722 Lxxi. AEAiuCEaj. (0. B. Clarke.) \_AmUa. 



form of rootstock and tuber attributed specially to P. Ginseng and to P. gidngue-; 

 foliua, lAnn. : the scale at the base of the stem is persistent even in some of 

 Wallich's specimens. 



2. A. biplnnatifida, C. B. Clarke; leaflets pinnatifid the lobes serrate 

 or bipinnatifid pilose above. Panax bipinnatifidum, Seem. Rev. Hedeir. 100. 



SiKKiM HisfAXAYA, alt. 8500-11,500 ft.; J. D. H. ; C. B. Clwrhe. 



Generally resembles A. Pseudo-gmseng, and perhaps not distinct. Leaflets 

 petioluled or sessile, lanceolate acuminate or caudate. Bootstock horizontal, quite 

 like that of some examples of A. Pseudo-ginseng, and doubtless, like it, produces 

 tubers not rarely. 



Sect. II. -Shrubs, erect or scandent, or small trees. Leaves digitate. Styles 

 6 (or 4). Fruit carpels 5-4, ridged on the back. 



3. A. cissifolia, Oriff.; Seem. Sev. Jleder. 91; leaflets 5 rarely 3 

 lanceolate narrowed at each end, a tuft of fulvous hairs or spines often at the 

 apex of the petiole, umbels simple. — Aialiad sp. 4, Herb. Ind. Or., S.f. ^ T. 



Tbmpeeate HiMAtATA ; Kumaon, Sikkim, and Bhotan. 



A shrub 10 ft. or erect small tree, branches with short strong deflexed prickles 

 which are sometimes clustered at the nodes. Petioles 5 in., glabrous or pubescent, 

 often with scattered prickles ; stipules large, ovate, often deciduous ; leaflets 2-3 in., 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pilose above; petiolule 0-^ in. Peduncles 2-5 in., solitary, 

 pubescent upwards, carrying each one many-flowered umbel ; bracteoles among the 

 pedicels few, linear, small. ItVuit glabrous. 



' Var. 1. normalis; a small tree, branehlets and leaves prickly, . leaflets fulvous- 

 pubescent beneath doubly serrate, pedicels pubescent. Sikkim; alt. 9000-13,000 ft., 

 lachen, J. D. H. Bhotan ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2669). 



Vajb. 2. scandms, Edgew. in Herb. ; scandent (?) without spines, glabrous, leaflets 

 simply serrate. Kumaon ; alt. 9000 ft., Madhari Pass, Strachey ^ Winterbottom. 



Sect. III. Eu-Aralia. Erect lax shrubs. Leaves 1-3-piimate. Styles 

 5 (or 4). Fruit carpels 5-4, ridged on the back. 



4. A. cachemirica, Dene, in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 72, t. 81; unarmed no 

 leaflets at the points of division of the leaf-rachis, leaflets elliptic shortly 

 acuminate base often rounded minutely fulvo-pubescent on the nerves above. 

 Seem. Beo. Seder. 91 ; Brand. For. Fl. 248. ' A. macrophylla, Lindl. in Bot. 

 Beg. 1844, Misc. 73. Panax tripinnatum. Wall. Cat. 4934 ; G. Bon Gen. Syst. 

 iii. 384. P. decompositum. Wall. Cat. 4935 ; DC. Prod. iv. 266.— Araliad sp. 

 43, Herb. Ind. Or., H.f. ISf T. 



Tempbeate Himalaya ; from Sikkim, alt. 7000-8000 ft., to Kashmir, alt 9000- 

 12,000 ft.; frequent. 



A lax shrub, 5-10 ft. Leaves l-S-pinnate, ultimate pinna with 6-9 leaflets, 

 petiolules 0-^ in. ; leaflets 3i by 1| in., often cordate at base, usually simply regu- 

 larly serrate, pilose above, glabrous or hispid on the nerves beneath. Umbels in 

 elongate panicles a foot long, but many smaller panicles occur ; bracts J in., few, 

 lanceolate, or sometimes leaf-like 1^ in.; panicle-branches and pedicels pubescent. 



5. A. malabarica, Bedd, Fl. Sylv. ii. 121, and Anal. Gen. t. 15- 

 aculeate, panicle-branches and pedicels glabrous or sparingly bristly, bracts 

 J in. nari'ow lanceolate acute ciliate. 



Westben Ghats, from Malabar to Teavakcore : common on the Carcoor Ghat 

 in Wynaad; Beddome. 



A large shrub, nearly glabrous, with scattered weak prickles and bristles. Leaves 



