486 XLi. AMPELiDEiE. [Leea. 



pinnate or bipinnate; leaflets oblong, long-acuminate serrate, base 

 rounded ; nerves 12 to 16 elevate beneath, 6 to 12 in. long (terminal 

 one largest), 3 to 5 in. wide; petiolules -2 in. long lateral, to '4 in. 

 long terminal, one hairy. Cymes spreading 6 in. across, hairy; 

 peduncles short -i in. long. Calyx pubescent. Fruit '2 in. through, 

 globose depressed, dark blue. Hab. Dense rocky jungle, 500 to 

 800 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Distrib. Java, 

 Celebes, Papua. 



(9) L. javanica Bl. Bijdr. 197 ; King, I.e. 418. 



Large shrub. Leaves pinnate minutely deciduously tomentose ; 

 leaflets about 7 oblong to elliptic-oblong short acuminate, serrate, 

 base rounded or cuneate, glabrous above except nerves puberulous, 

 pubescent beneath, especially on nerves; nerves 10 to 12 pairs 

 prominent beneath, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2'5 in. wide; petio- 

 lules '2 in. long; petioles 4 in. long. Cymes wide 5 in. across; 

 peduncles i to 2*5 in. long, puberulous tomentose. Flowers greenish 

 white. Fruit globular black. Hab. Singapore (Schomburgk). 

 Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam (Ridley). Distrib. Java, 

 Celebes. 



I am not very certain about this. Schomburgk's locality is doubtful, 

 and the specimens look like a pubescent form of L. sambucina. 



(10) L. robusta Roxb. Hort. Beng. 183 ; Fl. Ind. {ed. Carey) ii. 468 ; 

 King, I.e. 407. 



Shrub 5 to 6 ft. tall. Branches coarsely rusty pubescent. Leaves 

 pinnate to tripinnate ; rachis and petioles angled ; leaflets oblong 

 acuminate remotely serrate ; nerves 8 to 12 pairs, sparsely strigose 

 both sides and pubescent beneath, 6 in. long by 4 in. wide or less. 

 Cymes long peduncled tomentose. Flowers green, lobes of stamen- 

 tube not bifid. Fruit black. Hab. Very rare on open rocky 

 islands. Singapore, Pulau Brani. Distrib. India, Andamans. 



(11) L. aequata Linn. Mantissa 124; King, I.e. 418. 



Shrub 4 to 10 ft. tall pubescent. Leaves bipinnate; rachis 

 angled; leaflets narrow oblong acuminate distantly serrate, above 

 with scattered bristles upon midrib and nerves, beneath bristly 

 pubescent with circular glandular discs; nerves 7 to 12 pairs, 

 3 to 7 in. long, i to 175 in. wide. Cymes sessile on peduncles i'5 in. 

 long tomentose. Flowers white, teeth of stamen tube bifid. Fruit 

 depressed globular black. Hab. Perak and Kedah (Kunstler), 

 fide King. Distrib. India, Java, Sumatra. 



I have seen no specimen from the peninsula. 



(12) L. saxatilis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 26. 

 Herb nearly stemless. Leaves pinnate; petioles i"6 ft. long; 



blade 2 ft. long ; rachis sparsely hairy when young ; leaflets 9, oblong 

 long acuminate, base rounded, serrate, above glabrous, beneath 

 midrib and 12 to 13 pairs of nerves tomentose hairy, 4 to 7 in. 



