Macropanax.~] LXXI. ARALIACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 739 



lanceolate, entire rarely minutely denticulate, base narrowed often very acute ; 

 petiolules ^-2 in. Panicle 1 ft., compound ; bracts \ in., triangular, caducous ; 

 pedicels i in., angular, perfectly glabrous; bracteoles or caducous. Fruit as in 

 M, oreophilum. 



15. HEDERA, Linn. 



Shrubs, climbing extensively, or small trees. Leaves simple, lobed or pin- 

 nate, glabrous; stipules 0. Floivers polygamous; umbels panicled ; bracts 

 very small, pedicels not or very obscurely jointed under the flowers. Calyx- 

 margin 5-tootbed or sub-entire. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 5- 

 celled; styles connate into a column. Fruit globose, almost berried. Seeds 

 ovoid ; albumen ruminated. Species 2 ; one in all temperate regions of the 

 Old World ; the other Australian. 



1. K. Helix. Linn.; DC. Prodr. iv. 261; leaves simple, panicle not 

 elongated. Don Prodr. 187 ; Wall. Cat. 4908 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ 

 Wall. ii. 515; Brand. For. Fl. 248. 



Throughout the HIMALAYA alt. 6000-10,000 ft. ; KHASIA Mrs., alt. 4000-6000 ft. ; 

 not rare. DISTRIB. From W. Europe to Japan. 



Stem glabrous climbing adhesively by means of numerous extra-axillary rootlets. 

 Leaves 3-4 in., varying from linear-lanceolate to cordate -ovate, entire or variously 

 lobed palmate or subpinnatifid ; petiole ^-2 in. Panicle often depressed, subcorym- 

 bose, or shortly ovate, never large compound ; bracts scarcely \ in., triangular ; 

 pedicels -f in., stellately hairy ; bracteoles minute or 0. Fruit black, more rarely 

 yellow or red. There is no note of red fruit from India ; yellow fruit is not un- 

 common there. 



16. HEDEROFSXS, C. B. Clarke. 



A glabrous unarmed tree. Leaves 1-3-foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate, denti- 

 culate or nearly entire ; base of petiole much dilated ; stipules inconspicuous. 

 Umbels panicled ; bracts and bracteoles deciduous ; pedicels jointed close under 

 the flowers. Calyx margined, 5-toothed somewhat prominently. Petals 5, 

 valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 5-celled; styles connate. Fruit berried, large, 

 subglobose, crowned by the stout persistent style. Seeds 5-4 ; albumen 

 ruminated. 



Differs technically from Hedera in the. jointed pedicels : the serrate leaflets and 

 large fruit give to it a widely different aspect. 



1 K. XKaing-ayi, C. B. Clarke. 



MALACCA ; Maingay, No. 683. 



Leaflets of the compound leaves 3| by l in., simple leaves attain 85 by 4 in., 

 membranous, opaque, base subaeute, secondary nerves raised tertiary obscure ; petiole 

 1-2 in. PanicU glabrous or obscurely pubescent; pedicels |-f in. Young flowers 

 small, petals expanding, reflexed. Fruit (not quite ripe) more than in. exclusive of 

 the conical disc and stout style. Dr. Maingay's examples are in fragments ; the size 

 of the panicle is doubtful, and it is not improbable that some at least of the leaves 

 may have more than 3 leaflets or may be pinnate. 



17. G A 1MB LEA, C. B. Clarke. 



A tree. Leaves digitate, 5-3-1 -f oliolate ; stipules within the petiole. 

 Umbels panicled, bracts 0, pedicels continuous. Flowers polygamous. Calyx- 

 margin minute. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 3-5-celled ; styles 3-5, 



