.412 Materiahfor a Flora of the Malmjan Tcninmld. 



4. Lee A pauciflora, King n. sp. A slirub 12 to 15 in. liigh ; the 

 stems slender, glabrous, sparsely lenticellate. Leave? pinnate, Uie racliises 

 and petioles sub-tereto ; leaflets 3 to 5, oblong to elliptic-oblong, the ter- 

 minal one larger and broader llian the lateral, all with short latber 

 blunt acuminate apex, tlie edges witli a few remote sballow serrations 

 or sometimes almost entire, the laterals slightl}' oblique towards tlie 

 rounded or Gunea,te base : both surfaces glabrous and shining, the reticu- 

 lations very distinct on the lower when dry: mai)i nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 

 faint, spreading : length of the laterfil leaflets 2-6 to 45 in., breadth 1 to 

 2'5 in., the terminal one from 45 to 6 in. long, and from 2 to 3'5 in- 

 bi'ond : petiolules of the laterals "2 to 3 in. long, of the terminal tihont 

 •75 in. Cymes feraiiiial, capitulate, densely few-flowered, about '35 in- 

 in diam., on pedicels "35 in. long. Colour of flowers unknown ; lobes of 

 staminal column broad, very slightly emarginate, covered with pale dots. 

 Fndt depressed-globular, deeply lobulate, glabi'ous, about "4 in. in diam., 

 white when ripe and Avith little pulp. 



Penik : Scortechini, King's Collector, No. 1113. 



This is allied to L. simplicifolia Zoll., but differs in its leaves which 

 are never simple and which have 3 to 5 leaflets smaller than in the 

 pinnate forms of L. simpUcifulia. The cymes of this are moreover 

 few-flowered and much smaller than in that species, and the lobes of 

 the staminal column in this are broad and very slightly emarginate or 

 sub-entire ; whereas in i. st)»pZici/o/7a I hey ai'e more deeply bifid than 

 in F.ny species here described. The ripe fruit of this is moreover stated 

 by Kunstler to be white. 



5. Leea GiGANTiiA, Griff. Notul. IV, G97 : Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 645. 

 fig. 3. A. tall shrub or small tree; young branches puljcruloiis, lenti- 

 cellate. Leaves often several feet in length, 3-pinnate, the rachis and 

 petiole sub-terete, not winged : /eq/Ze/s oblong or elliiDtic-oblong, shortly 

 and abruptly aeuminate, coarselj- and sharply serrate, the base cuneate ; 

 both surfaces glabrous, shining ; main nerves 8 to 13 pairs, spreading; 

 the connecting veins numerous, wav}', sub-horizontal, and very pro- 

 minent on tl'.e lower surface ; length 5 to 10 in. ; breadth 2*25 to 4 in. ; 

 petiolules of lateral leaflets '3 to "75 in., the terminal two or three 

 times as long. Cymes in a lax many-branched spreading panicle from 

 9 in. to 2 feet across, minutely puberulous or glabrescent. Flotvers 

 purplish red, the buds oblong; staminal tiibe with acute bifid teeth. 

 Fruit depressed- globular, smooth, black when ripe, with scanty pulp, 

 •25 to •S in. diam. Seeds flattened, with dorsal ridge, the sides 

 irregularly ]-ibbcd. Knrzin Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 42, pt. 2, p. 

 Go ; Vol. 44, Pt. 2, p. 178 ; For. Flora Burma., I, 280 : C. B. Clarke in 

 Tiinien's Journ. Bot. for 1«81, p. 140. L. Sambuciva, Wall. Cat. Gb23 B 

 (in i)nrf). L. Staphylea, WixM. Cat. G823 K. 



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