724 Lxxi. AEALiACEj). (0. B. Clarke.) [Pmta^anax. 



Stamens 5. Ovary 5- (or 4-) celled ; styles 5-4, combined to the su mmi t or 

 free for more than half their length. Fruit 5-4-ceUed and angled. Albumen 

 uniform. — Distrib. Species 6, confined to continental India. 



* Flowers in panicled racemes. 



1. P. racemosum, Seem. Rev. Seder. 21 ; panicles unisexual elongate 

 oblong with racemes diverging from the raehis divaricately to its summit, 

 styles in the perfect flowers half- or more- free recurved. — Araliad sp. 41, 

 Herh. Ind. Or., H.f. §• T. 



SnLKiM; alt. 6000-8000 ft.; H.f. ^ T.; 4aimhle; C. B. Clarke. 



A tree 60 ft. {ex H.f. ^ T.), or a large climber {ex GamMe). Leaflets 4-9 by 

 24-5J in., usually 5-7, elliptic, acuminate, often rounded or cordate at the base, 

 simiate-denticulate ; petiolules often ^J in. Panicles glabrous or 'villous, often 1 ft. 

 by 4-6 in., 3-9 clustered at the ends of the branchlets; branches 2-3J in., ra- 

 cemed, flowering from their base ; pedicels 0-^ in., with a minute linear bract at 

 their bases. Styles in the male flowers combined nearly to their summit, in the per- 

 fect flowers 3-5, recurved free sometimes almost to the base. Fruit (not ripe) small, 

 subglobose ; probably less angular and elongate than that of P. Leschenaultii ; disc 

 not elongate-conical. 



2. F, subcordatum, Seem. Rev. Seder. 22 ; panicle ovate acuminate, 

 racemes ascending, raehis unhranched upwards, styles combined nearly to their 

 summits. Hedera suhcordata, Wall. Cat. 4917 ; (?. Dcm Gen. Syst. iii. 394. — 

 Araliad sp. 41, Herh. Ind. Or., S.f. ^ T. partly. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4000-6000 ft. ; Wallich, Griffith, &c., not rsre. 



A small tree. Leaflets 3|— 4^ by 2 in., usually 3-5, elliptic, acuminate, often 

 roimded or cordate at the base, sinuate-crenate ; petiolules often J-f in. Panicles 

 8 in., with 3-8 racemed branches ascending from its lower half; panicle-branches 

 2-4 in., glabrous racemed flowering from their base; pedicels often ^ in. (rarely 

 0— [5 in.), with a minute linear bract at their bases. Flowers appear all perfect. 

 Fruit (nearly ripe) small, subglobose, obscurely 5-angled, disc not elongate-conical. 



** Flowers umhdled, umbels simply panicled. 



3. P. parasiticum, Seem. Rev. Seder. 22 ; leaflets 5 lanceolate entire 

 glaucous beneath. Brand. For. Fl. 248. Hedera parasitica, Don Prodr. 188 ; 

 DC. lYodr. iv. 265. H. glauca. Wall. Cat. 4921 ; G. Dm Gen. Syst. iii. 394. 

 Aralia parasitica. Sam. MS. 



NiPAi, ; Hamilton. Ktjmaon ; Wallich, Boyle. Binsar, alt. 7,600 ft., Strachey ^ 

 Winterhottom. 



Scandent, glabrous. Leaflets 2f by 1^ in. (or smaller), scarcely acuminate, base 

 rounded or subacute ; petiolules 0-^ in. Panicles 3-4 in., simple with 2-8 umbels ; 

 pedicels ^-f in., glabrous. Styles long, combined to near the top. Fruit (not ripe) 

 small, subglobose, obscurely 5-angled ; disc not elongate- conical. 



Vae. 1. khasiana ; pedicels and raehis of panicle pubescent. — £hasia Mts. ; 

 Myrung, alt. 5000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2680), Simons. 



4. F. Xaesclienaultli, Seem. Rev. Seder. 22 pai-tly ; leaflets 3-5 elliptic- 

 acuminate bristle-serrate, fruit ovoid not very angular, disc not elongate- 

 conical. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. 16. Panax Leschenaultii, DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 254. P. micranthum, Wall. Cat. 4938 : Excl. A. Hedera Leschenaultii 

 and H. trifoliata, W. 8r A. Prodr. 377; Wight Ic. t. 307.— Araliad sp. 39, 

 Serb. Ind. Or., S.f.SfT. 



SiEKiM, alt. 6C00-1000 ft.; J. B. H. South Dbccan and Cetlon in the moun- 

 tains. Bdbma, Taong-dong ; Wallich. 



