Mnterinh for n Flora of the Malayan Pcninanla. 41 f> 



J96; Crriff. Notul. IV, 698; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 644, fig. 1, t. 645, figs. 6,8 ; 

 Decne in Ann. Mis. d' Hist. Nat. Ill, 445 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 

 611; in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 1,98, (only in part, and perhaps not at 

 all); Laws, in Fl. Brit. Ind. I, 666 (partly); Brand. For. Fl. 102; 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 44,11, 179; For. Fl. Burma I, 279; (not of 

 Benth. nor of Baker.) ; 0. B. Clarke in Trimen's Journ. Bot. for 1881 

 p. 139. L. Staphylea, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 18 ; Fl. Ind. ed. Carey II, 

 471 ; Wall. Cat. 6824, F. I. ; W. and A. Prodr. 132 ; Wight Ic. t. 78 ; 

 Dalz. and Gib.s. Bomb. Fl. 41 ; Tliwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 64. L. Ottilis, 

 DC, Prodr. I, 636. Leea viridiflora, Planch. Hoit. Donat. 6. Aqnilicia 

 Sambucina, Linn. Mant. 211 ; Cav. Dissert. VII, t. 218. Staphylea 

 indica, Burm. Fl. Ind. 75, t. 24, fig, 2. Aquilicia Ottilis, Gaertn. Fitict. 

 I, 275. Ottilis zeylanica, Gaertn. Fruct. t. 57. Gastonia Naluga, Lamk. 

 Diet. II, t. 611. Gilibertia Naltiga,ViG. Prodr. IV, 256. Rumph. Herb. 

 Amb. IV, t. 45. Rheede Hort. Mai. II, t. 26. 



Penang: Wallich, Curtis. Singapore: Hullett. Malacca: Maingay 

 (Kew Distrib.), No. 433. Andaman Islands: very common. — Distrib. 

 British India. 



This species is rare in the Malayan Peninsula, but very common 

 in the Andamans. It forms a bush of about the same size as L. giqantea 

 Griff., from which it is readily distinguished by its smaller leaves and 

 panicles and by its green flowers. I have followed Mr. C. B. Clarke 

 implicitly as to the synonymy of this species as given in his excellent 

 paper in Trimen's Journal of Botany. 



Var. hiserrata, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 99. Serrations of 

 the leaves very unequal, sometimes alternately large and small. L. 

 hiserrata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Hat. Suppl. 518. 



Perak : King's Collector, No. 3282. Singapore : Ridley, No. 4746. 

 Distrib. Bangka. 



8. Leea acuminata. Wall. Cat. 6830. An under-shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high ; young branches glabrous. Leaves usually pinnate, but one of the 

 lower pinnae often pinnulate; the rachis not winged, the petiole verv 

 slightly dilated at the base ; leaflets oblong, rarely ovate-oblono-, sharply 

 acuminate, slightly and unequally serrate, the base rounded or slio-litly 

 cnneate : both sui-faces glabrous, sometimes dotted ; main nerves 10 to 

 12 pairs, ratlier prominent beneath, the veins sub-horizontal : lenoth 

 25 to 8 in., breadtli 75 to 2 in. Cymes compact, 1-25 to 2-25 in. across 

 many-flowered, the branches shoi t, minutely rusty-pubescent, on pedun- 

 cles varying from J to 3 in. long. Flotvers coral-red, sub-glohnlar, 

 bracts and bractcolcs usually absent ; ?o&^.s of the staminal tube brond 

 emarginatc. Fruit depressed-globular, red when ripe, 26 in. in diam. 

 C. B. Ckirke in Trimen's Journ. Bot. for 1881, 102. L. sambucina. Laws. 



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