484 



XLI. AMPELIDE^. 



[Leea. 



petioles i"5 in. long. Cymes dense few-flowered "35 in. through. 

 Fruit globular -4 in. through, white. Hab. Perak, Sungei Rayah 

 (Kunstler). 



(3) L. gigantea Griff. NotiilcB iv. 697; Ic. PI. As. t. 645; King, 

 I.e. 412. 



Large bush like an elder. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 

 several feet long 3- to 5-pinnate, pinnae a foot or more long, with 

 4 to 6 leaflets coriaceous glabrous shining green, coarsely serrate 

 elliptic oblong, base shortly cuneate, acuminate; nerves 8 to 13 

 pairs ; nervules fine connecting, 5 to 10 in. long, 2*25 to 4 in. wide ; 



Fig. 48. — Leea sambucina. 



petiolules 3 to 75 in. long; petioles 6 in. long. Cymes large and 

 spreading 9 in. to 2 ft. across, minutely puberulous or glabrous. 

 Flowers '25 in. wide. Fruit globular, black. Hah. Common in 

 low open country. Singapore, Thomson Road. Johor. Genuang ; 

 Sedenah. Pahang, Tahan Woods, Pulau Tinman. Malacca 

 (Griffith); Bukit Bruang (Holmberg). Selangor, Batu Caves. 

 Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, Plus River (Wray) ; 

 Temengoh, Penang Hill, Ayer Hitam. Native name : Giring. 



(4) L. sambucina Willd. Sp. PI. i. 1777 ; King, I.e. 414. 



Big shrub about 12 ft tall. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 

 15 to 20 in. long, 2- to 3-pinnate ; leaflets about 9 to a pinna, thinly 



