418 G. King — Materials for a Flora, of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 3, 



young, pubescent beneath. As the only distinguishing character thus 

 breaks down, 1 cannot see how L. parallela is to be kept up as a species. 

 After examining with great care a very large suite of Indian Leeas, 

 I cannot see how L. aspera, Edgew. and L, herhacea, Ham., are to be 

 kept up as more than varieties of L. rohusta. Mr. Curtis collected in 

 Selangor (Herb. Curtis, No. 2329) specimens without flowers which may 

 belong to this species. The fruit is however larger than in typical 

 L. rohusta and has the appearance of having been also more pulpy. 



12. Leea javanica, Blume Bijd. 197. A large shrub : young bran- 

 ches slightly scaberulous. Leaves pinnate, the lower bi-pinnate ; the 

 racliises channelled above, not winged ; petiole not dilated at the base, 

 all deciduously and minutely tomentose : leaflets oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, shortly serrate-dentate, the bases rounded : 

 upper surface glabrous, the midrib and nerves puberulous : lower sur- 

 face rusty-pubescent especially on the nerves, dark-red when dry : main 

 nerves 10 to 12 pairs, spreading, curving, prominent beneath ; connecting 

 veins distinct, sub-horizontal; length 35 to 30 in., breadth 1'75 to 

 3 in. ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets "15 to "25 in,, of the terminal 

 1 in. or more. Cymes on rather short peduncles, umbellate, spreading, 

 many-flowered, 3 or 4 in. across, minutely rusty-tomentose ; hracteoles 

 minute, deciduous. Flowers greenish-white ; lobes of staminal tube 

 broad, emarginate. Fruit depressed-globular, bluish-black when ripe, 

 •3 in. in diam. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, p. 610 : Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat. I, 100 ; C. B. Clarke in Trimen's Journ. Bot. for 1881. p. 165. 



Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 552 and 8368. Singapore : Schom- 

 burgh. — DiSTRiB ; Java, Celebes. Sumatra, Forbes, No. 1395. 



This is closely allied to L. sundiaca, Miq. which however has red 

 flowers. It is also allied to L. aequata Linn, and to L. rohusta, Roxb. 



13. Leea aequata, Linn. Mant. 124. A shrub 4 to 10 feet high : 

 young shoots deciduously pubescent, scaberulous. Leaves bi-pinnate, 

 the rachises angled and pubescent, not winged, and the base of the 

 petiole not dilated ; leaflets narrowly oblong, rarely ovate-oblong, 

 sharply acuminate, distantly and rather unequally serrate, the base 

 usually rounded, rarely cuneate but sometimes oblique ; upper surface 

 with scattered setae especially on the midrib and nerves, otherwise 

 glabrous ; the lower surface setose-pubescent especially on the nerves, 

 and with numerous circular discs ; main nerves 7 to 12 pairs, spreading, 

 ascending, curved ; connecting veins horizontal, distinct ; length 3 to 

 7 in., breadth 1 to 1*75 in. ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets '15 to '3 in., 

 of the terminal about 1 in. Cymes sessile or on peduncles up to 1*5 

 in. long, tomentose ; bracts broad, caducous. Flowers white, teeth of 

 staminal tube bifid. Fruit depressed-globular, black when ripe, pulp 



