44 G. King — Maieriah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, [No. 1, 
senate or nearly entire ; bracts and stipules not prominent. Umbels 
Kolifary or in racemes or panicles, rarely in eompomid nmbels; pedicels 
usualij jointed close nrider the flower, Fhwers often polj^amo-monce- 
ciouB. Calysf with its raorgin truncate or 5- toothed. Petal* 5, ovate, 
imbricate in bud. Stamms 5. Ovarif 2-5-celled j styles 2-5, free or 
shortly conimte at base. Fruii 4-5-celled, ^^S-ang-ular, or snbglobose, 
2- 3-celled, Alhumen uniform, DiSTBiB. Species about 50 ; extending 
from India and Malaya io Japan a«d North America, 
Leaflets entire or uiiniitely sermlato, densely ferragineona- 
tomenfcose on thfl lower surface ... ... ... 1. A.Thomsoni. 
Leaflets coarsely and somiGwhat unequally serrate, the lower 
ear Face with scattered floxnosQ white hairs ... 2, A. arntata. 
Leaflets obactiroly uodulate-aerrate, quite glabrous on both 
Hurfaces, the lower sub-glaucous .„ .„ 3. A. ferox. 
1. Abalu THOMSOSf, Seem. Rev. Hed, 91, A large prickly shrub, 
all parte more or less softly pubescent or tomentose. Stem slender, 
the pi'ickles remote. Leaves large, 2-3-pinnate ; leaflets thickly membra- 
nous, 5-9 in each nltiiuate pinnule, ovate- lanceolate, acuminate, the 
base rounded and somewhat oblique; the petiol tiles of alt except tho 
terminal very abort (usually less than '1 in. long), tliat of the terminal 
leaflet '5 in. or upwards, the edges entire or minutely serrulate,* upper 
surface sparsely strigose, the nerves and midrib pubescent ; the lower 
softly tomentose ; length 2 o-3'5 in,, breadth 1-1 '75 in. Panicles 15-20 
in. long, with short sub- horizontal branches j the ultimate branches 
nmbellate ; the bracts narrowly lanceolate, "25 in long. Fruit '15 in. 
lontr, somewhat wrinkled, glabrous, the ridges broad. Clarke in Hook, 
tiV. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 723. 
Pahano ; Ridley 2450. Pekaijg ; King's CoUeeior 1574 ; Curtis 
462. Pebak ; King's GoUector 7807, 8704, 10045. 
2. Aralia abmata, Seem. Rev, Hed. 91. A prickly shmb; stem 
slender, almost glabrous except tbe puberulous young parts. Leaves 
Tery large, 3-pinnate, tlie i-achises puberulou.% ; leaflets thinly mem- 
branous, 9-H in each ultimate pinnule, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
the edges coarsely and somewhat unequally serrate ; tbe base rounded, 
slightly oblique or sub-cordate ; sessile except the terminal one ; petiol nle 
of the terminal leaflet under 1 inch ; length of leaflets 3-5 in,, breadth 
l'5-2 in.; upper surface with a few sparse adpressed b airs, otherwise 
glabrous ; lower with scattered white flexuose hairs especially on tho 
nerves and midrib. Fanich 15-18 in. long, pubescent in its ultimate 
3- fid branches, the lower part glabrous, ultimate branch lets umbellate ; 
the pedicels slender ■3-4 in. long, tomentose. Fmit nearly "2 in. long, 
glabrous ; the ridges broad, flat. Kuras For, Flora Bm-ma, I, 536 ; 
