1898.] from the North-Eastern Frontiers of India. 293 



mens of this species have been distributed to various European Herbaria 

 under the name Gynostemma pedatum ; recipients of these specimens are 

 hereby requested to correct the name. These flowering examples were 

 received in November, 1897, the fruiting ones in January, 1898. 



ARALIACE^E. 



15. Pentapanax stellatum King; scandens, novellis digito 

 minimo fere crassis, cortice pallido glabro lenticellis ornato. Folia 

 pinnata, rachide gracile glabra basi parum dilatata; foliolis 5, jugis 2 

 cum terminali, late ovatis vel ellipticis, apice abrupte acutis, basi rotun- 

 datis margine integris parum recurvis ; supra glaberrimis, subtus pilis 

 longioribus stellatis dense obtectis ; nervis 4-5-jugis parum incurvis 

 subtus prominulis supra distincte impressis ; petiolulis inaequilongis 

 iisque jugi summi fere 0. Panicula terminalis basi bracteis lanceolatis 

 pluribus obsita, sparse ferrugineo-puberula, ramis inferioribus patentibus 

 remotis, singulis umbellas plures 15-25-florales pedunculatas ferenti- 

 bus, parte summa umbellas simplices ferente. Flores late oblongi ; 

 calycis tubo late campanulato, limbo 5-dentato, dentibus latis obtusis ; 

 petalis late ellipticis. Fructus ovoideo-globosus prominenter 5-costatus, 

 glaber. 



Burma : in montibus Shan nuncupatis, apudFort Stedman ; Kingii 

 mercenar. ! 



Folia 9-15 poll, longa, foliolis 3-5 poll, longis, 2*5-3'25 poll. latis 

 petiolulis folioli terminalis 1-1*5 poll., lateralium inferiorum 1—15 

 poll, longis, lateralium summorum fere obsoletis. Panicula 12-18 poll, 

 longa, ramis inferioribus 3-4 poll. Flores 'I poll. lati. Fructus "15 poll, 

 longus. 



Pentapanax is a small genus of which hitherto only six species 

 have been described ; and of these only one has hitherto been recorded 

 from Burma. The species now for the first time described differs from 

 all the others in the dense and very peculiar pubescence by which the 

 under surfaces of the leaves are clothed. The hairs are long, flexuose, 

 and united to form large stars of a pale yellowish-brown colour. 



16. Heptapleurum (§Agalma) Lawranceanum Prain; arbor?, 

 novellis parce puberuiis. Folia digitata foliolis 7-9, late ellipticis apice 

 mucronulatis, margine integris utrinque glaberrimis, crasse coriaceis ; 

 nervis 20-30-jugis obscuris petiolulis glabris. Panicula ramosa, ramis 

 puberuiis ramulos fere farinoso-puberulos umbelliferos distinctes emit- 

 tentibus, umbellis 12-20-floris, pedicellis aequilongis floribus parum 

 brevioribus. Calyx margine truncatus. Petala valvata, circa 7, fcrian- 

 gula, intus glabra extus pilis coactis dense obtecta. Stamina petalis 

 isomera autheris oblougo-ovatis sursum parum angustatis. Fructus 



