88o 



LXXI. ARALIACE^. 



[Schefflera. 



•25 in. long. Hab. Damp woods often on trees. Singapore, Sungei 

 Morai ; Sungei Buluh. Johor, Sungei Ban ; Tana Runto, Pahang, 

 Pekan (Ridley). 



(20) S. Roxburghii Gamble, Flora of Madras, 570. 



Small tree. Leaves, petiole 4 in. long sheathing at base; 

 leaflets 6 elliptic, base round or shortly narrowed; nerves incon- 

 spicuous 4 in. long, 2 in. wide; petiolule -5 in. long. Panicle lax, 

 spreading, 9 in. long ; branches 7 in. long distant about 9. Peduncles 

 slender -5 in. long. Umbels of 10 flowers; pedicels -i in. long. 

 Buds oblong, blunt. Calyx cup-shaped. Petals oblong, rounded 



Fig. 74. — Schefflera venulosa. 



at tip. Hab. Penang, by the Waterfall (Porter, Walhch 4920 G.). 

 Distrib. India. 



(21) S. venulosa Harms, Pflanzenfamilien iii. 38. Hepta- 

 pleurum venulosum Seem. Rev. Hed. 44; King, I.e. 52. 



Epiphyte. Leaves, petioles 5 in. long; leaflets 7, stiff cori- 

 aceous, elliptic with a short blunt point, base narrowed; nerves 

 4 pairs ascending prominent as are the lax reticulations 5 in. long, 

 2 in. wide ; petioles 2 in. long. Panicles 4 to 5 in. long with 3 or 

 4 branches, 3 in. long. Umbels of 12 flowers on peduncles -5 in. 

 long; pedicels -i in. long. Calyx short, obconic. Petals very 

 small, oblong blunt. Stamens short. Fruit strongly 5-angled, 

 oblong, -15 in. long on pedicels -5 in. long, claret colour. Hab. Selan- 

 gor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler), var. with larger 



