46 G, King Materials foT a Flora of the Malayan Penimnla. [No, 1, 
pnbemlouB, stiorter than or as long aa the leaves. Petals pubescent. 
Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, pointed at eacli end, glabrous, the pericarp 
tliin, lengtb 1'35 in., diam *6 in., damson -colored when ripe. Miq. Plor, 
Ind. Bat, Siippl. 34f0 ; Clarke in Hook. fii. Flor. Br. Ind. 11, 726 ; 
Hemsley in Hook. lo, Plantar, i. 154&. 
Pahanu; Ridley 24Z9. Sklangor ; Owr/i> 2340. EimkvoUB i MidJey \ 
Bnllett, 888 ; Ein(f, Paha no ; Ridley 2662. Malacca ; QrifUh 
(KewDiatiib.) 2702; Mmngay^TS. TmkK } ScoHecMni ; Wray ; King's 
CoUeotor (many numbers), a very common plant. DlSTaiB, Sumatra, 
Forbes 2207, 
Tho Htructure of the seed ie well explained by Mr. Hemeley in bis deaoription 
and figure in HGokcr'e Icones Pfantantm.. 
3. Heptapliuedm, Geartn, 
Large sbrabs or trcee, glabrous or tomentose, without prickles. 
Reaves digitate, rarely compoand-digitate or 1-foliolate; leaflets coriaceous^ 
entire or remotely toothed or lobed, never closely serrate nor ciliate, 
those near the panicle usually entire ; stipules often connate vrithin the 
petiole and prominent. Umheh (rarely capitate) panicled or in com- 
pound racemes; bracts woolly, deciduous or persistent; pedicels not 
jointed under the flower ; braoteoles few or 0, or rarely densely tufted. 
Oalyx-margiu toothed or truncate. Petals 5-6 ormany^ valvate. Sfatnens 
as many as tbe petals. Ovary cells as many as the petals, disc small 
or large ; styles small, separate or combined in a short conical narrow 
cylindric column. Fruit subglobose, 5-6-angled. Seeds compressed, 
albumen uniform, Distrib. Species 55, in the tropics of the Old World, ' 
Lear^a mmple .,. ... ... 1. E. avene. 
Leaves all trifoliolato : — 
Panicle longer than the leaves, slenders ^tB branelies 
long, apreading, laxly-flowered ... ... ... 2, E, luriduTn* 
Paniole shorter tUa^j the leaves; its branohea fthort, 
dcnaely-flowered ... ... »„ 3". H. (mte. 
Leaves all digifcately 5-9-foljoIate 
Paniole simple or 2- branched, Bab-rncemoHS» only aboat 
3 in. long I the lateral nmbels BuhseSBUo, lax, few- 
flowered .,, ... ... ... 4, U. suh'rac&msiim. 
Panicle divided from tha base or near it into several 
erect narrow brnnches 6-13 inches long j the lateral 
brBnchea very short and bearing dense heads of aub* 
seeaile flowers : — 
Ovary S- eel led, leaves glancona and witli loose wooly 
hairs beneath ... „. ... ... 5. 0$phalote«, 
Ovary 5-colled : — 
Both Burfacea of the leaves qnite glabrona .„ 6. H. Seorieekinii. 
Lower snrface of leavofl tomontose ... ... 7, iomeHt^ium. 
