1898.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Mala7jan Peninmila. 4S 
2. Asktimmi, 
petioled, large, simple or componnd; Btipules adnata to the petiole, 
sometimes inconspicuous or 0. Flowers regalai', emalJ, often polygamotts, 
IB nmbela racemes or nmbellate panicles ; bracts and bracfeeoles email 
or cOQSpicnons j pedicels continnous witli the base of the calyx or 
jointed. Oalyx-Uibe adnate to the ovary ; limb truncate, obsolete or 
with small t-eeth. Petals 5, rarely 6-7 or many, Talmte or sub -imbricate, 
©icpanding or calyptrate. Stamens as matiy as and alternato with the 
petals (very many in Tupidanthus), inserted round an epigjnons disc. 
Omty inferior, 2-cellfid, or cells as many as the stamens, or 1-celled ; 
s^les as many as the cells, distinct or united \ ovules solitary and 
pendulous in each cell. Fruit coriaceous or drupaceous, usually small, 
one or more cells sometimes suppressed. Seed pendulous, albumen 
uniform or ruminate ; embryo minute, radicle next the hilura. Distrib. 
Species 400, chiefly tropical and subtropical, a few in the cool temperate 
zones. 
Petals imbricate (slightly) ; ped!ceTa of flowcra 
jointed 
Styles 2-5, free; leavoB compound 
Styles 3 Of 4, free ; leaves simple, entire, lobed or 
pitinatifid ; ovary 1 -celled 
PefcaU valvate ; stamens not esceeding 12 
Albumea nniform, ovary 4-12-celled, pedicels contlna- 
oas "ivith the flower, leaves simpFe or digitately D'Om- 
ponnd : — 
Frnit boldly ridged, neiver more than >3 m^ long; 
leaves -nsTiaUy compound ... 
Frait Biacoalent, ovoid-rotund, "6 in, in diam. i leaves 
simple, large, rotnnd-reniform, lobed 
Fruit Bucculent, *3 in. in diaui., obscurely ridged j 
loaves simple, entire {palmatoly lobed in youog 
shoots) t.. *** 
Albttmen rmniuato — 
Ovary 1-colled : — 
Ovary l*ovulat«, leaves compound ... 
Ovary with 2 ovules | fruit ^'Celled, 2-seeded, 
leaves simple 
' Ovary 2-cellod, pedicels continuons : — 
Style distinct; leaves pinnately decompound 
Styles combined; leaves digitate, pahnat© or 
angled 
Ovary 4> or 5- celled, pedicels jointed 
Petals valvato ; stamena 30-50 
1. Aralta, Linn. 
Herbs, shrubs or small trees, glabrous, hairy or prickly. Leaves 
alternate or ivhorled, digitate, pinnate or com pound* pinnate ; leatlets 
9. HEFTAPLBUBm 
4, Trevbsia. 
5. Dbndbopanax, 
6. ARTnROPHYLLnK. 
7. WARl>eNlA, 
8. HKTEROPANAr. 
9, 
10, 
II. 
Brassaio^is-. 
Hetbkopsis, 
TUPlDAISTaOS. 
