888 Lxxi. ARALiACE^. [Brussaiopsis. 



Mountain forests. Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson) ; Maxwell's 

 Hill; Tapah. Distrih. India. 



(2) B. elegans Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Ixi. 291. 



Shrub. Young parts red-tomentose. Leaves simple or digitate ; 

 leaflets lanceolate-acuminate, base long narrowed, edges minutely 

 toothed, 7 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petiolules 1-5 in. long; 

 petioles 5-5 in. long. Stipules connate, 2-toothed, teeth acuminate. 

 Panicles long, lax; peduncles slender, 4-2 in. long; branches 175 

 to 5 in. long, tomentose. Umbels -5 in. long; flowers 13, pedicels 

 •2 in. long. Bracts acuminate, tomentose'. Calyx obconic, teeth 

 short tomentose. Petals 5, oblong blunt. Stamens 5 ; styles 

 connate. Ovary bilocular. Hab. Selangor, Ulu Langat (Kloss). 



9. HEDEROPSIS, Clarke. 



Tree glabrous unarmed. Leaves i- to 3-foliate; leaflets 

 lanceolate denticulate or nearly entire, base of petiole much dilate. 

 Umbels panicled; pedicels jointed close under flowers. Calyx 

 margined, 5-toothed. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 

 5-celled; styles connate. Fruit berried, large, sub-globose, 

 crowned by style. Seeds 4 or 5 ruminate. Species i. 



(i) H. Maingayi Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 739; King, 

 I.e. 62. 



Leaflets membranous ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed ; 

 nerves faint, 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petiolules -i to 

 •2 in. long (simple leaves 8-5 in. long, 4 in. wide), petioles i to 2 in. 

 long; peduncles puberulous, i in. long. Calyx-tube sub-globular, 

 puberulous. Petals ovate-lanceolate, -15 in. long. Fruit over -5 in. 

 long. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). Only known from Maingay's 

 specimen. 



10. SCHEFFLEROPSIS, Ridl. 



Leaves digitate ; leaflets coriaceous, lanceolate serrate ; petio- 

 lules long. Umbels panicled. Flowers rather large. Calyx cupular 

 truncate. Petals calyptrate, blunt 5. Stamens 14 to 16. Ovary 

 8-celled. Stigma sessile on a cone. Species i. 



This resembles Schefflera, but has serrate leaflets and numerous stamens 

 and an 8-celled ovary. 



(i) S. polyandra Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 75, p. 37. 



Leaves digitate ; petioles 9 in. long ; leaflets 5, oblanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, acuminate blunt, base narrowed, 

 serrate, smooth above; nerves about 9 pairs, faint, reticulations 

 faintly visible beneath when dry, 4 to 6 in. long, 1-25 to 175 in. 

 wide; petiolules 1-5 in. long. Panicles -5 in. long; branchlets 

 •5 in. long; umbels of 4 or 5 flowers; pedicels -2 in. long, stout. 

 Calyx campanulate, edge thin truncate entire, -i in. long. Petals 5, 

 shorter, ovate blunt, calyptrate. Stamens 14 to 16; anther as 

 long as filaments. Ovary 8-celled; style o. Stigma sessile on a 



