Dendrojpanax] LVIII. ABALIACE.E 351 



D. Listeri, King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. t. 55. Daphla hills. Assam. A small 

 tree, I. with 3 basal nerves, the lateral half as long as the blade of leaf. Fr. globose, 

 J in. diain. 



... GAMBLEA, C. B. Clarke; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 730. 



G. ciliata, C. B. Clarke, the only species. 



A handsome unarmed tree, 1. digitate, leaflets 3-5, sometimes 1 only, edge 

 bristly-ciliate, on the upper side with short harsh hairs on nerves and veins, 

 blade 3-7, pet. \, common petiole 3-8 in. long. Fl. polygamous, pentamerous, 

 umbels in short panicles. Petals valvate, ovary 3-5-celled, styles connate 

 nearly half their length. Seeds not compressed, albumen ruminated. 



Sikkim, 9-12,000 ft., on the ridge dividing Nepal from Sikkim in the region of 

 Rhododendrum Falconeri. Jakplio, Naga hills, 9,900 ft. Fl. July. 



6. ARALIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 721. 



Leaflets digitate, pinnate or bipiunate, a pair of leaflets often at the base of 

 pinna?, leaflets membranous, serrulate. Fl. umbellate, petals 5, ovate, not un- 

 guiculate, slightly imbricate in bud. Ovary 2-5-celled. Drupe more or less 

 ribbed, with 2-5 crustaceous or hard pyrenes. Albumen not ruminated. 

 Species 25-30, India, Malay, Japan to North America. 



1. A. cachemirica, Dene.; Collett Simla Fl. 217, fig. G6. Vera. Akhola, 

 Jauns. 



A large herbaceous, roughly pubescent unarmed shrub, 1. large, bipinnate, 

 leaflets serrate, ovate-lanceolate, base generally unequal sided, blade 3-6, pet. 

 J-J in. long. Fl. white, umbels many-fld. in large terminal panicles. Fr. 

 black with 5 pyrenes. 



Kuram valley, in Birch forests 9-10,000 ft. Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim, 5-9,000 

 in tlie North West, 1-11,000 ft. in Sikkim, extending into the inner arid valleys. 

 Fl. June-Oct. 2. A. malabarica, Bedd. Manual, t. 15 fig. 2. Western Ghats from 

 Malabar southwards. A large prickly shrub or small tree, nearly glabrous, with 

 scattered weak prickles nnd hrist les. L. bipinnate, leaflets caudate acuminate, sharply 

 sci rule panicles bracteate, 



3. A. armata, Seem. : Kurz F. Fl. i. 536. 



A small evergreen tree, youngest shoots puberulous. L. large triangular, 

 bipinnate, at the base four pinna; from one point, and a leaflet at the base of 

 each pinna, main and secondary rachis with sharp prickles. Leaflets numerous, 

 :i ."> in. lone;, with short stilt' hairs, chiefly along nerves, the lateral shortly 

 pet ioluhite. Cmbels many-fld. in large panicles, pedicels slender, i in. long', as 



well as the Inst ramifications roughly hispid. Fr. with ."> broad ridges. 



Sikkim 2-5,000 ti. Kli.-i-i hills. Tenosserim. Fl. June-Sept. Malaj Peninsula. 

 t. a. folioiosa, Sc.-m. sikkim 8 5,000 ft. A smnll graceful, evergreen tree, stem 

 covered with prickles. Leaves bi- or tripinnate, rachis with sharp prickles, up to { in. 

 long, frequently at the base of pinnae. Leaflets 2-8 in. long, slightly or deeply serrate, 

 bristles or slender prickle, along nerves, panicles and umbels braoteate, petals slender 

 | '. in., slight ly hispid. 



">. A. Thomsoni, Seem.; King in .loiirii. As. Sue. Beng. vol. 67, II. 



A large prickly, softly tomentose shrub. Leaves large 2 -3-pinnate, leaflets 

 entire or minutely serrulate, the lateral nearly sessile. Umliels bracteate, 

 many-fld., panicles with lanceolate bracts at the nullifications. 



^.ssam, Khnsi hills, Fl. 1!. S. M n In v I 'en insula. 6. A. clssifolia, < irill'. (Tppei '■ 

 valley, Tihri Qarhwol, 9 10,000, Kumaon 9,000, Sikkim 9 18,000 ft, A large bush or 

 small straggling tree. Leaves tufted at the ends ol arrested branohlets, digitate, 

 petiole 8 6 in. long, leaflets 8 5. Peduncles axillary, solitary, each bearii ay-fld. 



umbel. The western specimens are unarmed A. tcandena, Edgew.), those from Sikkim 

 and Bhutan ai"0 prickly. 



Acanthopanax aculeatum, Seem. Assam, Klm-i, .Inintin nnd Nagn hills. China, 



