Heptapleurum] LYIII. ABALIACE.E 349 



ceous, glabrous, umbels numerous on elongate racemes, arranged in a panicle on a 

 short stout racbis. Fl. J iu. across, pedicels, calyx and petals glabrous. Fr. 6-ribbed. 

 11. H. khasianum, C. B. Clarke. Assam. Khasi hills. A small tree, branched from 

 near the base. Leaflets thickly coriaceous, glabrous. Racemes of umbels elongate, 

 often compound below, forming ample panicles on a racbis 6-8 in. long. Pedicels, calyx 

 and petals generally with white stellate totnentum. Fr. 8-ridged. 12. H. ellipticum, 

 Seem, £iidamans and Nieobars. Scandent. Panicles shorter than 1„ often composed 

 "f cmpound umbels. Peduncles slender, pedicels filiform. Fr. 5-ridged. 



•2. PENTAPANAX, Seem.: Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 723. 



Trees or shrubs, often scandent. L. pinnate, leaflets 3—9. Fl. bisexual or 

 polygamous, pentamerous, in umbels or compound racemes, pedicels articulate 

 close under the fl. Petals imbricate in bud, ovary 4- or 5-celled. Fr. angled, 

 albumen uniform. Species 5-6. 



A. Fl. iu panicled or compound umbels. 



1. P. Leschenaultii, Seem.: Bedd. Manual t. 15, fig. 3. — S3 r n. Hedera 

 tri/oliata, W. & A. : Wight Ic. t. 307. 



An unarmed, frequently epiphytic and climbing shrtib or small tree, often 

 trailing on rocks. Leaflets 3 or 5, ovate, bristly-serrate, blade 4-7, pet. (of 

 lateral leaflets') \-h in. long- Umbels many-fid., arranged in panicles or in 

 c impound umbels (var. umbellatum), styles united nearly to the apex. Fr. 

 more or less distinctly ribbed. 



Kumaon 8,500-10,000 ft. Nepal. Sikkim 5-10,000 ft. Tibet. Bhutan. Mishmee. 

 Khasi hills. Opper Burma. Nilgiris and other mountains on the West side of the 

 Peninsula. Fl. May-June, sometimes August. Yunnan. 2. P. parasiticum, Seem.; 

 Kanjilal F. Fl. 1ST. Mussoorie hills, scarce. Kumaon, Nepal. Khasi hills. Yunnan. 

 A climbing soft-wooded shrub, attaching itself to supports by rootlets on branches, 

 leaflets ."> entire, glaucous beneath, lanceolate. 2-24 in. long. Panicles consisting of 

 2-8 umbels, styles united nearly to tie- apex. 3. P. stellatum, King injburn. As. Soc. 

 Beng. vol. 07. 293. Shan hills near Fort Stedman. Scandent, leaflets 5, entire, glabrous 

 above, densely clothed with stellate tomentum beneath. Umbels numerous in long 

 erect terminal panicles. Styles united half way up. 



B. Fl. in panicled racemes. 



4. P. racemosum, Seem. Sikkim 6-8,000 ft. Khasi hills. A large climber, leaders 

 "<-', ovate or elliptic, acuminate, remotely denticulate, blade 4-0, pet. J— J in. long. 



Panicles unisexual, 8-10 clustered at the ends of branches, rachis 10-14 in., raci s 



■J -:'. in. long, :n right angles to rachis. Styles in ? fl. 3-5, free, recurved. ■">. P. sub- 

 cordatum, Seem. Khasi hills. A small tree, leaflets 3-5, acuminate, siuuate-crenate, 

 blade 8-6, pet. "f the lateral J-l in. long. Racemes 6-12 in., ascending, longer than 

 rachis. styles en male t,i near t he apex, short, cj limine 



Polyscias acuminata, Seem.: Bedd. PI. Sylv. 1 213. — Syn. Hedera acuminata, Wighl 

 b. 1. L062. Nilgiri and A mi inn la i h i lis. Tinuevell i ghats. Ceylon rare. A middle- 

 size, 1 or small unar 'I tree, quite glabrous, I. pinnate, rachis 8 9 in. long, stout, with a 



in I ttlmosl sheathing base, leaflets acuminate, 8-6 in. long. Qmbels 10 L5-fld. in 



elongate racemes, sometimes in corymbs, these arranged in panicles or compound 

 umbels. Pedicels articulate under the il. Calyx distinctly 5-dentate, petals thick 

 valvate, ovary I- or 5-celled, styles I or •">. distinct. 



3. HEDERA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 739. 



Species _'. in Australia, 



H. Helix, I, inn. Ivy. Vera, Arbambal, I la/. : ESaneri, Sutlej ; Mithiilri 

 Jauns. 



A large woody climber, adhering i" trees, rocks or walls by numerous fine 



rootlets, L. Coriaceous, glabrOUS, shining, simple, eXC lingly variable 



shape and size, those of flowering branches ovate or lai laic with ■.< taper- 

 ing base, ' lie others m ire or less triangular in outline, lobed, with a rounded 

 orcordate base, hlade'J 5,petioleJ 3 in. long. PL yellowish-green, polygamous, 



