66 G, King — MateriaU for a Flm-a of the Malaijan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
crowned by the long conftieiit column of styles, glabroua, 5-celled, *15 
in. iu diam. 
Pbrak ; oti Gunong Bmmber Paliang, at an elevation of about 7000 
feet, Wraij 158S. 
A very diatmot apeciefl, &t once (liHtlngiiisiiflblo by ite racemose panioleB, and 
leafleta glancous on the tower aarface aed with serrnto edges, 
19. HEPTiPi(EUHUM BiTERNATL'-M, Clarke in Hook. fiK Flor. Br, Tnd, 
11, 735. A aliinb several feet liigli ; tlie jonng shoots and the under 
surfaces of the leaves deciduously stellate-pubescent. Leaves digitately 
decompound or twice pinnate, with ternate leafleta at each node of the 
rachis \ leafleta coriaceous, uarrowly-obJong, acuminfite, entire, tlie 
base sHghtly narrowed and rounded j lens^th *2-S'5 in., breadtli '5~"75 in., 
petiolules '1 in. long or less, that of the terminal leaflet -4 in. j both 
SU1 fttces minutely reticulate and shining, tlie upper glabioua, the lower 
with deciduous stellate pube.«icencc. Panicle 8 in, long, but only abont 
1*5 in. across ; the biunches Hltle-divided^ sfcellate-haii'y ; biacts decidu- 
ous, pedicels '2 in. long. 
Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib,) 684 
Known only by Mninf^ay'fl fragmentary apecimena. 
20. HErTAPLEi;RU.M HETEROfiiYLLDM, Seem. Jlev. Hed. 40. A busli 
or small tree 8-12 feet high. Lower leaves large, terJiately decompound, 
24 in. across ; common petiole ]2-24 in. long ; the upper leaves smnllcr 
and only twice digitate ; tlie leaflets in nil 3 to 5 on eatdi petiolnle, thinly 
coriaceous, variable in slrape^ oblong-lanceolate to elliptic or broadly 
ovftte^ shortly acnminate, narrowed or rounded at the base ; the edges 
entire, raraly with 1 or 2 teeth xiear the apex ; both surfaces minutely 
reticulate and glabrous, the lower minutely doited; length 2*5-7 or 
even 9 in., breadth 1-2*25 in. ; petiolules of the lower leflfleta 'J-25 in., 
that of the terminal twice as long* Ptrnicles with decidnons pale stellate 
pnbescence, solitary or several together, 10-15 in. long, and only l'5-2 
in. across ; fclie branches horizontal, slender, each ending in an nmbel 
of flowers on slender pedicels, the flowers bearing fertile pistils smaller 
than those with fertile stamens. Fntif narrowly oblong, boldly 5-ribbed, 
glabrous, 5-celled, nearly '25 in. long, daret-coloared when Hpe. 
Clarke in Hook. fiL Flor. Br. Ind. II, 73 J. HederaheteropJiylh, Wall. 
Cat. 4919; G. Don. Geu. Syst. Ill, 31)4. Farairopta hderophylhi, Presl 
Epimel. Bot. 250 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. Ij 761. 
Penangj WallicK Curtis 241, 2301 and po.ssibly 1950. Perac ; 
Scortechini 145, 664 ; King's Oollector 718, 2688, 8640, 8769. 
21. HErTArr.EimuM Cdrtisu, new species. A large shrub. Lower 
Z«at?es bipinnate, the upper trifoliokle ; common petioles of bolh about 
8 in. long ; leafl.ets thinly coriaceous, ohiong-elliptic, sometimea. slightly 
