886 Lxxi. ARALIACE.E. [ArthrophylluM . 



undulate. Buds short ovoid. Petals ovate valvate, 4. Stamens 4. 

 Hab. Hill tops. Rare. Perak, Gunong Keledang (Ridley). 



(3) A. montanum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 24. 



A shrub about 20 ft. tall. Leaves pinnate 2 ft. long; leaflets 

 12 pairs, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate acuminate acute, 4 to 6 in. 

 long, '5 to I in. across; nerves 3 to 4 pairs, sunk above, elevate 

 beneath; petiolules -25 in. long. Umbels on simple peduncles, 

 •5 in. wide, sometimes in compound umbels; peduncle 4 in. long. 

 Flowers 9 to 20 in an umbel; pedicels -12 in. long. Fruit '2$ in. 

 long, ovoid globose, crowned with the calyx and conic style. Hah. 

 Mountains at 4000 to 6000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Semangkok. 

 Perak, Gunong Berumbun (Ridley). 



(4) A. nitidum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vii. 42. 



Small shrub. Leaves 12 in. long, pinnate; leaflets 9 to 15, 

 coriaceous oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, base oblique 2-5 to 3-25 in. 

 long, I in. wide ; petiolules -25 to -4 in. long. Umbels 11 to 12 of 

 18 to 20 flowers; peduncles i to 1-25 in. long; pedicels -2 in. long. 

 Calyx-lobes blunt, round. Buds obovoid blunt. Hah. Mountains, 

 Kedah Peak (Robinson). 



(5) A. pinnatum Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 734; King, 

 I.e. 60. 



Small shrub or treelet, glabrous. Leaves pinnate 6 in. long; 

 leaflets 3 to 7, sub-coriaceous, elliptic to lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate narrowed at base, 3-5 to 4 in. long, i to 2-25 in. wide ; 

 petioles 3-5 in. long; petiolules -2 in. long or more, terminal one 

 I in. long. Panicles spreading, 1-5 to 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; 

 branchlets -5 in. or longer. Umbels of about 20 flowers, small, 

 green. Fruit sub-ovoid globose, pulpy -2 in. long. Hah. Hill 

 woods. Local but not rare. Penang Hill (Walhch, Maingay). 



(6) A. alternifolium Maingay MSS. A. pinnatum {in pari) 

 Clarke and King. 



Dwarf shrub. Stems slender. Leaves 4-5 to 8 in. long; 

 petioles 2 in. long ; leaflets coriaceous 14 or more, rhomboid ovate 

 to lanceolate-acuminate to caudate blunt, 1-5 to 2 in. long, -2 to 

 •5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Umbels soHtary on peduncles, 

 I to 1-25 in. long, in upper leaf axils, several. Flowers 21 or more 

 on pedicels -2 in. long, very small. Fruit globose, crowned with 

 style, -2 in. long. Hah. Mountain tops. Local. Malacca, Mt. 

 Ophir (Griffith, Maingay and all collectors). 



(7) A. ovatxim Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vii. 42. 



A woody shrub. Leaves simple ovate to elliptic, base cuneate 

 coriaceous; nerves 3 to 5 pairs, sunk above, elevate beneath, 

 3'5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles 2 in. long. Umbels 2-5 in. 

 long of 15 rays. Umbellules of 20 flowers. Pedicels -2 in. long. 

 Buds sub-globose pointed. Calyx-lobes short, round. Petals 

 triangular lanceolate. Hah. Selangor. Semangkok Pass. Kedah 

 Peak (Robinson). 



