Dendrojjanax] LVIII. ARx4LLIACEaE 351 



D. Listen, King in Ann. Bot. Garcl. Calc. ix. t. 55. Daplila hilJs, Absani. A small 

 tree, 1. with 3 basal nerveb, tlie lateral half as long ab the blade of leaf. Fr. globose, 

 I in. diam. 



5. GAMBLEA, C. B. Clarke; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 739. 



G. ciliata, C. B. Clarke, the only species. 



A handsome unarmed tree, 1. digitate, leaflets 3-5, sometimes 1 only, edge 

 bristly-ciliate, on the upper side with short harsh hairs on nerves and veins, 

 blade 3-7, pet. |, common petiole 3-8 in. long. FL polygamous, pentamerous, 

 umbels in short panicles. Petals valvate, ovary 3-5-celled, styles connate 

 nearly half their length. Seeds not compressed, albumen i-uminated. 



Sikkim, 9-12,000 ft., on the ridge dividing Nepal from Sikkim in the region of 

 Rhododendr am FaJconeri. Jakpho, Naga hills, 9,900 ft, Fl. July. 



6. ARALIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 721. 



Leaflets digitate, pinnate or bipinnate, a pair of leaflets often at the base of 

 pinnae, leaflets membranous, serrulate. Fl. umbellate, petals 5, ovate, not un- 

 guiculate, slightly imbricate in bud. Ovary 2-5-celled. Drupe more or le&s 

 ribbed, with 2-5 crustaceous or hard pyrenes. Albumen not ruminated. 

 Species 25-30, India, Malay, Japan to North America. 



1. A. cachemirica, Dene. ; Collett Simla Fl. 217, fig. 6Q. Vern. Akhola^ 

 Jauns. 



A large herbaceous, roughly pubescent unarmed shrub, 1. large, bipinnate, 

 leaflets serrate, ovate-lanceolate, base generally unequal sided, blade 3-6, pet. 

 \-\ in. long. FL wLite, umbels many-fld. in large terminal panicles. Fr. 

 black with 5 pyrenes. 



Kuram valley, in Birch forests 9-10,000 ft. Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim, 5-9,000 

 in the North West, 4-14,000 ft. in Sikkim, extending into the inner arid valleys. 

 Fl. June-Oct. 2. A. malabarica, Bedd. Manual, t. 15 fig. 2. Western Ghats from 

 Malabar southwards. A large prickly shrub or small tree, nearly glabi^ous, with 

 scattered weak prickles and bristles. L. bipinnate, leaflets caudate acuminate, sharply 

 serrate, panicles bracteate. 



3. A. armata. Seem. ; Kurz F. FL i. 536, 



A small evergreen tree, youngest shoots puberulous. L. large triangular, 

 bipinnate, at the base four pinnst^ from one point, and a leaflet at the base of 

 each pinna, main and secondary rachis with sharp prickles. Leaflets numerous, 

 3-5 in. long, with short stiff hairs, chiefly along nerves, the lateral shortly 

 petiolulate. Umbels many-fld. in lai*ge panicles, pedicels slender, \ in. long, as 

 well as the last ramifications roughly hispid. Fr. with 5 broad ridges. 



Sikkim 2-5,000 ft. Khasi hills. Tenasserim. Fl. June-Sept. Malay Peninsula. 

 4. A. foliolosa, Seem. Sikkim 3-5,000 ft. A small graceful, evergreen tree, stem 

 covered with prickles. Leaves bi- or tripinnate, raohis with sharp jmckles, up to | in. 

 long, frequently at the base of pinnae. Leaflets 2-8 in. long, slightly or deeply serrate, 

 bristles or slender prickles along nerves, panicles and umbels bracteate, petals slender 

 J- J in., slightly hispid. 



5. A. Thomsoni, Seem. ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. voL 67. 44. 



A large prickly, softly tomentose shrub. Leaves large 2-3-pinnate, leaflets 

 entire or minutely serrulate, the lateral nearly sessile. Umbels bracteate, 

 many-fld., panicles with lanceolate bracts at the ramifications. 



Assam, Khasi hills, FL E. S. Malay Peninsula. 6. A. cissifolia, Griff. Upper Ganges 

 valley, Tihri Garhwal, 9-10,000, Kumaon 9,000, Sikkim 9-13,000 ft. A large bush or 

 small straggling tree. Leaves tufted at the ends of arrested branchlets, digitate, 

 petiole 3-6 an. long, leaflets 3-5. Peduncles axillary, solitary, each bearing a many-fld. 

 umbel. The western specimens are unarmed {A, smndens, Edgew.), those from Sikkim 

 and Bhutan are prickly. 



Acanthopanax aculeatum, Seem, Assam, Khasi, Jaintia and Naga hills. — China, 



