Leea .] 
XLI. AMPELIDEiE. 
483 
3 . LEEA, Linn. 
Erect shrubs, rarely trees or herbs. Leaves alternate simple 
or 1- to 3-pinnate often very large; petiole often dilate at 
base. Stipules sheathing. Inflorescence corymbose or cymose, 
opposite the leaves sub-terminal. Flowers small red or green. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5 connate at base, adhering to staminal 
tube. Stamens connate into a tube; filaments between the 5 
lobes of the tube. Ovary on the disc 3- to 8-celled; ovules 1 to 2 
in a cell; style short. Stigma swollen. Berry 3- to 8-celled, 
pulp scanty, pyrenes wedge-shaped. About 50 species, in tropical 
Asia, Africa and Polynesia. 
Leaves simple; shrublet with few very large leaves . 
Leaflets 3; shrublet 12 in. tail; cyme very small 
few-flowered ....... 
Leaves bi- or tri-pinnate; leaflets glabrous; shrubs 
large. 
Leaflets elliptic 6 by 3 in.; corymb 6 to 24 in. 
wide ........ 
Leaflets narrow oblong, 9 by 3 in.; corymb 9 in. 
wide ........ 
Leaflets elliptic cuspidate with few rounded serra- 
tures, 4*5 by 2 in.; flowers large, *25 in. wide 
Leaflets elliptic-lanceolate 2 by 1 2 5 in. or longer; 
tree spiny . .... . . 
Leaflets lanceolate 3 by I in.; low bush; corymbs 
2 in. wide, bright red ..... 
Leaves hairy on back nerves. 
Leaflets lanceolate 6 to 12 in. by 3 in. . 
Leaflets pubescent beneath lanceolate cuspidate 
5 by 1*5 in.; peduncles short 
Leaflets pubescent beneath oblong acuminate; 
peduncles long, 6 by 4 in. . . . , (10) L. robusta 
Leaflets hairy beneath, with discoid glands . . (11) L. aequata 
Herb nearly stemless; nerves hairy beneath; flowers 
capitate . . . . . . . (12) L. saxatilis 
(1) L. simplicifolia ZolL Nainr en Geneesk. Arch. ii. 577; King, 
l.c. 411. 
Dwarf unbranched shrub glabrous. Leaves simple elliptic or 
obovate shortly acuminate, base narrowed minutely cordate, 
entire; nerves 9 to 12 pairs, reticulations distinct, 6 to 12 in. long, 
5 to 6 in. across; petioles *5 to 1*5 in. long winged. Cymes capitate 
dense *75 in. through. Flowers numerous white. Peduncles ‘5 in. 
long or much less. Fruit sub-globular *3 to *4 in. across. Hab. 
Forests near river-banks, Perak, Larut 2000 to 2500 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler); Temengoh (Ridley). Distrib, Sumatra. 
(2) L. pauciflora King, l.c. 412. 
Shrublet 12 to 15 in. tall. Leaves 3 to 5 pinnate 2 or 3 cori¬ 
aceous oblong to obovate blunt, cuspidate, base rounded, edge 
sparsely serrate, glabrous; nerves 8 pairs, 4*5 to 7 in. long, 1*5 
to 3*2 in. wide; petiolules *4 in. long (lateral) to *9 in. long (terminal); 
(1) L. simplicifolia 
(2) L. pauciflora 
(3) h. gigantea 
(4) L. sambucina 
{5) L. Curtisii 
( 6 ) L. angulata 
<7) L. rubra 
( 8 ) L. suudaica 
(9) L. javanica 
