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ARALIACEiE. 
[ Polyscias . 
stout angular raultisculate rachis, the flowers in umbels at the end of the 
crowded erecto-patent branches ; pedicels |—f in. long, neither articu- 
lated norcupulate at the tip. Calyx-tube oblong or hemispherical, 
in. long ; limb X V iu. broad, spreading, subentire. Petals, stamens, 
styles and cells of ovary each 10-12. G-astonia cutispongia, Lam. ; 
DC. Prod. iv. 256 ; Seem. Bevis. Hed , 12. G. spongiosa, Pers. 
Mauritius and Seychelles, in dense woods. Also Bourbon. Bois d'eponge. 
Bois Papaye. 
6. P. repanda, Baker. An erect glabrous shrub, with terete 
branches. Leaves above a foot long, long-petioled ; leaflets 5-9, oblong, 
obtuse, shining, coriaceous, distinctly petioled, 4-6 in. long, rounded or 
deltoid at the base. Inflorescence a peduncled panicle as long as the 
leaves, with most of the flowers in umbels at the end of short spreading 
slender branches, but some scattered or whorled below the ends ; pedi- 
cels x — | in. long, articulated, not cupulate at the tip. Calyx-tube 
obconic, in. long ; limb very narrow. Styles and petals each 6-8. 
Fruit globose, under x in. thick. Gilibertia repanda, DC. Prod. iv. 
256. Grotefendia repanda, Seem. Pevis , Hed. 14. 
Mauritius and Rodriguez, in dense woods. Also Bourbon. Bois Papaye. 
Bois Blanc. 
7. P. sechellarum, Baker. An erect glabrous shrub 10-15 feet 
high. Leaves long-petioled, reaching li ft. long ; leaflets 11-13, oblong, 
obtuse, subcoriaceous, 4-6 in. long, unequally rounded at base, short- 
stalked. Panicle 2 ft. long, with long flexuose ascending branches, 
with most of the flowers in umbels at the tip of short-spreading branch- 
lets ; pedicels \ in. long, neither articulated nor cupular at the tip. 
Calyx-tube oblong, ^ in. long ; limb very narrow. Styles and cells of 
ovary usually 6. Receptacle prominent. Flowers not seen. 
Seychelles, in Frigate Island, Praslin, Mahe and Curieuse, Sir A. H. Gordon ! 
Horne ! Endemi c. 
Order L. BEGONIACEiE. 
Flowers unisexual, monoicous or dioicous. Perianth-segments two 
or many, the two outer (sepals) firmer. Stamens indefinite ; filaments 
short, free or joined ; anthers basifixed, erect, slit introrsely down the 
side. Ovary inferior, 1-3 celled ; ovules numerous ; placentation 
mostly axile ; styles 3, distinct, twisted, branched. Fruit usually a 
triquetrous capsule, with loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds minute, very 
numerous ; albumen little or none. — Succulent caulescent or acaules- 
cent herbs or undershrubs, with cymose flowers. Distrib. Tropical, 
mostly American. Species about 350. 
1. BEGONIA, Linn. 
Flowers unisexual. Perianth of two outer, and many inner petaloid 
