884 Lxxi. ARALiACE^. [Brassuia. 



the leaflets coriaceous, 3 in. long, narrow oblong with no visible 

 nerves; petiolules -5 in. long; the inflorescence of 6 or more 

 rather slender branches 9 in. long with distant heads only -15 in. 

 through and a peduncle '25 in. long; the flowers surrounded by- 

 scurfy bracts, but petals and stamens all fallen. The small size 

 of the heads is unique in the genus. It is to be hoped this species 

 will be collected again in earlier flower. 



5. DENDROPANAX Decne and Planch. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple entire. Umbels solitary 

 or in small panicles. Calyx-limb entire or 5-toothed. Petals 5, 

 free, valvate. Stamens 5. Styles united at base, free at top. 

 Fruit globose succulent 5-ribbed. Albumen not ruminate. About 

 12 species, mostly American, i Japanese and i Chinese. 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate acute . . . . (i) D. Maingayi 



Leaves lanceolate acuminate . . . . . (2) D. lancifolium 



(i) D. Maingayi King, I.e. 58. D. parviflorum Clarke, in 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 733, not of Beniham. 



Low shrub 2 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves ovate or lanceolate acute, 

 base rounded or narrowed, glabrous thin coriaceous, midrib pro- 

 minent with two lateral nerves, 2 to 3-25 in. long, i to 175 in. 

 wide; petioles -25 to 1-5 in. long. Umbel simple terminal ; pedicel 

 '35 to '5 in. long. Flowers 8 to 12, oblong, -2 in. long. Calyx 

 campanulate cylindric, puberulous. Fruit globular succulent, -3 in. 

 through, lead-colour. Hub Mountain woods, Malacca, Mt. Ophir 

 (Maingay, Griffith, etc.). Pahang, Telom at 4000 ft. altitude 

 (leaves very narrow lanceolate 4-5 in. long, i in. wide). Perak, 

 Bujong Malacca. Kedah Peak (Ridley). 



(2) D, lancifolium Ridl. Arthrophyllum lancifolium Ridl. 

 Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 38. 



A tree. Branches slender angled. Leaves coriaceous lanceolate 

 acuminate at both ends, edges crenulate undulate; midrib winged 

 on both sides ; nerves and reticulations very fine, 3 to 2*5 in. 

 long, I to 1-5 in. wide; petioles i to 2 in. long, the upper ones 

 •3 in. long. Umbels 4 or 5 on peduncles -4 in. long. Flowers 

 •05 in. wide, 10 to 13 ; pedicels i in. long. Calyx campanulate ; 

 limb undulate not toothed. Petals 5, calyptrate, oblong. Stamens 

 5. Ovary i-celled. Hab. Mountains at 4900 ft. altitude. Rare. 

 Perak, Ulu Batang Padang (Wray). 



This is a somewhat dubious plant. It differs from typical Dendropanax 

 in having the petals joined in a cap, and not spreading freely, but the leaves 

 are all simple, and the lowest pair of nerves shows signs of running parallel 

 to the leaf-edge. Fruit has not been collected. 



6. ARTHROPHYLLUM, Bl. 



Unarmed shrubs or small trees. Leaves glabrous or nearly, 

 fleshy to coriaceous, the lower ones pinnate, upper or all simple; 



