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3. LEEA, Linn. 



Erect shrubs, rarely trees or herbs. Leaves alternate simple 

 or I- to 3-pinnate often very large; petiole often dilate at 

 base. Stipules sheathing. Inflorescence corymbose or cymose, 

 opposite the leaves sub-terminal. Flowers small red or green. 

 Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5 connate at base, adhering to staminal 

 tube. Stamens connate into a tube; filaments between the 5 

 lobes of the tube. Ovary on the disc 3- to 8-celled ; ovules i to 2 

 in a cell; style short. Stigma swollen. Berry 3- to 8-celled, 

 pulp scanty, pyrenes wedge-shaped. About 50 species, in tropical 

 Asia, Africa and Polynesia. 



(i) L. simplicifolia 



(2) L. pauciflora 



(3) L. gigantea 



(4) L. sambucina 



(5) L. Curtisii 



(6) L. angulata 



(7) L. rubra 



(8) L. sundaica 



(9) L. javanica 



(10) L. robusta 



(11) L. sequata 



(12) L. saxatilis 



(i) L. simplicifolia Zo//. Natur enGeneesk. Arch. ii. 577; King, 

 I.e. 411. 



Dwarf unbranched shrub glabrous. Leaves simple elliptic or 

 obovate shortly acuminate, base narrowed minutely cordate, 

 entire ; nerves 9 to 12 pairs, reticulations distinct, 6 to 12 in. long, 

 5 to 6 in. across ; petioles -5 to 1-5 in. long winged. Cymes capitate 

 dense 75 in. through. Flowers numerous white. Peduncles '5 in. 

 long or much less. Fruit sub-globular '3 to -4 in. across. Hah. 

 Forests near river-banks, Perak, Larut 2000 to 2500 ft. altitude 

 (Kunstler) ; Temengoh (Ridley). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(2) L. pauciflora King, I.e. 412. 



Shrublet 12 to 15 in. tah. Leaves 3 to 5 pinnate 2 or 3 cori- 

 aceous oblong to obovate blunt, cuspidate, base rounded, edge 

 sparsely serrate, glabrous; nerves 8 pairs, 4*5 to 7 in. long, i'5 

 to 3*2 in. wide ; petiolules -4 in. long (lateral) to -9 in. long (terminal) ; 



Leaves simple ; shrublet with few very large leaves . 

 Leaflets 3; shrublet 12 in. tall; cyme very small 



few-flowered ....... 



Leaves bi- or tri-pinnate ; leaflets glabrous ; shrubs 



large. 

 Leaflets elliptic 6 by 3 in.; corymb 6 to 24 in. 



wide ........ 



Leaflets narrow oblong, 9 by 3 in.; corymb 9 in. 



wide ........ 



Leaflets elliptic cuspidate with few rounded serra- 



tures, 4-5 by 2 in. ; flowers large, -25 in. wide 

 Leaflets elliptic-lanceolate 2 by 125 in. or longer; 



tree spiny ....... 



Leaflets lanceolate 3 by i in.; low bush; corymbs 



2 in. wide, bright red ..... 

 Leaves hairy on back nerves. 



Leaflets lanceolate 6 to 12 in. by 3 in. . 



Leaflets pubescent beneath lanceolate cuspidate 



5 by I "5 in.; peduncles short . . 



Leaflets pubescent beneath oblong acuminate ; 



peduncles long, 6 by 4 in. . . . , 



Leaflets hairy beneath, with discoid glands . 

 Herb nearly stemless ; nerves hairy beneath ; flowers 



capitate ...... 



