A ralia.] lxxi. araliace^e. 873 
(1) A. Thomsoni Seem. Rev. Hed. 91 ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 723; King, l.c. 44. 
Prickly shrub 6 to 30 ft. tall, pubescent or tomentose. Leaves 
2- to 3-pinnate; leaflets thick membranous 5 to 9 in a pinnule, 
ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base round oblique, edges serrulate, 
above strigose; nerves pubescent beneath tomentose, 2‘5 to 3'5 in. 
long, 1 to 175 in. wide. Panicles 15 to 20 in. long; branches 
short. Umbels 1 in. across; pedicels in fruit ‘5 in. long. Fruit 
•15 in. long. Hab. Mountain woods, rarely in lowlands up to 
1200 ft. altitude. Pahang, Pulau Chengei. Selangor, Ginting 
Bidai; Bukit Kutu. Negri Sembilan, Gunong Berumbun 
(Cantley). Perak, Batang Padang district; Ulu Kerling (Kunstler); 
Tapah. Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. India. Native name: 
Poko Dulang-Dulang. 
{2) A. armata Seem. Rev. Hed. 91; Clarke, l.c. ii. 723; King, 
l.c. 45. 
A prickly shrub, glabrous except the young parts. Leaves 
tripinnate, large; rachis puberulous; leaflets 9 to 11 in a pinnule, 
thin membranous, ovate-lanceolate acuminate, coarsely serrate, 
base round oblique and sometimes slightly cordate, sparsely hairy 
above with white hairs beneath on nerves, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 
2 in. wide. Panicle 15 to 18 in. long, pubescent on branches; 
branchlets umbellate; pedicels *3 to *4 in. long. Fruit nearly 
•2 in. long, ridges broad, flat. Hab. Lankawi; Kwah (Curtis). 
Distrib. India, Burma. 
(3) A. ferox Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. (1), 270; King, l.c . 45. 
Stems scandent 20 to 30 ft. long, 2 in. through, thorny, thorns 
short recurved. Leaves bi- or tri-pinnate, pinn£e 3 to 4 pairs, 
leaflets thin, coriaceous, 3 to 5 in a pinna, ovate acute in opposite 
pairs, bases round often unequal, nearly entire or serrate, glabrous, 
1 to 2 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petiolules unequal, side ones 
■15 to -3 in. long. Panicle terminal 8 to 15 in. long, 6 in. wide 
with numerous branches and secondary branches; pedicels ‘3 to 
•5 in. long. Fruit ovoid globose, 5-ridged, *1 in. long. Hab. 
Mountain woods, Pahang, Tahan River. Selangor, Semangkok 
Pass. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler) ; Maxwell's Hill. Distrib. 
Java, Borneo. 
2 . SCHEFFLERA, Forst. 
{Heptapleurum, Gaertn., Clarke and King.) 
Shrubs rarely tree-like, usually at first epiphytic, later terrestrial. 
Leaves coriaceous digitate, rarely simple, or trifoliate or bipinnate, 
very rarely toothed. Panicles simple in the upper axils with 
distant short branches, each terminated by an umbel or com¬ 
pound and branched, very rarely (S. Wrayi) with racemose 
branches, Flowers small. Calyx-edge usually entire short. 
