740 LXXI. ARALIACE^I. (C. B. Clarke.) [Gambled. 



combined nearly half their length. Fruit globose, 3-5-celled. Seed not com- 

 pressed ; albumen lightly ruminated, nearly as in Hedera. 



1. Cr. ciliata, C. B. Clarke ; leaflets oblanceolate or if solitary cordate 

 harshly pilose above margin bristle-ciliate. Araliad sp. 3. Herb. Ind. Or. 

 . | T. 



SIKKIM; Tonglo, alt. 10,000 ft., J. D. H., Gamble] Jongri, C. B. Clarke. 



Unarmed, 30 ft. Leaflets 6 by 2^ in., acuminate, hairs on both surfaces harsh 

 in age, or nearly glabrous beneath ; petiolules 0- in., densely rusty vdllose. Umbels 

 in small panicles; pedicels - in., puberulo-pubescent. Fruit |-in. diam., ultimately 

 glabrous. 



18. TUFXDANTHUS, H.f. S> T. 



A glabrous small tree at first erect, afterwards a lofty climber. Leaves digi- 

 tate; leaflets glabrous, leathery, entire; stipules connate within the petiole. 

 Umbels in a compound umbel or small panicle ; pedicels thick, not jointed under 

 the flowers. Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals closely connate, falling off in a 

 cap. Stamens very many, in two or several series. Ovary cells very nume- 

 rous ; stigmas very many (90), sessile, radiating, contiguous but not connate. 

 Fruit globose, depressed (not seen ripe). 



1. T. calyptratus, H. f. $ T. in Bot. Mag. t. 4908; Seem. Rev. 

 Heder. 6. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 2000-3000 ft.; Borpani, H. /. ^ T. EAST BENGAL; Griffith 

 (Kew Distrib. No. -2701). 



Leaflets 7-9, 7 by 2^ in., narrowly oblong, shortly acuminate, narrowed at the 

 base; petiolule 2 in. Main umbel about 3-rayed, branches 3 in., very stout with 

 large ovate sheathing leathery persistent bracts at their base ; partial umbels 5-7-fid ; 

 pedicels 1-1|- in., glabrous, stout. Buds in. diam., nearly globose; calyx-tube 

 leathery, smooth. Stamens about 50-70, densely packed ; filaments and anthers as in 

 most of the order but larger. Unripe fruit more than f by 1 in., will be berriexl. 

 Seeds numerous, 20-30 at least. 



ORDER LXXII. CORNACEJE. (0. B. Clarke.) 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or alternate, generally petioled, entire or 

 occasionally angular lobed or serrate, frequently unequal at the base ; stipules 0. 

 Flowers usually small, regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual, in axillary or ter- 

 minal cymes panicles or heads. Calyx-tube adnate to the orary ; limb trun- 

 cate or 4-5-toothed, persistent. Petals or 4-5 (occasionally indefinite), 

 epigynous, imbricate or valvate. Stamens inserted with the petals and equal to 

 them in number, rarely twice or thrice as many. Ovary inferior, 1-4-celled, 

 crowned by a usually fleshy sometimes inconspicuous disc ; style single, short 

 or long, stigma capitate or branched ; ovule solitary (very seldom 2-3), pendu- 

 lous from the apex of the cell. Fruit generally succulent, 1-4-celled, less often 

 with 2 pyrenes. Seed oblong, pendulous, albumen copious, fleshy; embryo 

 minute or cotyledons flat leafy nearly as wide as the seed. DISTRIB. Species 

 75, chiefly in the northern hemisphere. 



* Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 f Petals narrow much elongate. 



