348 LVIII. AHALIACE^E [Heptapleurum 



1. H. impressum, C. B. Clarke. Vern. Balu cliinia, Nep. 



A large tree, leaflets 8, lanceolate, entire, those on young trees often distantly 

 serrate, upperside shining, the nerves impressed, underside softly stellate- 

 tomentose, blade 6-10, pet. 1 in., common petiole 5-15 in. long. Umbels many- 

 fld., in large pyramidal panicles. Fr. obtusely and indistinctly 5-ridged when 

 dry. 



Garhwal. 10,000 ft. Nepal. Sikkim, 6-10,000 ft. Bhutan. Fl. May-Aug. 2. 

 H. Lawranceanum, Prain in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 67. 293. Kachin hills, Upper 

 Burma. Leaflets thickly coriaceous, broadly elliptic, glabrous on both sides. Fr. 7- 

 ridged. 



3. H. hypoleucum, Kurz F. Fl. i. 539. 



A small tree, branchlets, inflorescence and underside of 1. clothed with floccose 

 deciduous wool. Leaflets 6 or 7, on old trees entire or sharply serrulate, on 

 young trees deeply lobed, nerves not impressed above, sec. n. prominent beneath, 

 blade 6-12, pet. 1-5 in. long. Umbels solitary or a few on long peduncles, 

 these arranged in racemes or corymbs on a stout rachis 10-15 in. long, thick 

 triangular bracts at the base of peduncles, petals clothed with dense stellate 

 wool. Fr. globose, ^ in. diain., 5-celled, 5-seeded, obtusely 5 ribbed, crowned 

 by the lobed disk and the short column of connate styles. Albumen ruminate. 



Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur. Fl. Nov.-January. 4. H. elatum, C. B. Clarke. — Syn. 

 H. glaucum, Kurz. Nepal. Sikkim 5-7,000 ft. Bhutan. Hills of Martaban and 

 Tenasserim, Muleyit, Nattoung (Parish). An evergreen tree or large shrub. Leaflets 

 glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, almost entire, pale beneath, blade 4-7, pet. 1-2 in. Fl. 

 polygamous, umbels bracteate, in racemes, these panicled, bracts and bracteoles, 

 peduncles, pedicels and petals on the outside clothed with deciduous rust-coloured 

 wool, often of stellate hairs. Petals 4-5, thick at apex and keeled inside. Fr. obtusely 

 5-ridged. 5. H. glaucum, C. B. Clarke, Assam, Khasi hills. A small tree similar to 4, 

 differs by oblanceolate leaflets, broader in the upper portion. H birmanicum, Watt MSS., 

 Manipur 8,000 ft., probably belongs to this. 



6. H. racemosum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 214. — Syn. Hedera racemosa, Wight Ic. t. 1015. 

 Common on the Nilgiri and Anamalai hills. Ceylon 3-6,000 ft. A large tree, branchlets 

 stout, marked with the scars of fallen 1. Leaflets acuminate, glabrous, entire, margin 

 undulate, blade 3-5, pet. 1-2 in. long. Fl. as a rule not umbellate, except those at the 

 ends of the panicle ramifications, but iu elongate racemes, united in large lateral 

 panicles. 7. H. rostratum, Bedd. — Syn. Hedera rostrata, Wight Ic. 1. 1013. Nilgiri and 

 Anamalai hills, 5-6,000 ft., Travaucore 4,000 ft. Similar to 6 except the umbellate 

 inflorescence, the branches of the panicle bear one or a few umbels near the end. 



B. Fr. crowned by the conical disk, bearing 5-9 round stigmas. Seeds flat, 

 albumen not ruminate. 



8. H. venulosum, Seem. — Syn. Paratropia venulosa, W. & A. Vern. 

 Katli Semal, Hind. ; Mijauk leiica, Taiikth letica, Balu lehva, Burin. 



A soft-wooded scandent shrub, attaching itself to supports by rootlets from 

 branches. Leaflets 5-7, glabrous, entire, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 

 4-8, pet. 1-2 in. long, stipules connate between branch and petiole. Common 

 petiole 6-9 in. long. Fl. yellowish-green or cream-coloured, polygamous, 

 generally glabrous, 5-6-merous, umbels in racemes, these on a short rachis, 

 forming an ample panicle, umbels in early bud enveloped by large woolly 

 caducous bracts. <J : petals sometimes cohering in a cap, which is uplifted by 

 the stamens. ? : styles short, connate at the base into a fleshy conical mass. 

 Fruit 5-ridged. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 5,000 

 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Andamans. Burma, Upper and Lower. Central 

 Prov., Behar and throughout the Peninsula. Fl. Jan.-June. — Yunnan. Malay Penins. 

 and Archip. Australia. H. euyenifolium, Watt MSS., Manipur, 5,000 ft., probably be- 

 longs to this. 9. H. stellatum, Gaertn. — Syn. Hedera obovata, Wight Ic. t. 1011. Southern 

 portion of the Western Peninsula, in the Deccan as well as on the West side. Ceylon 

 common in the moist low country. Alarge scandent epiphytic shrub, branchlets stout, 

 marked with leaf-scars. Leaflets 4-7, elliptic, obtuse or acute, not acuminate, at 

 times orbicular, blade 2-3, pet. -J-3 in., common petiole 3-7 in. sheathing at base. Petals 

 glabrous. 10. H. Wallichianum, C. B. Clarke. Coorg. Nilgiris. Leaflets thickly coria- 



