270 KEVISION OF THB NATURAL OKDER HEDERACEJC. 
them in the ' Kevue Horticole/ Botanists ^vho meet with any species 
of Oreopanax in a wikl state or cultivated in tvojucal gardens should 
endeavour to observe v^hether the flo^vers are really dioecious. Many 
AraUace(B are polygamous, but some genera seem to be always herma- 
phrodite. Observations on these points are very much needed. 
XXA^II. Okeopanax, Dene, et Planch. Eevue Horticoh 1854,p.lOS ; 
Planck, et 'LmA.Jraliac, p. 5 {ined.). — ^Flores diclines, dioici (?). Calyx 
limbo brevi subintegro v. obscure sinuato. Petala 5, rarisaime 4, 
libera, sestivatione valvata. Masc, : Stamina petalorum nuraero ; fila- 
menta subulata, petalis longiora. Styli iraperfecti 1-5, liberi v. in- 
ferne concreti. P(EM. : Stamina sterilia 4-5, fcrtilibus masculis bre- 
viora. Styli 3-6, liberi v. plus minus concreti, Drupa baccata, 
sa^pius 4-5-6-pyrena, nunc abortu 1-2-3-pyrena. Albumen rumina- 
tum.— Arbores v. frutices Americae tropicae, plerique Andicoli ; foliis 
simplicibus integris v, varie divisis, stipulis in unam intra-axiUarem 
petiolo plus minus adnatum parvam connatis ; floribus sessilibus, 
singulis bractea v. bracteolisque duabus stii)itatis; capitulis panicu- 
latis ; ovario semper glabro. — Aralice et llederm sp. auct. 
1. 0, capitatum. Dene, et Planch, in Eev. Hort. 1854. p. 108. 
Aralla capitata, Jacq. Amer, p. 89. t, 61. Hedera capitata, Smith, 
Icon. Pict, p. et tab. 4. //. muUtJiora^ De Cand. Prod, iv.^p. 262. 
SciadopJiylliim capitaium, Griseb. FL West Ind. p. 306. — The most 
widely diffused species of Oreopanax. Veraguas, on the volcano of 
Chiriqui (Seemann ! n. 1648); Organ Mountains, Brazil (Gardner! 
n. 5726) ; Peru (Dombey ! Mathews I) ; Carib Islands (Jacquin! 
De Ponthieu !) ! Jamaica (Alex. Prior ! W. Wright I Wilson ! F. 
Massen ! Marsh!); Central America (E.Shakespear!); Belize (Marsh!); 
Venezuela (Fendler 1 n. 1320, 526 ; Punk and Schlim ! n. 91) ; Mexico 
(F. Miillerl); Martinique (Sieber! n. 94); N. Granada (Goudot! n. 
5) ; Ecuador (Spruce! n. 5525). 
Called in "Belize " Three-foot Jack," because the branches are seldom 
more than three feet long. (Marsh.) 
2. 0, septemnervium, Dene, et Planch, h c. — Aralia septemnerviay 
H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. v. p. 3, Heda-a septemnervia, De Cand. Prod, 
iv. p. 203. — New Granada (PI. B. etK.). 
3. 0. (?) caialpfTfolimny Dene, et Planch. 1. c. {ined.). — Aralia ca- 
talpcefolia^ Willd. Herb, ex Koem. et Schult. Syst. vi. p. 697. Hedera 
cataJpc^folia, De Cand, Prod. iii. p. 263. — New Granada (Triana, n. 
537 ; Humboldt and Bonpland). 
