v. 3 (1865) 

 p. 80. A climbing glabrous shrub, rarely a small tree. Leaves digitate ; 

 leaflets 3-7 (commonly 5), coriaceous, 3-4 by Ig-S in., elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminate, entire, glabrous, prominently reticulately veined, base rounded 

 or acute ; petioles stout, terete, 3-9 in. long ; petiolules 1-2 in. long ; 

 stipules connate, h in. long. Elowers in terminal branched panicles, 

 the branches numerous, sometimes reaching 10 in. long, with a number 

 o£ stalked 8-12-flowered umbellules along a glabrous purple rhacbis ; 

 ultimate pedicels g— |- in. long, filit'orm; bracts caducous. Calyx 

 truncate. Petals 5, obovate-oblong, acute. Stamens 5. Styles 

 almost 0. Fruit 5-angled, 5-celled. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 729 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 180 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 222. Faratropia veniilosa, Wight & 

 Arn. Prodr. p. 377 ; Wight, 111. t. 118 ; Grab. Cat. p. 85. Hedera 

 WallicJiiana, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 108. — Plowers : Mar.-June. 



KoNKAN : evergreen forests, Talbot ; in gardens, Bombay, Woodrow. Kanaka : 

 evergreen forests of N. Kanara, Talbot. — Uistrib. Throughout India ; Malaya, 

 Tropical Australia. 



The following plants of the Order are grown in gardens : — 



Panax fridicosum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 1513. A shrub 3-6 ft. 

 high, a native of the Eastern Islands, with large supra-decompound 

 leaves. It is commonly grown as a foliage plant in gai'dens and in 

 pots about houses. El. B. I. v. 2, p. 725 ; Grab. Cat. p. 85 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Suppl. p. 42 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 643. 



Panax cocJthafum, DC. Prodr. v. 4 (1830) p. 253. The Shell-leaved 

 Panax. A shrub with long simple concave leaves, a native of the 

 Eastern Islands, very common as a foliage plant in gardens. Grab. Cat. 

 p. 85 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 42 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 643. 



Fatsia papyrifera, Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. v. 1, p. 939. The Chinese 

 Rice-paper Plant. A handsome shrub 8-12 ft. high, with large alternate 

 5-7-lobed leaves, a native of Eormosa, sometimes grown in gardens. 

 The Chinese rice-paper is made from thin slices of the pith. Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb, Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643. Aralia papijrifera, Hook, in 

 Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 50; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 42.— 

 Elowers : Dec. 



Trevesia palmata, Vis. Mem. Accad. Torino, ser. 2, v. 4 (1842) p. 262, 

 A small prickly tree with palmate or digitate leaves 1-2 ft. long, and 

 straggling panicles 1^ ft. long, recently introduced into gardens at 

 Poona. El. B. I. v. 2, p. 732 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 1 1 

 (1898) p. 643. 



Ifedera Helix, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 202. The Ivy. The variety 

 grown in the Bombay Presidency lacks the bright green of the ivy 

 in Europe. It grows freely in the Deccan on the shady side of a 

 house if regularly watered, but is not much cultivated. El. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 739 ■ Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643. 



