62 G. Kwg — Mfth'riah fm- a Flora of the Mtdaijaii Pen^ [No. 1, 
shinnig^, tliG lower doll ^vlieii dry ; midrib proniiineDt on the lower surfflce 
as also ttie 4 oliliqne, basal, and 2-3 pdii s of sub-lioiizorital main nerres ; 
lenjftb 2'5-7 in,, breadth 1-S*5 in; pcliolidea unequal, "i-2 in., awolleu 
near tlie apex. Panicle terminal, stellatcly puLeruloufl, sliorter tbaii the 
leaves wliite in Hower, lon^-er in fiait, bearing many vury narrow 
racomoid branches each with an acnminate lanceolate biact 1 in. long 
at i(a bftRe ; bmnclilets vecy short, ivom *15 in. when in flower to '5 in. 
wlieti in fruit, etellatelj piihernlons, each bearing an umbel of 12-20 
flowers ; buds depressed, {^lobular, glabiws, '05 im in diam. ; their pedicels 
•2 in. long, slender Fruit rathei- braailly ovoid, bluntly 5 -ridged, 5- 
celled, jjhibi'ons, -15 in. lon*j;. Clarke in Flor. Br. Ind. II, 730. Farairopia 
snhulaiat Jliq. in Ann. Mua. Lugd. But. I, 22, 
Malacca; Gnjjifh (Kew Distnb.) 26&0j Majnoay; 681, (Kew 
Difitrib.) Derj-y. Patjaxg; Ridley 1G'12, 5818. Pebak ; ScorteeJiini ; 
Wmy 872, 3090, 3639; King's Collector 77% llo2, 2343. Disthib. 
Sumalrn. 
TJiis ciloBely resomblos H. venulosumf Seem., nnd is not atwaya readily dfattn' 
g-uialinhlo from tlmfc specioa. Tlie best mwrkB of this appear to me to be the proiui- 
neiice of tlio basul nerves Tind the fewness of the other main nervus (only 2 or 3 
piiirs) ; ni)d the lonjfor nurrower pimiclfa M-lttcli, up to the pedicela of the 
fiovfera, aro covered with mintite stelhite hnirs. The mftjority of the spBcimeng of 
n. veitulosamj Seem, hare g-lubrous pjinicieaj but those of var. mucroph-yUa are 
hairy, nnd the IcAvea bftve many more hitoml norvea. 
11. HroFTAPJ-KUtitiM VKNCbOSUM, Seem. Rev. Hed. 44, Scaudent; 
young briinelies rather «lender, glabrous. Leaves digitate ; common 
petiole fileiider, terete, frlabroufl, 4-6 in. long ; leaflets thinly coriaceous, 
oblanceolftte-elliptic to oblong;*! anceolate, shortly acuminate, narrowed 
to the base, the edges entire ; both .surfaces shining, glabrous, conspicu- 
ously and minutely retjcnhite; length in,, breadth l-25-2*75 in, j 
petiolnles unequal, slender, varying from 'o-l'o in. long in the same leaf. 
Faiticle varying in length but usually shorter tlian the leaves, terminal, 
giabrona or occasionally slightly pnbescent, (atf 11 ate- pubescent in var. 
macrophjUa)j dividing inio several narrow blanches bearing short 
bi-anchlets each tenninating iit an umbel of 10-15 depressed-globular 
flowera 1 in, in diam.; their pedicels unequal, slender, 'IB-S in. in 
length. Fruit ovoid, bluntly S-ridged, 5-celled, glabrous, '15 in. long, 
yellow when ripe. Clarke in Hook. hi. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 729 ; Brand. 
For. Flor, 294 ; Kurz For. Flor. I, 538. Faratrajm vmnlosa, W. & A, 
Prodr. 377 ; Wiglit 111. t. 118. Eedera tenosa. Wall. Cat. 4923. H. 
terehinihaceaf Wall. Cat. 4920, (partly,). Aralia diyitata^ Roxb. Hort. 
Beng. 22; Flor. Ind. 11, 107. 
Andaman Islands ; King's C&Utdors, Malacca ; Berry, 
Thia apecies, so common from the bnae of thu Eneteru Hiuiahiya iiontbwAtdfl 
