292 REVISION OF THE NATURAL ORDER HEDERACEZ. 
Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. vol. k p. 16. Je sies (Siebold ! in Herb. 
Benth x N. China (Fortune! in Herb. Mus. B 
8. B. hispida, Seem. sp. n.; ramis petiolis Missi hispido- 
aculeatis, aculeis rectis, foliis palmato-10-lobis, lobis ovatis v. oblongis 
acuminatis setoso-serratis, supra glabris, subtus ad nervos ferrugineo- 
hirtellis hinc inde aculeatis, umbellis multifloris (50—60) in paniculas 
terminales dispositis, pedicellis rufo-hirtellis, calycibus tomentosis, pe- 
talis glabris.—Bootan (Griffith! n. 2066 in Mus. Brit.). 
Judging from the dried specimen, the peduncles are stiff and patent, 
not drooping as in B. speciosa. Leaves nearly a foot across ; peduncles 
5 inches long; bracts surrounding the base of the pedicels lanceolate- 
linear acute ; the whole inflorescence forming terminal panicles 1-1} 
feet high. 
4. B. confluens, Seem.; ramis petiolisque aculeatis, foliis glabris pal- 
matim 8—9-lobis, lobis pinnatifidis v. bipinnatifidis, umbellis globosis 
longe pedunculatis solitariis v. racemosim dispositis, junioribus stellato- 
pubescentibus, calyce 5-dentato, stylo 1, fructu subgloboso latiore 
leviter compresso, 2-spermo.— Hedera confluens, Wall. Cat. n. 4910, ex 
parte; Nepal (Wallich ! n. 4910, ex parte). 
The sheet of Wallich's Herbarium at the Linnean Society containing 
this plant, has two other Hederacee pasted on it, all three of which 
are labelled n. 4910. One of them is probably another species of 
Brassaiopsis, with unarmed petioles and palmate 3-5-lobed leaves; the 
other is a Trevesia. 
The leaves of B. confluens are 14 foot across. The petiole is at the 
top expanded into the blade, from which spring 8-9 mostly bipinnatifid 
lobes. It is a magnificent species. 
5. B. speciosa, Dene. et Planch. 1. c.—Macropanax glomerulatum, 
Miquel in Bonplandia, 1856, p. 139. Aralia glomerulata, Blum. 
Bijdr. p. 873. Hedera glomerulata, De Cand. Prodr. iv. p. 265 ; Hook. 
Bot. Mag. (1854) t. 4804. Brassaiopsis floribunda, Dene. et Planch. 
Hort. Donat. p. 8, excl. syn. Wall. Gastonia longifolia, hortorum.— 
Java (not Bourbon, as stated by Dene. and Planch.). Decaisne and 
Planchon have introduced considerable confusion into the synonymy of 
this species by abandoning (Hort. Donat.) the name speciosa, which a 
few months previously they gave to the plant, and quoting Wallich’s 
H. floribunda as a synonym. I have retained the oldest name. 
6. B. floribunda, Seem. mss, in Herb. Mus. Brit.— Medera floribunda, 
