Arthrophyllum.] lxxi. araliace^. 887' 



(8) A. congestum RidL Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 137. 



Small tree. Leaves 10 in. or more long with 11 leaflets, fleshy 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base broad oblique; 

 nerves slender, 7 pairs, very faint, 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; 

 petiolules -15 to -2 in. long. Upper leaflets simple oblong, very 

 oblique at base, 2-5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide ; petioles slender, -25 to 

 •75 in. long. Inflorescence axillary and terminal; peduncles 

 1-5 in. long or less; flowers crowded in a head; pedicels •! in. long. 

 Calyx very short, edge undulate. Petals 4. Buds ovoid. Hab. 

 Dry wooded hills. Selangor, Klang Gates. Bindings, Lumut 

 (Ridley). 



7. WARDENIA, King. 



A shrub. Stem prickly at base. Leaves coriaceous, simple; 

 petiole long, expanded into a short sheath with 2 minute stipules 

 at base. Inflorescence a compound umbel, terminal short branched. 

 Flowers bisexual. Calyx-tube narrow, campanulate, 5 small 

 teeth. Petals 5, cal^^ptrate, midribs prominent within. Stamens 5, 

 alternate with petals. Disc large fleshy covering ovary, 5-lobed. 

 Styles forming a column. Fruit 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



(i) W. simplex King, I.e. 60. 



Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, red-pubescent at tip. Leaves elliptic 

 acuminate, base slightly cordate, minutely stellate-hairy all over, 

 8 to 15 in. long, 3-5 to 7 in. wide ; petioles 5 to 10 in. long. Flower 

 buds -I in. through, conical; pedicels -6 to -9 in. long. Umbels 

 10- to 20-fiowered. Petals glabrous. Fruit elliptic, globose, -2 in. 

 long. Hab. Perak, near Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 



8. BRASSAIOPSIS, Decne and Planch. 



Shrub or trees, sometimes armed. Leaves entire digitate or 

 palmate. Stipules connate. Umbels in large panicles compound; 

 young parts tomentose. Pedicels from a cluster of persistent 

 bracteoles. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5-valvate. Stamens 5. 

 Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, united. Fruit globose or turbinate 

 2- or i-seeded. Albumen ruminate. Species 11, India, Java. 



Leaves palmate, lobed . . . . . . (i) B. palmata 



Leaves entire or digitate . . . . . . (2) B. elegans 



(i) B. palmata Kurz. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. (2), 77; 

 King, I.e. 61. 



Small tree sparingly prickly, httle branched; young shoots 

 tomentose. Leaves 9 to 15 in. across, coriaceous round cordate, 

 palmate-lobed half-way; lobes 5 to 9, oblong acuminate, serrate, 

 glabrous ; petioles 10 to 20 in. long. Inflorescence rusty tomentose 

 terminal panicled. Umbels many-flowered, bracteolate. Flowers 

 •15 in. across; pedicels -5 to 7 in. long. Fruit broad elhptic 

 terete, -3 in. long; cocci i or 2 with chartaceous pericarp. Hab. 



