1898.] Gi King ^ Materials for a Flora of tM Malayan Peinmula, 51 
8. Heptapli5URUM Singalangense, Seem. Rev. Hed. 42. Scfindcnt, 
glnbj'onR. Leaves digitate ; cottinion petiole 12-15 in. long, stout ; leiifletfi 
5» membrftnons, elliptic, ehortly aetiminate, the baso slightly nairowed, 
the edges with a few irregular remote teeth or entire ; both snr- 
faees glabrous^ faintly reticulate ; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, cnrTed, 
spreading ; length 7-12 in., breadth 3'25-5'25 in., potiohilcs l'25-2"5 in., 
thickened at the base. Panicle 12-18 in, long, covered with decidaous 
rusty stellate pubescence, very iiaiTow^ (about 2 in. wide) ; the brancbeB 
nnmerons, about *5 in, long, each ending in an umbel of 5-10 oblong 
obovoid pedicelled flowers *25 in, long, their pedicels '2-"3 in, long. 
Oahjx-fuhe shortly campannlate, minutely scaly ; its limhnarrow,trTinratej 
undulate. Peiah 9, fleshy, nai-row, slightly tineciml, connate by their 
edges, Staviens 9, Stigmas united into a notched fleshy ring, ovary 
12.celled, Fruit unknown, Paratropia SingalmsCy Miq. in Ann. Mus. 
Lugd, Bat. I, 23. Agalma redivivum. Seem. Eev, Hed. 25. ' 
PfiUAK; Scorf echini 390 i Curtis 3170. 
The Bpecimenii wliich T have neon nro few. In foliapo they agree with the 
speoimen in Kew named Agalma rctUvivtun, which however Seemaiin tleacribea as 
having 7-8-ineroufl flowcrB. In other mpectB ther agree with Seemann'u deecriptinn 
of that planjt. They also agrrie-o with MiqaePa fnll description of hia Paratropia 
Singalangeme, except as to the length of the petiole which Miquel gfros as only 
inchea, & measurenient so mnoh out of proportion witli those h© gives for the 
petiolnlea, (1-2*5 in,) and leaflets, that I oauoot help Buspecting some clerical error, 
9. HEPTAPLEtfECii LATiFOUOLATDM, new species. Abash with stout 
branches. Leaves digitate j the common petiole stout, glabrous, some- 
what compressed, 7-11 in, lottg ; leaflets thickly coriaceous, ovate- 
ratund, shortly acuminate or blunt, the base rounded ; the edges entire, 
slightly recurved when dry; both surfaces glabrous, tho upper flhining, 
the lower dull and sub-glaucous; main lateral nerves 7 or 8 pairfr, 
spreading, cuT'Ting upwards, prominent on the lower surface, depresi?ed 
on the upper when dry; length 3-5 in., breadth I'/S-SS in. ; pctlolules 
*8-l'5 in., rather stout. Panicles terminal, in pairs, 5-8 in. long, 
glabrous ; the branches short, horizontal, each bearing at its apex an 
uimbel of pedicelled flowers ; pedicels "3 in, Jong- Frttit broadly 
ovoid, deeply 9-ridged, 9-celled, glabrous, crowned by the 9 very short 
free styles, and 'IS in. in diam,, red when I'ipe. 
Perak ; on Guuong Bahu at an elevation of almut 5000 feet ; 
Wray 3927. 
10. HEPTAPLnTOUM sUBUfiATUM, Secm. Rcv. Hed. 42, Scamlent, 
glabro^is. Leaves digitate ; the common petiole 2-6 in, long, slender^ 
glabrous, terete ; leaflets coriaceous, oblong-elliptic or elliptic, shortly 
acuminate, tapering to tho base ; the edges entire, revobite when dry ; 
both surfaces glabroua and reticulate but not promiDeuily so, the upper 
