876 lxxi. ARALIACE^E. [Scheflera. 
7 to 8, oblong elliptic abruptly cuspidate, base round minutely 
puberulous beneath when young, 12 in. long, 4 in. wide; petiolules 
4 in. long. Panicles 16 in. long; rachis stout, *25 in. thick, 
tomentose; branches numerous '3 in. long bearing numerous 
globose heads *5 in. through. Flowers sessile. Fruit oblong, 
stellate white-tomentose, 5- to 8-ribbed. Hab. Often on rocks 
by the sea. Singapore, Bajau; Kranji; Bukit Timah; Barn 
Island. Malacca (Griffith). 
(5) S. capitellata Ridl. Journ . F.M.S. Mus. x. 137. 
Epiphyte. Leaves 8-foliate ; leaflets lanceolate acute, narrowed 
to base; nerves fine, coriaceous, puberulous beneath, 3 to 5 in. 
long, 1 in. wide; petiolules 1 in. long; petioles 7 in. long. Racemes 
scurfy tomentose 18 in. long; peduncles '5 in. long, heads -4 in. 
through. Bracts minute or o. Flowers puberulous truncate, 
5-angled in bud, quite sessile. Petals connate in a cap. Stamens 
6, purple. Hab. Mountain forests. Perak, Bujong Malacca. 
Penang Hill, 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis 837). 
(6) S. Klossii Ridl. l.c. 137. 
A large climber. Branches pale, shining; young parts and 
inflorescence white scurfy. Leaves, petioles stout 2*5 in. long; 
leaflets 5, coriaceous glabrous elliptic, abruptly short acuminate, 
base narrowed; nerves elevate beneath 5 pairs, 7 in. long, 3 in. 
wide; petiolule of middle one 1*4 in. long. Panicles 5, scurfy, 
9 in. long. Umbels simple, numerous, peduncle -25 in. long. 
Flowers 5 in an umbel very shortly pedicelled. Calyx obconic 
scurfy *05 in. long, lobes very obscure. Corolla in bud pink 
and white, blunt ovoid *05 in. long. Petals 5, ovate blunt. Stamens 
5. Styles forming truncate cone with 5 minute stigmas. Hab. 
Perak, Changkat Mentri (Kloss). 
(7) S. Scortechinii Ridl. Heptapleurum Scortechinii King, 
l.c. 49. 
Epiphyte. Leaves digitate; petioles 2'5 to 3'5 ft. long; 
leaflets 8 to 10, very coriaceous oblong, base round, tip apiculate, 
glabrous; nerves 6 to 9 pairs, elevate beneath, 9 to 13 in, long, 
4 to 6 in. wide; petiolules 2-5 to 4 in. long. Panicles of several 
raceme-like branches, scurfy; branchlets 40 to 50, and *35 to 
•75 in. long, with a broad ovate convolute woolly bract at base 
and a globular umbel of globose flowers -i in. long. Calyx truncate, 
tapering to base. Petals 6 to 7. Ovary 5-celled. Hab. Perak 
(Scortechini); Telom. Kedah, Yan. 
This is very near 5 . capitellata, but has leaves with fewer prominent nerves 
and heads smaller and with large bracts. 
(8) S. pergamacea Ridl. Heptapleurum pergamaceum Hassk. 
Cat. Hort. Bog. A. 165. H. glomerulatum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. 
Mus. vi. 150. 
Erect treelet. Leaves digitate; petioles 14 in. long; leaflets 8, 
thinly coriaceous, elliptic-ovate cuspidate, rounded or slightly 
