1S98.] G. King — Maleriah for a Flora of the Ualayati Penivmla. -^'^ 
through Assam to Btirma, ia replacwl in the Mnlnyan Peninsnk by the closely 
alUed speciea eHipticum, wlncli dittora from this as noted under that specieB. 
Mr- Clarke, in FJor. Br, Indiu, howeverj rpdticeB £f. cllipticum, to H. vennloeum, a 
eoarse in favour of which thoro is a good deiil to be said, 
12. HEPTAPr.ECimM ELunictTsi, Seetu. Rev. Hed. 43. Scandeiit ; 
young branches with pale brawn glabrous bark. Leaves digitate j tbe 
common petiole 4-6 in. long, glabraus; leaflets 5-7, coriaceoits, more 
or less broadly elliptic, sometimes elliptic-ratiitid, apiculate, Bubapicu- 
late or obtuse, tbe base rounded or sub-cuneato ; tbe edges entire, 
revolute when dry ; both snrfacea glabrous and rather dull when dry ; 
main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, the reticulations wide, inconspicuons ; length 
2*5-7 in., breadth 175-4 in. j petiolules uequal, '75-1-5 in., that of the 
middle leaflet 2 in. PajiiclB about as long as tlie leaves, tei-minal, 
glabrous, lax, open, the branches long, spreading nnd bearing few- 
flowered umbels on long sletider peduncles ; flowers globular-ovoid, *1 tn. 
long or less, on elender pedicels '15-'2 in. long. FruU oblong, yellowish, 
with 5 ridges and 5 celts. Faratropia ellipiica, Miq. in Bonplaudia 
1856, p. 138 ; Flor. Ind, Bat. J, Pt. I, p. 756 ; in Ann. Mm. Liigd. 
Bat. I, 20 ; Sdadophylium ellipHcumt Blume Bijdr. 878 ; DC. Prodr. 
IV, 260. 
SLVGAPOfiK; EvUey 5839, 6399. Malacca; D&rry 1187, 1215. 
pRNASCi; Onrth 972. Priuk; Scortechiui ; Wratj 2020, 2136; King's 
Collector 2541, 4733, 10375, 10534. Andaman aku Nicobar Iwlakds; 
King* 8 ColMw. 
Tin's roapmhles E. vcnu^osiumt Seem , hot ths reticulation b on the loaves of tin's 
are wider nnd Ipbb distinct than in that ; nnd tho pftuiclt?H of thia have spreading, 
quite glabrouB, laat bra,iiches. 
13. Hkptapleckum rcanoens. Seem. Eev. Hed. 4^. A slender 
creeper 3-5 in. long, the stem pale and corky. Leaves small, digitate ; 
common petiole 1-2*5 in long, ftlender ; ienflets 3-5, thinly coriaceous, 
lanceolate, candate-acuniinafe, tapering much to the base, the edges 
entire and somewhat recurved ; both sarfaces glabi:;ous, the upper smooth 
and shining, the lower dull and i-etieulate ; length l"5-3 5 in., breadth 
•5-8 in.; petiolales subequal, •2-*25 in. long. Panichs longer than the 
leaves, slender, 4-8 in. long; the branches spreading borizontally^ 
simple, each ending in an umbel of flowers on a slender pedicel nearly 
*75 in. long ; buds globular, *! in* in diam. Fntit elfiptic, boldly 5- 
riJged, .5*celled, '1 in. long. Parairopia svnndem, Miq. in Bonplandia 
1856, p. 138 ; Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. L 757. hrachyhoM/a, Miq. Flor. 
lUid. Bat. J, Pt. I, 755. Seiadc^ItyUum scmidens, Blame Bijdr. 878. 
Perak ; Wray 1844, 2401, 2880 ; Curtis 2687 ; Scortechini 218, 
1352 • King's Colledor 4304, Distrib. Java, Sumatra, 
A very Blender glabroaa species, at once distitiguiBbed by its small lauceolate, 
caadrtte'eenmhtatB, dictate leiifletB, 
