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Decompound-umbered Panax. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. The hardy species of this genus grow best in peat, 

 and are increased by dividing at the root. The other species 

 grow well in a mixture of loam and sand : and are increased by 

 cuttings which should be planted in sand, with a hand-glass 

 placed over them. 



III. CUSSONIA (in honour of Peter Cusson, once Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of Montpelier : his writings 

 are principally on umbelliferous plants). Thunb. nov. act. ups. 



3. p. 212. nov. gen. 1. p. 11. Lin. fil. suppl. 182. Juss. gen. 

 p. 217. Lam. ill. t. 187. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 22. D. C. prod, 



4. p. 255. 



LIN. SYST. Pent-Heptdndria, Di- Trigynia. Margin of calyx 

 short, entire or with 5-7 acute teeth. Petals 5-7. Stamens 

 5-7, alternating with the petals. Ovarium turbinate, crowned 

 by a broad disk. Styles 2-3, short, erect, distinct, approximate. 

 Fruit 2-3-celled, roundish, nearly dry. Cape shrubs ; with 

 rather succulent, thick trunks. Leaves glabrous, petiolate, 

 palmate ; leaflets 5-7, 1-nerved, entire, or lobed. Flowers 

 greenish. 



1 C. SPICA'TA (Thunb. nov. act. ups. 3. p. 212. t. 13.) leaves 

 palmate ; leaflets petiolate, variously and acutely cut, often trifid 

 at the apex ; flowers spicate, exactly sessile along the rachis. 



fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 

 247. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 115. Shrub glabrous, 8-10 feet 

 high. Leaflets usually 7, rarely 5, lower ones 3, variously pin- 

 nate-parted, ternate at the apex ; lobes angularly toothed, very 

 acute. Calyx entire. Flower bud globose. Styles 2-3. Flowers 

 spirally disposed along the rachis of the spike in 5-6 series. 

 Spiked-flowered Cussonia. Clt. 1789. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



2 C. THYRSIFLORA (Thunb. act. nov. ups. 3. t. 12.) leaves 

 palmate ; leaflets sessile, cuneiform, obtuse, truncate, tridentate ; 

 flowers racemose, pedicellate along the rachis. fj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. fil. eclog. 1. p. 89. t. 61. 

 C. thyrsoidea, Thunb. nov. gen. 1. p. 11. Pers. ench. 1. p. 

 298. Leaflets some of them entire, and a little toothed : others 

 are ternate, varying in number from 3 to 5. Calyx acutely 5- 

 toothed. Styles 3. There is a variety of this with jointed 

 leaflets, the lowest joints dilated at end into smaller lobes. 



Thyrse-flowered Cussonia. Clt. 1795. Tree 6 to 12 feet. 



3 C. TRI'PTERA (Colla, hort. ripul. 43. t. 26.) leaves palmate, 

 leaflets sessile, variously and deeply pinnatifid, trifid at the apex. 



Vi . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The leaflets are 

 the number and form of those of C. spicata, but they are ses- 

 sile, as in C. thyrsiflora. Flowers unknown. 



Three-ninged Cussonia. Shrub. 



Cult. A mixture of peat, loam, and sand is a good soil for 

 the species ; and cuttings root readily if planted under 'a hand- 

 glass. 



IV. MARA'LIA (altered from Aralia). Pet. Th. nov. gen. 

 mad. p. 13. no. 43. D. C. prod. 4. p. 255. Aralia species of 

 Schultes. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Trigynia. Margin of calyx small. 

 Petals and stamens 5. Styles 3. Ovarium cylindrical. Berry 

 cylindrical, 3-celled, 3-seeded. A small shrub, native of Mada- 

 gascar. Leaves pinnate. Racemes hanging. Umbellules on 

 long peduncles. Berries blackish. This genus differs from all 

 others in the present order, particularly in the ovarium and fruit 

 being cylindrical, not turbinate nor obovate. 



1 M. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 255.). J? . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. Aralia Maralia, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 

 704. 



Madagascar Maralia. Shrub. 



Cult. See Cussonia above for culture and propagation. 



V. GILIBE'RTIA (named after J. E. Gilibert, a French 

 botanist, author of Chloris de Lyon). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod, 

 p. 50. t. 8. D. C. prod. 4. p. 255. Gastonia species, Lam. 



LIN. SYST. Pent-Decandria, Monogynia. Margin of calyx 

 entire, drawn out beyond the ovarium. Petals 5-10. Stamens 

 the same number as there are petals, and alternating with them. 

 Ovarium 5-10-celled, crowned by a broad disk above. Style 

 short, thick, conical or pyramidal, composed of 5-10 joined ones, 

 which are erectly conniving at the apex at first, but at length 

 diverging a little. Fruit fleshy. Shrubs or small trees. Leaves 

 variable. Flowers umbellate, disposed in racemose panicles. 

 This genus differs from Gastonia in the stamens being equal in 

 number to the petals, not double that number as in that genus ; 

 and in the style being thick and pyramidal, hardly divided at the 

 apex, not parted to the base, and stellate. 



1 G. UMBELLA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 75. t. 312.) 

 leaves simple ; petioles unarmed ; limb oval-oblong, obsoletely 

 denticulated, glabrous ; umbels terminal, compound, fy . G. 

 Native of Peru, in the groves of Munna. Calyx 7-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 7. Style thick, conical ; stigmas 7, at length spreading a 

 little. Fruit 7 -celled. Wangenheimia umbellata and Ginannia 

 umbellata, Dietr. ex Steud. 



I/m&e//rt/e-flowered Gilibertia. Tree. 



2 G. PALMA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 256.) leaves simple, gla- 

 brous above, and clothed with rusty pubescence beneath, cor- 

 date, palmately lobed : lobes lanceolate, acute, serrated ; petioles 

 long, prickly ; flowers umbellate. fj . G. Native of the East 

 Indies, at Chittagong. Gastonia palmata, Roxb. hort. beng. 33. 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 894. Calyx plicate. Petals white, nearly ovate, 

 5-9. Perhaps G. palmata, Mess. sc. 1825. in Feruss. bull. 

 1825. oct. 220. From the description the leaves are said to be 

 nearly peltate ; the leaflets petiolate, and the petals wanting. 

 Flowers whitish. 



Palmate-leaved Gilibertia. Fl. Feb. March. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



3 G. REPA'NDA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves or leaflets broadly ovate, 

 feather-nerved, coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, bluntly 

 somewhat attenuated at the base, on short petioles, with repand- 

 toothed margins ; flowers umbellate. f? . S. Native of the 

 Mauritius. Margin of calyx short, entire. Ovarium sulcate, 

 conical in the superior part. Style hardly any ; stigmas 5-7, 

 very short, nearly stellate. The leaves or leaflets being detached 

 from the specimen examined, it is doubtful whether the leaves 

 are simple or compound ; but from analogy we would rather 

 consider them as compound. 



Repand-tool\ied-]eaved Gilibertia. Shrub. 



4 G. NALU'GU (D. C. 1. c.) leaves impari-pinnate : with 5 

 ovate, acuminated, feather-nerved, coarsely and irregularly-tooth- 

 ed, coriaceous, glabrous leaflets ; flowers corymbose. fy . S. 

 Native of Malabar. Nalugu, Rheed. mal. 2. p. 43. t. 26. 

 Gastonia Nalugu, Lam. diet. 2. p. 611. Smith, in Rees' cycl. 

 vol. 15. Petals 5. Stamens unknown. Fruit nearly globose, 

 depressed, blueish black, 8-9-seeded. Flowers whitish or green. 

 Nalugu is the Brahmin name of the tree. 



Nalugu Gilibertia. Shrub 8 to 1 feet. 



5 G. PANICULA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves or leaflets broadly ob- 

 ovate, obtuse, feather- nerved, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; 

 flowers panicled, disposed in racemes along the branches of the 

 panicle. fj . S. Native of the Mauritius and Bourbon. The 

 leaves or the leaflets, whichever they may be, are about a foot 

 long, and 6 inches broad. Panicle 6-8 inches long. Flowers on 

 short pedicels. Margin of calyx entire ; flower-bud conical, 

 obtuse, 10-angled. Petals 10, valvate. Stamens 10, alternat- 

 ing with the petals. Style thick, conical, hardly 8-10-lobed at 

 the apex. Ovarium 8, rarely 9-10-celled. 



Panicled Gilibertia. Tree. 

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