54 Materiixl&Jor a Flora of the Malayan Peniiisuta, 



14. Heptapleurum afpfne, new species. A shrtib 6-8 feet higli, 

 semi-scandent ; young branches as thick as a goose-quill, shining, gla- 

 brous ; common petiole 2-4 in. long, slender, the stipule bout '65 in,, both 

 glabrous ; leaflets 5 or 6, tliinly coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, 

 acuminate, the base sometimes nariowed but always rounded, the edges 

 entire ; length 2'25-4 in., breadth 1'25-1*75 in. ; petiolules somewhat 

 unequal, •75-r5 in. long. Panicle terminal, when young furfuraceously 

 puberulous towards the base, ultimately quite glabrous everywhere, 

 2*5-5 in. long and almost as broad ; the main branches 3 or 4, spreading 

 and bearing, in pairs or whorls of 3, six to twelve ultimate ebracteate 

 branches •5-'75 in. long, each terminating in an umbel of 7-10 pedicel- 

 late broadly ovate flowers nearly '2 in. long, the pedicels '2 in. long. 

 Fruit broadly ovate, apiculate, boldly 6-ridged, 6-celled, glabrous, nearly 

 •25 in. long. 



Perak; at elevations of from 3000 to 5000 feet. S cort echini SS'S^ 

 486 ; King's Collector 3827 ; Wraij 4121. 



This in many respects resembles H. ellipticmn, but has lai'ger flowers and its 

 fruit is on shorter pedicels. 



15. Heptapleurum Hullettii, new species. A small tree, 10-15 

 feet high ; branches stout, rugulose, deciduously pubescent. Leaves, large, 

 digitate; the common petiole terete, glabrous, 10-24 in. long ; leaflets 

 7-11, coriaceous, oblong or oblong-elliptic, occasionally somewdiat broader 

 in the upper than in the lower half, shortly and abruptly acuminate, 

 slightly narrowed to the rounded base ; both surfaces glabrous, not 

 reticulate, the midrib prominent ; main nerves 5-8 pairs, distant, slightly 

 curved and ascending, prominent on the lower surface when dry, 

 obsolete on the upper ; length 4-12 in., breadth l-5-3'25 in.; petiolules 

 l-25-3'5 in., slender, glabrous. Panicles 9-12 inches long, terminal, 

 several together, long and narrow, with short horizontal slender branches 

 from '5 to 1 in. long, bearing terminal umbels of 8-12 small 6-meroua 

 sub-globular flowers '1 in. in diam. Fruit elliptic, 6-ridged, 6-celled, 

 crowned by the 6 short distinct styles, glabrous, pedicels •25-*3 in. long. 



Singapore; Bidley 447, 4591, 6012; If ray 2323 ; King's Collector 

 3048. Johore ; King and Hullett. 



A species resembling If. dvaricata, Miq. ; but having leaflets with fewer nerves 

 and no reticulations, much longer panicles and narrower fruit. It is allied also to 

 H. lo7igifolium, Seem., but the leaflets of that species have greatly more numerous 

 main nerves, and the panicles are densely clothed with broad scale-like hairs and 

 have longer lateral branchlets. 



16. Heptapleurum Ridleti, new species. Scandent ; young 

 branches stout, glabrous. Leaves digitate; common petiole terete, 

 glabrous, 5-10 in. long ; leaflets 5, very coiiaceous, oblong, oblong-elliptic 

 or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, slightly narrowed at the base ; the edges 



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