882 Lxxr. ARALiACE^. [Schefflcra. 



(25) S. Curtisii Ridl. Heptapleurum Curtisii King, I.e. 56. 

 Large shrub. Lower leaves bipinnate, upper trifoliate ; petioles 



8 in. long; leaflets thin, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 

 coarsely serrate at top, 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide. Panicles 

 shorter than petioles with rusty stellate tomentose bracts ; branches 

 scurfy ; branchlets 75 in. long. Umbels 10- to 20-flowered. Fruit 

 oblong, 5-ribbed, disc conic. Ovary 5-celled. Hab. Penang, Pulau 

 Betong (Curtis). Very rare. 



(26) S. Wrayi Ridl. Heptapleurum Wrayi King, I.e. 55. 

 Small furfuraceous tree. Leaves digitate ; petioles 6 to 9 in. 



long; leaflets 7 to 9 thinly coriaceous, glaucous beneath, elliptic 

 abruptly cuspidate serrate, base rounded ; nerves 5 to 9 pairs, 

 3 to 5 in. long, 1-75 to 2-25 in. wide; petiolules 1-5 to 2-5 in. long. 

 Panicles 10 in. long pubescent ; branches at base 6 in. long ; branch- 

 lets 2 to 3 in. long. Flowers racemose distant on the branches, 

 pale green, -15 in. wide on slender pedicels, -2 in. long. Calyx-tube 

 funnel-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5. Fruit oblong, 5-ridged, -15 in. 

 long, crowned by the long confluent styles. Hab. Mountains, at 

 7000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Brumber Pahang (Wray). 



This, with some Indian alUes, is remarkable for having the flowers racemose 

 and not umbelled, a very rare condition in the order. 



3. TREVESIA, Vis. 



Prickly or unarmed tree-like shrubs. Leaves palmate, the 

 petiole united at the lower part by a wing. Flowers in dense 

 umbels in a panicle, large. Calyx-edge entire or toothed. Petals 

 8- to i2-valvate cohering in a cap. Stamens and ovary-cells as 

 many as the petals. Styles connate. Fruit ovoid fleshy. Species 

 6 or more, tropical Asia. 



Plant nearly glabrous . . . . . . (i) T. cheirantha 



Petiole and inflorescence densely covered with flat red 



setae (2) T. rufo-setosa 



(i) T. cheirantha Ridl. T. palmata var. cheirantha Clarke, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 732. 



Stem stout prickly often branched, 5 ft. or more tall, 2 in. 

 through at the base, shoots red pubescent. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 j2 to -8 in. across, lobes elliptic cuspidate; narrowed at the base, 

 toothed, 5 to ^in. long, 3 in. w ide ; petiolules united in a wing 

 nearly oFquTfe to the lobes ; pelioTes 6 in. long or more. Panicles 

 8 to 12 in. long, red tomentose ; peduncle 6 to 12 in. long. Pedicels 

 I to 1-5 in. long. Flowers nearly -5 in. wide in umbels 2-5 to 3 in. 

 through. Fruit ovoid round, -75 in. through. Hab. In forests. 

 Not rare. Singapore, Bedoh. Malacca, Lubok Kedondong, Mt. 

 Ophir. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; Tahan River. Selangor, 

 Batu Caves. Perak, Larut (Kunstler) and Goping; Waterfall, 

 Thaiping (Wray). Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp); Chaning, 



