54 G. King — Materials for a Flora ff the Malay fin Peninsula, [No. 1, 
14. Heptaflburum AKFrNK^ new species. A sbnib 6-8 feet high, 
Bemi-Bcandent ; young branches as thick as a goose-quill^ shining, gla- 
brous ; common petiole 2-4 in. long, slender, the stipnle bout "65 in., both 
glabi-ous ; leaflets 5 or 6, tliinly coriaceous, ovafeo-lanceolate to elliptic, 
acuminate, the base sometimes narrowed but alwaja rounded, the edges 
entire ; length 2*25-4 in., breatlth 1'25-1'75 in. i petiolules somewhat 
unequal, '75--l'5 in. long. Panicle terminal, when young furfuraceously 
puberuloas towards the base, ultimately quite glabrous everywhere, 
2'5-5 in. long and almost as broad ; the main bmnches 3 or 4, spreading 
and bearing, in pairs or whorls of 3, six to twelve ultimate ebracteato 
branches '5-*7o in. long, each terminating in an umbel of 7-10 pedicel- 
late broadly ovate flowers nearly "2 in, long, tire pedicels *2 in. long. 
Fruit broadly ovate, apiculate, boldly 6-ridged, 6-celled, glabrous, nearly 
'25 in. long. 
pEHAKt at elevations of imm 3000 to 5000 feet. Scortechivi SSii^ 
486 ; Kiitg's CoUedor 3827 j Wratj 4121. 
Tiiia in tnsiiiy le&peebB reaemblea H. elli^tkitm, hub baa larger flowers and ita 
fruit IB on ahorter pedicels. 
15. Heptapledrom Hullettit, new species. A small ti-ee, 30-15 
feet high ; branches stout, rugnlose, decidiiouBly pubescent. Zr^ji res- largo, 
digitate; tlie common petiole terete, glabrous, 10-24 in. long ; leaflets 
7-11, coriaceous, oblong or oblong-elliptic, occasionally somewhat broatler 
in the upper than in the lower half, shortly and abruptly aenmioate, 
slightly narrowed to the rounded base; both surfaces glabrous, not 
reticulate, the midnb prominent ; main nerves 5-8 pairs, distant, slightly 
curved and ascending, prominent on the lower surface when dry, 
obsolete on the upper ; length 4-12 in., breadth l-5-3*25 in.} petiobiles 
l"25-3'5 in., slender, glabrous. Panicles 9-12 inches long, terminal, 
eeveral together, long and nan ow, Tvith short horizontal slender bi-nnchea 
from '5 to 1 ia, long, bearing terminal umbels of 8-12 small 6-meroua 
sub-globular flowers '1 iu. in diam. Fruit elliptic, G-ridged, 6-celled, 
crowned by the 6 short distinct styles, glabrous, pedicels ^S-'S in. long, 
Singapore ; Bidhy 447, 4591, 6012 ; Wray 2323 ; Kings Colkclor 
S048. JoHORB ; King and Eulletf, 
A Bpeciea reaembliog H, dvaricata^ Miq. } hut h&v'mg leaflets with fewer nerTes 
and no reticnlfitions, innoli longer panicles &ntl narrower fruit. It ia uUied nlao to 
JBT. longifoUnvi^ Seem., bat the ieaflots of tliafc species have greatly more nnmerons 
main nRrTes. and the patiiclea are densely clothed witli broad scfile-like hairi and 
have longer lateral branch lets. 
16. Heptapleurum Ridlkti, new species. Seandent; young 
branches stout, glabrous. Leaves digitate j common petiole terete, 
glabrous, 5-10 in. long ; leaflets 5, very coi-iaceous, oblong, oblong-elliptic 
or oblanceolate-obloog, acute, slightly narrowed at the base ; the edges 
