Schefflera.] lxxi. araliace^. 875 



Leaflets thin fleshy ; panicle very slender ; 



flowers minute . . . • (22) S. micrantha 



Lower leaves large digitately decompound. 

 Leaflets entire, oblong ; umbel peduncles 



long . . . . . . (23) S. heterophylla 



Leaflets entire, linear oblong, umbel 



peduncles short .... (24) S. biternata 



Leaflets toothed ; leaves bipinnate ■. . (25) S. Curtisii 



Flowers not umbelled in simple racemes . . (26) S. Wrayi 



(i) S. lanceolata Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 137. Hepta- 

 pleurum avene King, I.e. 47, not of Seemann. 



SleMef" climber. Leaves uppermost trifoliate, lower simple, 

 coriaceous, narrow lanceolate, blunt, base narrowed 4 to 5 in. 

 long, '75 to I in. wide; nerves visible when dry 8 pairs, distant; 

 petioles slender -5 in. long. Peduncles i'5 in. long with 4 or 5 

 short peduncled umbels of about 7 flowers, scurfy when young. 

 Bracts (caducous) lanceolate broad as long as umbel-peduncles. 

 Flowers glabrous, '15 in. long. Calyx campanulate, truncate. 

 Petals 6 falling off in a cap. Stamens 6; no style. Fruit small, 

 ellipsoid. Hah. On rocks by the sea and also epiphytic. Singapore, 

 Sungei Moral ; Kranji ; Pulau Ubin ; Pulau Tekong. 



(2) S. lurida Ridl. Heptapleurum luridum, King, I.e. 48. 

 Epiphyte 2 to 3 ft. long. Leaves trifoliate; petioles i to 175 



in. long, fleshy; leaflets very coriaceous, deep green, elliptic- 

 oblong acute, base narrowed; nerves invisible, 2*5 to 4 in. long, 

 ■5 to 75 in. wide ; petiolules thick, '4 in. long (terminal one) or 

 shorter. Panicles 6 to 7 in. long, slender; branches 2 to 4 in. long 

 slender, with umbels of 3 to 8 ovoid flowers, "i in. long; pedicels 

 •I in. long in flower, '2 to "3 in. long in fruit. Calyx campanulate, 

 truncate. Petals united in a cap. Stamens 6. Fruit "15 in. 

 long, red, 6-ridged when dry. Hab. On big trees at 3500 to 4000 ft. 

 altitude. Pahang, Telom. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). 



(3) S. tristis Ridl. Heptapleurum triste King, I.e. 48. H. 

 coriifolium Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 24. 



A tree or shrub 2 to 8 ft. tall. Branches thick. Leaves trifoliate ; 

 petioles i'5 to 2 in. long; leaflets thickly coriaceous glabrous, 

 broadly eHiptic, blunt or shortly apiculate, base round; nerves 

 10 to 12 pairs close together, 2*25 to 3*25 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; 

 petiolules, lateral '5 in. long, terminal '8 in. long. Panicles terminal, 

 2 in. long, branching from base; branchlets '5 in. long. Flowers 

 ovate '15 in. long, pale green ; pedicels "i in. long. Petals 5, 

 broad, elliptic. Fruit narrow oblong, 5-ridged, '2 in. long. Hab. 

 Mountains at 4900 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 4000 ft. 

 altitude. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang (Wray) ; Gunong Berumbun. 

 Distrib. Sumatra. 



(4) S. cephalotes Harms, Pfianzcnfamilien, p. 36. Hepta- 

 pleurum cephalotes Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 731 ; King, I.e. 49. 



Tall shrub. Leaves digitate ; petioles 8 to 12 in. long ; leaflets 



