LXXI. ARALIACEjE. 
875 
Schefflera.] 
Leaflets thin fleshy; panicle very slender; 
flowers minute ... . . (22) S. micrantha 
Lower leaves large digitately decompound. 
Leaflets entire, oblong; umbel peduncles 
long.(23) S. heterophylla 
Leaflets entire, linear oblong, umbel 
peduncles short .... (24) S. biternata 
Leaflets toothed; leaves bipinnate . . (25) S. Curtisii 
Flowers not umbelled in simple racemes . . (26) S. Wrayi 
(1) S. lanceolata Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 137. Hepta- 
pleurum avene King, l.c. 47, not of Seemann. 
Slender climber. Leaves uppermost trifoliate, lower simple, 
coriaceous, narrow lanceolate, blunt, base narrowed 4 to 5 
long, 75 to 1 in. wide; nerves visible when dry 8 pairs, distant; 
petioles slender ‘5 in. long. Peduncles i '5 in. long with 4 or 5 
short peduncled umbels of about 7 flowers, scurfy when young. 
Bracts (caducous) lanceolate broad as long as umbel-peduncles. 
Flowers glabrous, -15 in. long. Calyx campanulate, truncate. 
Petals 6 falling off in a cap. Stamens 6; no style. Fruit small, 
ellipsoid. Hab. On rocks by the sea and also epiphytic. Singapore, 
Sungei Morai; Kranji; Pulau Ubin; Pulau Tekong. 
(2) S. lurida Ridl. Heptapleurum luridum. King, l.c. 48. 
Epiphyte 2 to 3 ft. long. Leaves trifoliate; petioles 1 to 175 
in. long, fleshy; leaflets very coriaceous, deep green, elliptic- 
oblong acute, base narrowed; nerves invisible, 2’5 to 4 in. long, 
'5 to 75 in. wide; petiolules thick, "4 in. long (terminal one) or 
shorter. Panicles 6 to 7 in. long, slender; branches 2 to 4 in. long 
slender, with umbels of 3 to 8 ovoid flowers, ‘i in. long; pedicels 
•1 in. long in flower, ‘2 to *3 in. long in fruit. Calyx campanulate, 
truncate. Petals united in a cap. Stamens 6. Fruit *15 in. 
long, red, 6-ridged when dry. Hab. On big trees at 3500 to 4000 ft. 
altitude. Pahang, Telom. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). 
(3) S. tristis Ridl. Heptapleurum triste King, l.c. 48. H. 
coriifolium Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 24. 
A tree or shrub 2 to 8 ft. tall. Branches thick. Leaves trifoliate; 
petioles 1*5 to 2 in. long; leaflets thickly coriaceous glabrous, 
broadly elliptic, blunt or shortly apiculate, base round; nerves 
10 to 12 pairs close together, 2*25 to 3*25 in. long, i'5 to 2 in. wide; 
petiolules, lateral *5 in. long, terminal -8 in. long. Panicles terminal, 
2 in. long, branching from base; branchlets *5 in. long. Flowers 
ovate -15 in. long, pale green; pedicels ‘i in. long. Petals 5, 
broad, elliptic. Fruit narrow oblong, 5-ridged, *2 in. long. Hab. 
Mountains at 4900 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 4000 ft. 
altitude. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang (Wray); Gunong Berumbun. 
Distrib. Sumatra. 
(4) S. cephalotes Harms, Pflanzenfamilien, p. 36. Hepta¬ 
pleurum cephalotes Clarke, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii. 731; King, l.c. 49. 
Tall shrub. Leaves digitate; petioles 8 to 12 in. long; leaflets 
