Macropanax.] lxxi. aealiace2e. (C. B. Clarke.) 739 



lanceolate, entire rarely minutely denticulate, iase narrowed often very acute ; 

 petiolulea ^-2 in. Panicle 1 ft., compound; bracts | in., triangular, caducous; 

 pedicels J in., angular, perfectly glabrous ; bracteoles or caducous. Fruit as in 

 M. oreophilum. 



15. KEDEBA, Zinn. 



Shrvibs, climbing extensively, or small trees. Leaves simple, lobed or pin- 

 nate, glabrous ; stipules 0. Floioen polygamous ; umbels panicled ; bracts 

 very small, pedicels not or very obscurely jointed under the flowers. Calyx- 

 margin 5-tootbed or sub-entire. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 5- 

 celled; styles connate into a column. Fruit globose, almost berried. Seeds 

 ovoid; albumen ruminated. — Species 2; one in all temperate regions of the 

 Old World ; the other Australian. 



1. K. Helix. lAnn.; DC. Prodr. iv. 261; leaves simple, panicle not 

 elongated. Dm Prodr. 187 ; Wall. Cat. 4908 ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed'. Carey ^ 

 Wall. ii. 515 ; Brand. For. Fl. 248. 



Throughout the Himalaya alt. 6000-10,000 ft. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 4000-6000 ft. ; 

 not rare. — Distbib. From W. Europe to Japan. 



Stem glabrous climbing adhesively by means of numerous extra-axillary rootlets. 

 Leaves 3-4 in., varying from linear-lanceolate to cordate-ovate, entire or variously 

 lobed palmate or subpinnatifid ; petiole ^-2 in. Panicle often depressed, subcorym- 

 bose, or shortly ovate, never large compound ; bracts scarcely -^ in., triangular ; 

 pedicels J-J in., stellately hairy ; bracteoles minute or 0. Fruit black, more rarely 

 yellow or red. — There is no note of red fruit from India ; yellow fruit is not un- 

 common there. 



16. HEDEXtOPSXS, C. B. Clarhe. 



A glabrous unarmed tree. Leaves 1-3-foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate, denti- 

 'culate or nearly entire ; base of petiole much dilated ; stipules inconspicuous. 

 Umbels panicled ; bracts and bracteoles deciduous ; pedicels jointed close under 

 the flowers. Calyx margined, 5-toothed somewhat prominently. Petals 5, 

 valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 5-celled; styles connate. Fruit berried, large, 

 suhglobose, crowned by the stout persistent style. Seeds 5-4 ; albumen 

 ruminated. 



Differs technically from Hedera in the jointed pedicels : the serrate leaflets and 

 large fruit give to it a widely different aspect. 



1 K. niain^ayi, C. B. Clarke. 



Malacca ; Maingay, No. 683. 



Leaflets of the compound leaves 3J by 1^ in., simple leaves attain SJ by 4 in., 

 membranous, opaque, base subacute, secondary nerves raised tertiary obscure ; petiole 

 1-2 in. Paniclt glabrous or obscurely pubescent; pedicels ^| in. Young flowers 

 small, petals expanding, reflexed. Fruit (not quite ripe) more than J in. exclusive of 

 tie conical disc and stout style. — Dr. Maingay's examples are in fragments ; the size 

 of the panicle is doubtful, and it is not improbable that some at least of the leaves 

 may have more than 3 leaflets or may be pinnate. 



17. G-ADKBliEA, C. B. aarke. 



A tree. Leaves digitate, 5-3-1-foliolate ; stipules within the petiole. 

 Umbels panicled, bracts 0, pedicels continuous. Flowers polygamous. Calyx- 

 margin minute. Petals 5, valvate. Stamem 5. Ovary 3-6-ceiled ; styles 3-5, 



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