736 Lxxi. AEALUCBJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Brasscdopsis. 



NiPAt ; Wallieh. SnouM Teeai ; J. D. H. Subtropical zone of East Benoal 

 and Bttrma. Chittagons ; Eoxburgh, J. D. H. Bukma ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 

 2663). ~ South Andaman ; Kv/rz. 



Closely resembles B. JSamla ; sparingly prickly. Pedicels springing from a dense 

 cluster of braeteoles | in., oblong and very tomentose. Fruit often 1 -seeded, when 

 2-seeded it is ^ by f in., tnrbinate-ellipsoid. Style on the fruit | in. or rather more. 

 — Wallieh's plate belongs to this plant, as he mentions the fruit as turbinate (as 

 also does Roxburgh). Aralia palmata, Lour. Fl. Cochineh. 187, doubtfully referred 

 here by Seeman, is an Acanthopanax. 



4. B. alpina, C. B. Clarke ; leaves cordate-ovate acute or slightly 3-5- 

 cuspidate densely steUate-tomentose, bracts to the panicle-branches lanceolate. 

 — Araliad sp. 27, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



AiPnsTE SiKKTTvr, alt. 10,000-11,000 ft.; Tonglo and Lachen, J. D. H. 



An unarmed tree, 30 ft; young branches densely villous and tomentose with 

 yellow or brown stellate hair. Leaves 4-5 in. and nearly as wide, softly serrate, 

 membranous, thickly tomentose on both surfaces . when young, when older the 

 scattered stellate hairs wear oflF, but much remains on both surfaces. Panicle (very 

 young) densely tomentose ; buds completely enclosed in thick stellate wool ; bracts at 

 the base of the panicle-branches J in., very narrow. — Can this be a woolly alpine 

 form of B. Hainla ? 



5. B. bispida, Seem. Rev. Seder. 18; stem panicle and petioles prickly, 

 leaves deeply palmate spinosely serrate, reticulating nerves beneath mucn raised 

 and ultimately nearly glabrous. — AraUad sp. 30, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. Sr T. 

 partly. 



SiKJUM, alt. 6000-7000 ft. ; J. B. H. Mishmbb ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2696). 



Yellowish when' dried ; prickles numerous and often whorled, lanceolate, com- 

 pressed, deflexed. Leaves 1 ft. diam. and more, segments oblong-lanceolate narrower 

 towards the base, coriaceous, lower surface glabrous or sparingly hispidulous; 

 stipules united within the petiole with two free linear points. Panicle very large ; 

 bracts to the branches | in., lanceolate, tomentose, persistent ; pedicels very many, 

 rising amid numerous braeteoles ^-i in. lanceolate closely tomentose. Young calyx- 

 tuhe closely densely stellate-tomentose. Petals glabrous, appear yellow. Style after 

 the petals have fallen scarcely ^ in. Fruit not seen. 



6. B. mitis, C. S. Clarke; branches prickly, leaves deeply palmate 

 softly serrate, the reticulating nerves scarcely raised beneath ultimately pubes- 

 cent or hispidulous. — Araliad sp. 29, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f. ^ T. 



SiKKiM, alt. 4000-8000 ft., not rare; J. B. S., C. B. Clarke, N. Gamble. 



An erect small tree, 20 ft., the panicle and petioles usually without prickles. 

 Leaves 1 ft. diam. and more ; segments oblong-lanceolate, narrowed towards the base, 

 membranous, adult beneath softly hairy and not shining ; stipules large, lanceolate- 

 subulate, nearly distinct. Panicle very large, often with dense bundles of bristles on 

 the rachis and at the top of the petiole ; bracts on the branches f in., lanceolate, 

 caducous; pedicels very many, rising amid numerous lanceolate closely-tomentose 

 braeteoles |-J in. Young calyx-tube more or less steUate-tomentoso. Petals glabrous. 

 Style after the petals have fallen J in. ; the disc large, subhemispheric. Ripe fruit 

 not seen. 



7. B. Griffithii, C. B. Clarke ; leaves very large pahnate divided half- 

 way down or more serrate-denticulate, adult glabrous or the nerves beneath 

 minutely bispidulous. 



East Bengal ; Namroo (? Upper Assam), Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2697). 

 No prickles seen on the end of the branehlets nor elsewhere. Leaves 16 in. diam. ; 

 lobes oblong or elliptic, acuminate, tertjaiy nerves prominent on both surfaces. 



