Ileptapleurum] LVIII. AEALIAOBiE 349 



ceous, glabrous, umbels luinierotis on elongate racemes, arranged in a panicle on a 

 short stout rachis. Fl. | in. across, pedicels, calyx and petals glabrous. Fr. 6-ribbed. 

 11. H. Idiasianum, 0. B. Clarke. Assam. Kliasi bills. A small tree, brancbed from 

 near the base. Leaflets tliickly coriaceous, glabrous. Kacemes of umbels elongate, 

 often compound below, forming ample panicles on a raebis 6-8 in. long. Pedicels, calyx 

 and petals generally with %vhite stellate tomentum. Fr. 8-ridged. 12. H. ellipticum, 

 H^ein. Andamans and Nicobars. Scandent. Panicles shorter than I, often composed 

 of compound umbels. Peduncles slender, pedicels filiform. Pr. 5-ridged. 



2. PENTAPANAX, Seem.; PL Brit. Ind. iL 723. 



Trees or shrubs, often scandent. L. pinnatej leaflets 3-9. PL bisexual or 

 polygamous, pentamerous, in umbels or compound racemes, pedicels articulate 

 close under the fl. Petals imbricate in bud, ovary 4- or 5-celIed. Pr. angled, 

 albumen uniform. Species 5-6. 



A. PL in panicled or compound umbels. 



1. P. Leschenaultii, Seem. ; Bedd. Manual t. 15, fig. 3. — Syn. Hedera 

 tnfoliata, W. & A. ; Wight Ic. t. 307. 



An unarmed, frequently epiphytic and climbing shrab or small tree, often 

 trailing on rocks. Leaflets 3 or 5, ovate, bristly-serrate, blade 4-7, pet. (of 

 lateral leaflets) \-~\ in. long. Umbels many-fld«, arranged in panicles or in 

 compound umbels (var. nmbellatiim)^ styles united nearly to the apex. Pr. 

 more or less distinctly ribbed. 



Kumaon 8,500-10,000 ft. Nepal. Sikkim 5-10,000 ft. Tibet. Bhutan. Mishmee. 

 Ivhasi hills. Upper Burma, Nilgiris and other mountains on the West side of the 

 Peninsula. PI. May- June, sometimes August. Yunnan. 2, P. parasltieum, Seem. ; 

 Kanjilal P. PL 187. ^ Mussoorie hills, scarce. Kumaon, Nepal. Khasi hills. Yunnan. 

 A climbing soft-wooded shrub, attaching itself to supports by rootlets on branches, 

 leaflets 5, entire, glaucous beneath, lanceolate, 2-2.} in. long. Panicles consisting of 

 2-8 umbels, styles united nearly to the apex. 3. P. stellatum, King in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. vol. 67. 293. Shan hills near Port Stedman. Scandent, leaflets 5, entire, glabrous 

 above, densely clothed with stellate tomentum beneath, tfmbels numerous in long 

 erect terminal panicles. Styles united half way up. 



B. PL in panicled racemes. 



4. P. racemosum, Seem. Sikkim 6-8,000 ft. Kha&i hills. A large climber, leaflets 

 5-7, ovate or elliptic, acuminate, remotely denticulate, blade 4-9, pet. J-J in. long. 

 Panicles unisexual, 8-10 clustered at the ends of branches, rachis 10-14 m., racemes 

 2-3 in. long, at right angles to rachis. Styles in ? fl. 3-5, free, recurved. 5. P. sub- 

 cordatiun, Seem. Khasi hills. A small tree, leaflets 3-5, acuminate, sinuate-crenate, 

 blade 8-5, pet. of the lateral J-1 in. long. Racemes 6-12 in.^ ascending, longer than 

 rachis. Styles connate to near the apex, short, cylindric. 



Polyscias acuminata, Seem.; Bedd. PL Sylv. t 213. — Byii. Hedera acuminata^ 'Wight 

 Ic. t. 1062. Nilgiri and Anamalai hills, Tinnevelli ghats. Ceylon rare. A middle- 

 sized or small unarmed tree, quite glabrous, 1. pinnate, rachis 8-9 in. long, stout, with a 

 broad almost sheathing base, leaflets acuminate, 3-6 in. long. Umbels 10-15-fld. in 

 elongate racemes, sometimes in corymbs, these arranged in panicles or compound 

 umbels. Pedicels articulate under the fl. Calyx distinctly 5-dentate, petals thick 

 valvate, ovary 4- or 5-celled, styles 4 or 5, distinct. 



3. HEDERA, Linn.; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 739. 



(Species 2, one in Australia.) 



H. Helix, Linn. Ivy. Vern. Arhanibalj Haz. ; Kanerij Sutlej ; Mithiari 

 Jauns. 



A large woody climber, adhering to trees, rocks or walls by numerous fine 

 rootlets. L. coriaceous, glabrous, shining, simple, exceedingly variable in 

 shape and size, those of flowering branches ovate or lanceolate with a taper- 

 ing base, the others more or less triangular in outline, lobed, with a rounded 

 or cordate base, blade S-^B, petiole ^-3 in. long. PL yellowish-green, polygamous,. 



