350 



LYIII. ARALIACEiS 



[Iledera 



pentameroiiSj in globose umbels. Petals valvate, ovary 5-celledj styles connate. 

 Berry bright yellow, seeds 3-4j albumen ruminate. 



Afghanistan. Punjab Salt range. Himalaya, Hazara to Bhntan 2-9,000 ft. Khasi 

 liills. IVIanipur. PL Oct.- April. Europe, Nor tli Africa, Western Asia. China. Japan. 

 The berries of the European Ivy are usually black. 



4. DENDROPANAX, Dene. & Planch. ; El Brit. Ind. ii, 733. 



Gilihertia^ Euiz et Pavon ; Harms in Engler u. Prantl iii. %. 40. 



Unarmedj glabrous trees or shrubs. L. simple entire, on coppice shoots and 

 young plants palmately 3-5-lobed. El. umbellate, pedicels not articulate. 



Pia. 147.— Gamblea ciliata, C B. Clarke. \, 



Petals 5, thick, valvate in bud. Ovary 5-celled, styles united at the base into a 

 column, their summits spreading. Er. ribbed, seeds compressed, albumen uni- 

 form. Species 12, mostly American. 



1. D. japonicum, Seem. Khasi hills. China, Japan. A tree with strong smell of Asafoe- 

 tida. L. on young plants and coppice shoots deeply pahnatifid with long petioles, on older 

 plants elliptic-lanceolate, pemiinerved, blade 8-6, petiole 1-3 in. long. Umbels many- 

 lid., solitary or few in a short terminal panicle, Pr. ellipsoid nearly J in, long. 2. 



