878 Lxxi. ARALIACE^. [Schefflera. 



petioles 10 to 24 in. long; leaflets coriaceous, dark green, 7 to 11, 

 oblong, short abruptly acuminate, narrowed to rounded base ; 

 nerves 5 to 8 pairs, 6 to 12 in. long, 2 to y2$ in. wide; petiolules 

 2 to 3*5 in. long. Panicles 9 to 12 in. long, several branches short, 

 horizontal, '5 to i in. long with terminal umbels of 8 to 12 white, 

 6-merous flowers, 'i in. across. Fruit elliptic, 6-ridged with 6 

 distinct styles; pedicel "25 to "3 in. long. Hah. Damp woods, 

 a very pretty plant. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Chua Chu 

 Kang. Johor. Perak, Sunki (Kunstler) ; Waterfall, Thaiping 

 (Wray). 



(13) S. elegans Ridl. Heptapleurum elegans Ridl. Journ. 

 F.M.S. Mus. iv. 24. 



Tall, slender-stemmed. Leaves digitate; petioles 10 in. long; 

 leaflets 10, elliptic coriaceous cuspidate ; nerves 6 pairs indistinct ; 

 petiolules i in. long. Panicles erect about 5 scurfy, '12 in. long 

 with distinct umbels, '5 in. long. Flowers about 20 in umbels. 

 Bracts very small, lanceolate, scurfy brown; pedicels 'i in. long. 

 Petals ovate obtuse. Hab. Mountain woods, local. Pahang, 

 Gunong Tahan in small woods on the Padang 4500 ft. altitude 

 (Ridley). 



(14) S. scandens Ridl. Heptapleurum scandens Seem, Rev. 

 Hed. 43 ; King, I.e. 53. 



Slender creeper 3 to 5 ft. long. Leaves digitate ; petioles 

 I to 2 '5 in. long, leaflets 3 to 5, thin coriaceous, lanceolate caudate 

 acuminate tapering to base, glabrous 1*5 to 3*5 in. long, '5 to "8 in. 

 wide; petiolules "2 to "25 in. long. Panicles 4 to 8 in. long, slender, 

 lax, spreading; branches i in. long ending in an umbel of 8 to 9 

 globular flowers, on pedicels 'iS to "3 in. long. Fruit elliptic, 

 5-ridged "I in. long. Hah. Mountain jungle. Pahang, Telom. 

 Perak, Tea Gardens, Thaiping Hills at 200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 

 Distrih. Java, Sumatra, Bangka. 



(15) S. subracemosa Ridl. Heptapleurum subracemosum 

 King, I.e. 49. 



Scrambling shrub 2 to 3 ft. long. Leaves 3- to 5-foliate ; petioles 

 1-5 to 2-5 in. long, glabrous; leaflets coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate, 

 caudate-acuminate, narrowed at base, finely reticulate when dry, 

 2-25 to 4 in. long, -75 to i-i in. wide; petiolules lateral -3 to -4 in. 

 long terminal -8 to 1-25 in. long. Panicle solitary terminal, narrow 

 sub-racemose 2-branched, 3 in. long, -65 in. across; branchlets 

 •I to -2 in. long, bearing an umbel of 3 to 5 oblong green flowers -15 

 in. long. Fruit oblong -2 in. long with 5 blunt ridges, pale green 

 tipped blue. Hah. Open jungle, limestone rocks. Perak, Kwala 

 Dipang (Kunstler). 



(16) S. subulata Ridl. Heptapleurum subulatum Seem. Rev. 

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



A scrambling epiphyte. Leaves digitate ; petioles 2 to 6 in. long ; 

 leaflets 4 or 5, thinly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic cuspidate acuminate, 



