Schefflera.] lxxi. ARALiACEiE. 877 



narrowed at the base; nerves elevate beneath, 6 in. long, 3 in. 

 wide ; petiolules 2 to 3 in. long. Panicles scurfy ; branches several. 

 Flowers sessile in small globose heads, subtended by lanceolate- 

 acuminate bracts, edges ciliate, '12 in. long. Floral bracts similar, 

 smaller. Calyx short turbinate. Petals ovate pubescent. Stamens 6. 

 Stigmas connate. Hab. Mountains in woods on stream banks at 

 4500 ft. altitude. Pahang Gunong Tahan (Ridley) Distrib. Java. 



(9) S. tomentosa Ridl. Heptapleurum tomentosum Hassk. 

 Cat. Hort. Bog. 1844, p. 165. 



Erect shrub about 4 to 6 ft. tall; stem 4 in. through, little 

 branched; panicles, underside of leaf and young parts whitish 

 woolly tomentose. Leaves digitate; petioles 9 to 12 in. long; 

 leaflets 5 to 7, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, caudate-acuminate, 

 light green bullate, glabrous above, 8 to 10 in. long, 275 to 3-5 in. 

 wide; petiolules i'5 to 2*5 in. long. Panicles 2, racemose 4 to 

 5 in. long; branches 12, 2 to 4 in. long with a globular umbel of 

 8 to 10 ovoid blunt glabrous cream-coloured flowers "15 in. long; 

 pedicels "i in. long, pubescent. Petals white. Fruit '2 in. long, 

 5-ridged and 5-celled, cream colour. Hab. Dense wet woods, 

 terrestrial. Not common. Lowland country. Selangor, Kwala 

 Lumpur; Ulu Gombak; Batu Tiga. Bindings, Gunong Tungul. 

 Perak, Thaiping Waterfall; Changkat Mentri (Kloss). Distrih. 

 Sumatra. 



(10) S. singalangensis Ridl. Heptapleurum singalangense 

 Seem. Rev. Hed. 42 ; King, I.e. 51. 



Epiphyte, scandent. Leaves digitate; petioles 12 to 15 in. 

 long; leaflets membranous 5, elliptic short acuminate, base 

 narrowed, with a few teeth or none, glabrous ; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, 

 7 to 12 in. long, 3-25 to 5-25 in. wide; petiolules 1*25 to 2-25 in. 

 long. Panicles 12 to 18 in. long, covered with deciduous pubes- 

 cence, 2 in. wide; branches numerous, '5 in. long, bearing an 

 umbel of 5 to 10 obovoid flowers "25 in. long; pedicels "2 to '3 in. 

 long. Calyx-tube campanulate. Petals 9, connate by edges. 

 Stamens 9. Stigmas united in a fleshy ring. Ovary 12-celled. 

 Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(11) S. latifoliata Ridl. Heptapleurum latifoliatum King, 

 I.e. 51. 



Bush. Leaves digitate; petioles stout 7 to 11 in. long; 

 leaflets 11 coriaceous thick, glabrous, round ovate blunt, base 

 round; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, prominent beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 

 175 to 3-5 in. wide; petiolules 1-5 in. long. Panicles terminal 

 in pairs, 5 to 8 in. long; branches short, '4 in. long bearing an 

 umbel of 10- to 15-pedicelled flowers. Fruit ovoid, 9-ridged, 

 9-celled, crowned with 9 styles, red. Hab. Perak, Gunong Bubu 

 (Wray) at 5000 ft. altitude. 



(12) S. HuUettii Ridl. Heptapleurum Hullettii King, I.e. 34. 

 An epiphyte or small shrub about 4 ft. tall. Leaves digitate; 



