736 LXXI. ARALIACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Brassaiopsis. 



NIPAL ; Wallich. SIKKIM TERAI ; J. D. H. Subtropical zone of EAST BENGAL 

 and BURMA. CHITTAGONG ; Roxburgh, J. D. H. BURMA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 

 2663). SOUTH ANDAMAN ; Kurz. 



Closely resembles B. Hainla ; sparingly prickly. Pedicels springing from a dense 

 cluster of bracteoles | in., oblong and very tomentose. Fruit often 1-seeded, when 

 2 -seeded it is \ by f in., turbinate-ellipsoid. Style on the fruit | in. or rather more. 

 Wallich's plate belongs to this plant, as he mentions the fruit as turbinate (as 

 <ilso does Roxburgh). Aralia palmata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 187, doubtfully referred 

 here by Seeman, is an Acanthopanax. 



4. B. alpina, C. B. Clarke ; leaves cordate-ovate acute or slightly 3-5- 

 iispidate densely stellate-tomentose, bracts to the panicle-branches lanceolate. 

 Araliad sp. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. T. 



ALPINE SIKKIM, alt. 10,000-11,000 ft.; Tonglo and Lachen, J. D. H. 



An unarmed tree, 30 ft.; young branches densely villous and tomentose with 

 yellow or brown stellate hair. Leaves 4-5 in. and nearly as wide, softly serrate, 

 membranous, thickly tomentose on both surfaces when young, when older the 

 scattered stellate hairs- wear off, but much remains on both surfaces. Panicle (very 

 young) densely tomentose ; buds completely enclosed in thick stellate wool ; bracts at 

 the base of the panicle-branches ^ in., very narrow. Can this be a woolly alpine 

 form of B. Hainla ? 



5. B. hispida, Seem. Rev. Heder. 18; stem panicle and petioles prickly, 

 leaves deeply palmate spinosely serrate, reticulating nerves beneath much raised 

 and ultimately nearly glabrous.^- Araliad sp. 30, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. fy T. 

 partly. - 



SIKKIM, alt. 6000-7000 ft. ; J. D. H. MISHMEE ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2696). 



Yellowish when dried; prickles numerous and often whorled, lanceolate, com- 

 pressed, deflexed. Leaves 1 ft. diam. and more, segments oblong-lanceolate narrower 

 towards the base, coriaceous, lower surface glabrous or sparingly hispidulous ; 

 .stipules united within the petiole with two free linear points. Panicle very large ; 

 bracts to the branches f in., lanceolate, tomentose, persistent ; pedicels very many, 

 rising amid numerous bracteoles ^-| in. lanceolate closely tomentose. Young calyx- 

 tube closely densely stellate-tomentose. Petals glabrous, appear yellow. Style after 

 the petals have fallen scarcely ~ in. Fruit not seen. 



6. B. mitis, C. B. Clarke-, branches prickly, leaves deeply palmate 

 softly serrate, the reticulating nerves scarcely raised beneath ultimately pubes- 

 cent or hispidulous. Araliad sp. 29, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. fy T. 



SIKKIM, alt. 4000-8000 ft., not rare ; J. D. H., C. B. Clarke, N. Gamble. 



An erect small tree, 20 ft., the panicle and petioles usually without prickles. 

 Leaves 1 ft. diam. and more ; segments oblong-lanceolate, narrowed towards the base, 

 membranous, adult beneath softly hairy and not shining ; stipules large, lanceolate- 

 subulate, nearly distinct. Panicle very large, often with dense bundles of bristles on 

 the rachis and at the top of the petiole ; bracts on the branches f in., lanceolate, 

 caducous ; pedicels very many, arising amid numerous lanceolate closely-tomentose 

 bracteoles ^-f in. Young calyx-tube more or less stellate-tomentoso. Petals glabrous. 

 Style after the petals have fallen \ in. ; the disc large, subhemispheric. Kipe fruit 

 not seen. 



7. B. G-riffithii, C. B. Clarke ; leaves very large palmate divided half- 

 way down or more serrate-denticulate, adult glabrous or the nerves beneath 

 minutely hispidulous. 



EAST BENGAL ; Namroo (? Upper Assam), Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2697). 

 No prickles seen on the end of the branchlets nor elsewhere. Leaves 16 in. diam.; 

 lobes oblong or elliptic, acuminate, tertiary nerves prominent on both surfaces. 



