Schefflem.] ARALIACEAE. 569 



Leaflets prominently reticulated : 



Leaflets large, 4- in. long or more ; fruit 5-angled : 



Leaflets obovate, rounded or emarginate at apex or very 

 slightly obtusely pointed, the main nerves oblique, petiolules 

 slender, 1-2 in. long ; umbels in racemes in a terminal 



panicle often 1 ft. long 4. s+ellata. 



Leaflets ovate or elliptic, shortly and suddenly pointed at 

 apex : 



Leaflets chartaceous, the main nerves scarcely more 

 prominent than the secondary and the reticulations, not 

 very oblique, about 60 with the midrib ; panicles with 



a rather long rhachis 5. Roxburghii. 



Leaflets coriaceous, the main nerves much more prominent 

 than the secondary and the reticulations, very oblique, 

 about 30 with the midrib ; panicles with a short rhachis 



6. venulosa. 



Leaflets under 2 in. long, coriaceous, obovate, obtuse or 

 emarginate, petiolules -25-'5 in. long ; umbels in subterminal 



stellate-villous racemes about 1 in. long 7. Bourdillonii. 



Leaflets not prominently reticulated, oblong, acute, coriaceous, 

 up to 10 in. long, 4 in. broad, petiole 7-15 in. long, petiolules 

 5-10, 2 in. long or longer; umbels in large panicles up to 



12 in. long 8. Wallichiana. 



Flowers sessile, bracteoles 4 to each flower; leaflets 6-8, oblong-, 

 acute or acuminate, up to 6 in. and even 1 ft. long, petiole about 

 6 in., petiolules stout, 1-2 in. long; flower-umbels in panicles of 

 racemes with stout branches 9. capitata. 



1. SCHEFFLERA ROSTRATA, Harms. Heptapleuruni rostratuni, 

 Bedd. ; F. B. I. ii. 729. Hedera rostrata, Wt. Ic. tt. 1013, 

 1014. 



JSTilgiri Hills, in Kmidahs Sholas, above 7,000 ft. 

 A large tree with 5-9 lanceolate, sometimes denticulate, 

 leaflets, the petiolules about 1 in. long, the nerves con- 

 spicuous, meeting in loops near the margin. 



2. SCHEFFLERA MICRANTHA, Gamble, n. comb. H. rostratum 

 var. micmntha, C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 729. 



Nilgiri Hills, along the W. scarp from Naduvatam to 

 Sispara, about 6,000 ft. 



A tree with about 6 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaflets, 

 the petiolules '5-1 in. long, the nerves not conspicuous nor 

 meeting in loops. 



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