350 



LVIII. ARALIACE^ 



[Hedera • 



pentamerous, in globose umbels. Petals valvate, ovary 5-celled, styles connate. 

 Berry bright yellow, seeds 3-4, albumen ruminate. 



Afghanistan. Punjab Salt range. Himalaya, Hazara to Bhutan 2-9,000 ft. Khasi 

 hills. Manipur. Fl. Oct.-April. Europe, North Africa, Western Asia. China. Japan. 

 The berries of the European Ivy are usually black. 



4. DENDROPANAX, Dene. & Planch. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 733. 



Gilibertia, Ruiz et Pavon ; Harms in Eagler u. Prantl iii. 8. 40. 



Unarmed, glabrous trees or shrubs. L. simple entire, on coppice shoots and 

 young plants palmately 3-5-lobed. PI. umbellate, pedicels not articulate. 



Fig. 147. — Gamblea ciliata, C. B. Clarke, J. 



Petals 5, thick, valvate in bud. Ovary 5-celled, styles united at the base into a 

 column, their summits spreading. Pr. ribbed, seeds compressed, albumen uni- 

 form. Species 12, mostly American. 



1. D. japonioum, Seem. Khasi hills. China, Japan. A tree with strong smell of Asafoe- 

 tida. L. on young plants and coppice shoots deeply palniatifid with long petioles, on older 

 plants elliptic-lanceolate, penninerved, blade 3-6, petiole 1-3 in. long. Umbels many- 

 fid., solitary or few in a short terminal 'panicle. Fr. ellipsoid nearly J in, long. 2. 



