Aralia.] lxxi. araliace^. 873 



(i) A. Thomsoni Seem. Rev. Hcd. 91 ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 723 ; King, I.e. 44. 



Prickly shrub 6 to 30 ft. tall, pubescent or tomentose. Leaves 

 2- to 3-pinnate; leaflets thick membranous 5 to 9 in a pinnule, 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base round oblique, edges serrulate, 

 above strigose ; nerves pubescent beneath tomentose, 2*5 to 3-5 in. 

 long, I to 175 in. wide. Panicles 15 to 20 in. long; branches 

 short. Umbels i in. across; pedicels in fruit '5 in. long. Fruit 

 •15 in. long. Hab. Mountain woods, rarely in lowlands up to 

 1200 ft. altitude. Pahang, Pulau Chengei. Selangor, Ginting 

 Bidai; B.ukit Kutu. Negri Sembilan, Gunong Berumbun 

 (Cantley). Perak, Batang Padang district ; Ulu Kerling (Kunstler) ; 

 Tapah. Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. India. Native name : 

 Poko Dulang-Dulang. 



(2) A. armata Seem. Rev. Hed. 91 ; Clarke, I.e. ii. 723 ; King, 

 I.e. 45. 



A prickly shrub, glabrous except the young parts. Leaves 

 tripinnate, large; rachis puberulous; leaflets 9 to 11 in a pinnule, 

 thin membranous, ovate-lanceolate acuminate, coarsely serrate, 

 base round oblique and sometimes slightly cordate, sparsely hairy 

 above with white hairs beneath on nerves, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 

 2 in. wide. Panicle 15 to 18 in. long, pubescent on branches; 

 branchlets umbellate; pedicels "3 to "4 in. long. Fruit nearly 

 •2 in. long, ridges broad, flat. Hab. Lankawi; Kwah (Curtis). 

 Distrib. India, Burma. 



(3) A. ferox Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. (i), 270; King, I.e. 45. 

 Stems scandent 20 to 30 ft. long, 2 in. through, thorny, thorns 



short recurved. Leaves bi- or tri-pinnate, pinnae 3 to 4 pairs, 

 leaflets thin, coriaceous, 3 to 5 in a pinna, ovate acute in opposite 

 pairs, bases round often uneqiial, nearly entire or serrate, glabrous, 

 I to 2 in. long, 75 to i in. wide ; petiolules unequal, side ones 

 •15 to '3 in. long. Panicle terminal 8 to 15 in. long, 6 in. wide 

 with numerous branches and secondary branches ; pedicels '3 to 

 •5 in. long. Fruit ovoid globose, 5-ridged, 'i in. long. Hab. 

 Mountain woods, Pahang, Tahan River. Selangor, Semangkok 

 Pass. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler) ; Maxwell's Hill. Distrib. 

 Java, Borneo. 



2. SCHEFFLERA, Forst. 



{Heptapleitrum, Gaertn., Clarke and King.) 



Shrubs rarely tree-like, usually at first epiphytic, later terrestrial. 

 Leaves coriaceous digitate, rarely simple, or trifoliate or bipinnate, 

 very rarely toothed. Panicles simple in the upper axils with 

 distant short branches, each terminated by an umbel or com- 

 pound and branched, very rarely ' (5. Wrayi) with racemose 

 branches. Flowers small. Calyx-edge usually entire short. 



