284 Araliacece. {Heptapkurwn. 



3. H. exaltatum, Seem, injourn. Bot. iii. 80 (1865). 

 Hedera exaltata, Thw. Enum. 132. C. P. 1633. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 730 {H. Wallichianum). 



A large tree, glabrous ; 1. palmate, petiole 8-9 in., stout, 

 cylindrical, glabrous, lflts. 5-9, on stalks 1J-2 in. long, large, 

 5-8 in., oblong-lanceolate, rounded at base, acuminate, entire, 

 glabrous, thickly coriaceous ; fl. nearly \ in., ped. \ in., 12-20 

 in long-stalked umbels, arranged on a stout rachis over 1 ft. 

 long, no bracts, buds large, nearly globular ; cal. glabrous, 

 limb truncate; pet. 7-9, linear-oblong, acute, thick; stam. 7-9, 

 spreading, fil. flat, narrow ; disk very large, conical, blunt, 

 ribbed; ov. ^-inferior, styles o; fruit \ in., globose, the upper 

 half above the rim of the cal. -limb, with 7-9 blunt vertical 

 ribs, glabrous. 



Montane zone, 4000-6000 ft.; rather rare. Hunasgiriya; Passelawe; 

 Ramboda. Fl. June. 



Also in the mountains of S. India. 



4. H. emarginatum, Seem, in Joum. Bot. iii. 80 (1865). [Plate 

 XLVI.] 



Hedera emarginata, Moon Cat. 18; Thw. Enum. 132. C. P. 655. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 729. 



An epiphytic climbing shrub, but often dwarf and bushy, 

 glabrous, branches stout, virgate, with numerous short lateral 

 branchlets, bark silvery-grey; 1. numerous, closely placed, 1- 

 (rarely 3-) foliolate, petiole f-i in., slender, thickened and 

 amplexicaul at base, lflts. nearly sessile, articulated on petiole 

 \\-\\ in., cuneate or oblong-cuneate, tapering to base, truncate 

 rounded and deeply emarginate or 2-lobed at apex, very thick 

 (veins prominent when dried) ; fl. rather small, on rather long 

 stiff ped., 2-4 together in small umbels at end of divaricate, 

 slender branches of very lax panicles coming off opp. the 1. 

 of the lat. branchlets, no bracts ; cal.-limb o, pet. 5, ovate, 

 acute, very soon falling ; stam. longer than pet. ; disk rather 

 prominent; ov, quite inferior, 5- (rarely 4-) celled, styles 5 

 (or 4), very short, distinct ; fruit small, \ in., broadly ovoid, 

 truncate, smooth, pulpy, dark purple. 



Moist country up to 4000 ft.; rather rare. Sabaragamuwa (Moon) ; 

 Hunasgiriya (Thw.) ; Kukul Korale ; near Peradeniya ; Kuruwita Korale. 

 Fl. May, June; greenish-pink. 



Endemic. 



This curious species often appears as an ordinary bush, but it is able 

 to climb the largest trees. 



