Araliaoeae. 197 



Ami in Seiodaphyllum Sw.J Prodr. (1788) p. 55; Willi..' Sjicc. I. 

 2. p. 1519; Lim. Jam, I. 314. 



Hedera Seiodaphyllum Sw.J Flor. I (1707) p. 519; Roem. et 

 Schult. Syst V. 510. 



Seiodaphyllum heptaphyÜum Wiche. Bali. (1893) p. 91 (excl. 

 syn. Linn.). 



Seite fflcra Sciadophyllum (L.) Harms in Engl.-Prantl Nat. Pfl. 

 Farn. III. 8 (1S94) p. 37. 



Seiodaphyllum foliis majoHbus oblotajis etc. P. Br. Jam. (1756) 

 p. 190 t. 19 f. 1,2! 



Hab. in Jamaica in sylvis montanis Catherines Peak, St. Andrews, 

 St. Anns, Morses Gap, Manchester etc.: Alexander, Eggers n. 3664, 

 0. Hansen, Harris in Bot. Dep. Herb. n. 6997, Swartz in herb. Willd. 

 n. 6149. 



Obs. I. Quo loco ill. Linxe hanc plan tarn nomine spoeifico „Sciado- 

 phyllum" salutaverit, ut cl. Harms indicat, frustra quaesivi. 



Obs. IL Vitis heptaphyUa Linn. Mant. (1771) p. 212 a cl. Hitchcock 

 ad nostram speciem laudata differt „caule scandente Hcderae quinquefoliae 

 simillimo , foliis ovatis v. ellipticis mneronatis, racemo e spicis simplicibus 

 Eacto, floribus sessilibus et patria India orientali." 



2. Sciadophyllum Belangeri E. March. glabriusculum, foliis 

 7-natis, petiolo communi cylindrico tenuiter striato basi et apice levitcr 

 incrassato, foliolis ovatis vel ovato- ellipticis, in acumen angustum obli- 

 (jiuini abrupte attenuatis, basi rotundatis, margine angustissime reflexis 

 integerrimis, crassiusculis papyraeeis, costa valida, nervis seeundariis 

 7 — 10 utrinque obliquis et arcuatissimis, reticulo pagina infera valde 

 prominente; pannicula parva, perpaucis pilis stellatis passim conspersa, 

 ramis umbelligeris bractea amplissima membranacea purpurea elliptico- 

 lanccolata subeiliata et insigniter venosa basi munitis, umbellis breviter 

 peduneulatis 8 — 15-tloris; floribus brevissime pedicellatis, pedicello 

 braeteolis elongatis linearibus ciliolatis circumdato; calycis limbo bre- 

 vissime obscureque 5-dentato; corolla hemisphaerica quam lata longiore, 

 petalis parum cohaerentibus ellipticis acutiusculis 3 — 5 venis notatis; 

 staminum filamento petalis majore, anthera ovato -oblonga utrinque emar- 

 ginata; stvlis brevissimis alte connatis disco conico impositis; ovario 

 5-locnlari breviter obeonico (nonduni plane evoluto). 



Sciadophyllum Belangeri E. March. in Bull. Acad. roy. Sc. Belg. 

 User. vol. XL VII (1879) p. 92 (seors. impr. p. 25). 



Schefflcra Belangeri Harms in Engl-Frantl Nat. P/1. Farn. III. 8 

 (1394) p. 37. 



Kami ultimi 1 / 2 — 1 cm. crassi. Petiolus 10 — 15 cm. longus; 

 foliola 6 — 9 cm. lata ac 12 — 18 cm. longa. Pannicula 8 — 15 cm. longa; 

 pedicelli 1 — 2 cm. longi. 



