Arlhrophyllum.] lxxi. araliace^. 885 



leaflets oblong or lanceolate. Stipules forming a ligule within the 

 petiole. Inflorescence, a number of short peduncled umbels in the 

 upper axils or terminal. Calyx-teeth minute 5. Petals 5-valvate, 

 green. Stamens 5. Ovary i-celled, i-ovuled; style short simple. 

 Fruit pulpy ovoid. Seed sub-globose, ruminate. Species about 10, 

 Malayan. 



Trees. 



Lower leaves with leaflets 6 in. long, I'j^ in. wide, 

 oblong or ovate ..... 



Lower leaves, leaflets about 27, linear-lanceolate 

 6 by '5 in. 

 Shrubs. 



Lower leaves; leaflets coriaceous elliptic 2 '5 by 

 1-25 in. 

 Nerves sunk above ; peduncles i"75 in. long ; fruit 

 beaked ....... 



Leaves smooth above; peduncle -5 in. long 

 Leaflets about 7, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide ; umbels 



3 in. long; fruit not beaked 

 Leaflets upwards of 30, elliptic cuspidate i by 

 •5 in. ; umbels 2 in. long .... 



Leaves all simple ovate, coriaceous ; nerves deep 

 sunk above ...... 



Small tree. 



Inflorescence axillary. 



Lower leaves 1 1 or more leaflets ; pedicels -i in. long 



(i) A. ovalifolium Miq. Flor. hid. Bat. i. (i), 768, t. xi. A. 

 diversifolium Clarke, I.e. and King, I.e. 59, not of Blume. 



Tree about 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves pinnate simple, sub- 

 coriaceous; leaflets 13 oblong or elliptic, slightly narrowed and 

 often oblique at base, acuminate, 5 in. long, 175 in. wide ; petiolules 

 •2 in. long, uppermost leaves on the flowering branches smaller 

 simple nearly ovate. Umbels on peduncles, 75 in. long, in upper- 

 most axils I or 2 and umbellate 6 to 9 together at the apex. 

 Flowers green, about 10 in an umbel; pedicels slender, -15 in. 

 long; buds cone-shaped blunt. Catyx-margin undulate. Petals 

 •I in. long. Fruit green globose, crowned by calyx and style. 

 Hah. Common all over the peninsula in the low country, Singapore, 

 Malacca. Bindings, Lumut. Pahang, near Pekan. Penang, Water- 

 fall. Distrib. Andamans and Sumatra. Native names : Mem- 

 punai Bukit; Jolok hantu; Segan Bedahan; Apuil; Bedahan 

 jantan. 



(2) A. angustifolium Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 136. 



Small tree. Lower leaves pinnate over 2 ft. long; leaflets 29, 

 coriaceous, linear-lanceolate acuminate 6 in. long, -5 in. wide; 

 nerves faint sunk above; petiolules -i in. long. Upper leaves 

 simple broader and shorter; petioles slender i in. long. Inflores- 

 cences axillary and terminal; peduncles 1-5 in. long or less; 

 pedicels -i in. long. Flowers very small. Calyx very short 



