REVISION OF THE NATURAL ORDER HEDERACES, 297 
XL On THE GENERA WITH INARTICULATE PEDICELS, DiwEROUS 
VARY, AND RumMINATE ALBUMEN. 
Under this heading belong Heteropanax and Cussonia, differing in 
the following absolute characters :— 
Heteropanax. Styli 2, liberi, demum divaricati. Drupa 
exsucca, compressa.—Arbor Indica, foliis impari- v. supradecomposite 
pinnatis, umbellis paniculatum dispositis. 
XXX. Cussonia. Styli 2-8, basi connati.  Drupa baccata, sub- 
globosa.—A rbores Africee tropicæ, foliis palmatis v. digitatis ; floribus 
umbellatis, racemosis v. spicatis. 
HETEROPANAX, Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 114, in adnot. Pedicelli 
inarticulati. Flores ecalyculati, hermaphroditi. Calyx tubo obconico, 
limbo minute 5-dentato. Petala 5, ovata, 1-nervia, zstivatione valvata. 
Stamina 5. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis l-ovulatis. Styli 2, liberi, 
demum divaricati. Drupa exsucca, didyma, compressa, 2-pyrena. Albu- 
men ruminatum.—Arbuscula inermis Indis orientalis, foliis alternis 
simpliciter impari- v. supradecomposite pinnatis, foliolis petiolulatis 
ovatis acuminatis integerrimis, umbellis paucifloris paniculatis, pedun- 
eulis pedicellis calycibusque stellato-tomentosis, floribus odoratis.— 
Panacis sp. auct. Species unica : 
1. H. fragrans, Seem. l. e.—Panax fragrans, Roxb. Cat. Cale. 21; 
De Cand. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 254, excl. syn. Don.—Bootan (Griffith, n. 
2073), Kumaon (Strachey et Winterbottom !), Sikkim, 2—4000 feet 
(Hooker fil. et Thomson !), Khassia (Hooker fil. et Thomson !), Cal- 
cutta Bot. Garden (Wallich! n. 4929 5), Assam plants (Jenkins !)— 
Very variable in foliage, some leaves being scarcely a foot long, others 
exceeding 4-5 feet in length, with petioles 2 feet and more. Don’s 
edera fragrans, referred with a mark of doubt to this species by De 
Candolle, is Pentapanax Leschenaultii, Seem., a common Nepal plant. 
XXX. Cusson1a, Thunb. Nov. Act. Ups. iii. p. 212; Nov. Gen. 
i p. 11.—Pedicelli inarticulati. Flores ecalyculati, hermaphroditi. 
Calyx tubo obovato, limbo 5—7-dentato v. truncato. Petala 5-7, libera, 
sstivatione valvata. Stamina 5-7. Ovarium 2- v. per excessum 3- 
loculare, loculis l-ovulatis. Styli 2 v. per excessum 3, basi connati. 
Drupa baecata, globosa, leviter compressa, 2- v. per excessum 3-locu- 
. laris. Albumen ruminatum.—Arbores v. frutices Africz tropice v. 
subtropicze, inermes; foliis alternis palmatis v. digitatim 5—9-foliolatis, 
