Schefflera.] lxxi. araliace^. 88i 



leaflets. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Perils, Kanga. Pulau Adang. 

 Distrib. India. 



var. Curtisii Ridl. 



Leaflets fleshy, elliptic with a broad base and acute point. 

 Panicle as in typical venulosum but rather smaller flowers. Fruit 

 more rounded on shorter pedicels strongly 5-angled. Penang, 

 Pulau Betong (Curtis 972). 



This may be specifically distinct ; the venation of the leaves is approxim- 

 ately the same, but the texture is quite different. 



(22) S. micrantha Ridl. Paratropia micrantha Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. Sttppl. 337. 



Epiphyte. Branches ribbed. Leaves, petioles 4 to 5 in. long; 

 leaflets thin membranous 5 ovate elliptic, shortly narrowed to the 

 tip, base rounded ; nerves 3 to 4 pairs with lax reticulations, elevate 

 beneath, 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide or less; petiolules 2 in. long. 

 Panicles very slender, 6 in. long ; branches 4-5 in. long or less, few. 

 Umbels distant, few; peduncles -5 in. long. Flowers 7 to 14, 

 very small on very slender -15 in. long pedicels. Calyx very small, 

 semi-globose, campanulate. Fruit obovoid, narrowed to base, 

 5-ribbed. Hab. Mangrove swamps. Singapore, Kranji. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(23) S. heterophylla Harms Pflanzenfamilien iii. 38. Hepta- 

 pleurum heterophyllum Seem. Rev. Hed. 40. 



Shrub or treelet. Lower leaves ternately decompound, upper 

 ones smaller twice digitate ; leaflets 3 to 5 on each petiolule, light 

 green coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-acuminate, base 

 narrowed or rounded, edges occasionally with i to 2 teeth near 

 tip, 2-5 to 7 in. long, i to 2-5 in. wide; petiolules -i to -25 in. long, 

 terminal -5 in. long. Panicles pubescent, 10 to 15 in. long, 1-5 to 

 2 in. wide ; branches -5 to i in. long. Umbels of about 14 small 

 flowers. Fruit 5-ribbed, -25 in. long, claret colour. Hab. Forests, 

 terrestrial. Malacca, Pulau Undan (Cantley). Perak, Goping 

 (Kunstler) ; Kwala Dipang ; Temengoh River bank. Penang Hill 

 (Wallich 4919) ; Balik Pulau. Distrib. Sumatra. Native name : 

 Akar Chabang Lima. 



(24) S. biternata Harms I.e. 38. Heptapleurum biternatum 

 Clarke, I.e. ii. 735. 



Small tree 3 ft. tall or more. Young parts pubescent. Leaves 

 decompound twice pinnate ; leaflets in threes at each node of rachis, 

 coriaceous, narrow oblong-acuminate, base rounded slightly 

 narrowed, 2 to 3-5 in. long, -5 to 75 in. wide; petioles -i in. or 

 less long; nerves 6 pairs, and reticulations conspicuous beneath. 

 Panicles 8 in. long, 1-5 in. across; pedicels -2 in. long. Ovary 

 5-celled. Hab. Forests. Malacca, Hulu Rejang (Derry). Penang 

 on blocks of stone (Maingay). 



I suspect this is but a variety of 5. heterophylla. 



Fl.M.P., I. 3 L 



