LXXI. ARALIACE^E. 
Schefflera.] 
877 
narrowed at the base; nerves elevate beneath, 6 in. long, 3 in. 
wide; petiolules 2 to 3 in. long. Panicles scurfy; branches several. 
Flowers sessile in small globose heads, subtended by lanceolate- 
acuminate bracts, edges ciliate, *12 in. long. Floral bracts similar, 
smaller. Calyx short turbinate. Petals ovate pubescent. Stamens 6. 
Stigmas connate. Hab. Mountains in woods on stream banks at 
4500 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Ridley) Distrib. Java. 
(9) S. tomentosa Ridl. Heptapleurum tomentosum Hassk. 
Cat. Hort. Bog. 1844, P- 165. 
Erect shrub about 4 to 6 ft. tall; stem 4 in. through, little 
branched; panicles, underside of leaf and young parts whitish 
woolly tomentose. Leaves digitate; petioles 9 to 12 in. long; 
leaflets 5 to 7, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, caudate-acuminate, 
light green bullate, glabrous above, 8 to 10 in. long, 2*75 to 3'5 in. 
wide; petiolules 1*5 to 2‘5 in. long. Panicles 2, racemose 4 1 ° 
5 in. long; branches 12, 2 to 4 in. long with a globular umbel of 
8 to 10 ovoid blunt glabrous cream-coloured flowers ‘15 in. long; 
pedicels *i in. long, pubescent. Petals white. Fruit *2 in. long, 
5-ridged and 5-celled, cream colour. Hab. Dense wet woods, 
terrestrial. Not common. Lowland country. Selangor, Kwala 
Lumpur; Ulu Gombak; Batu Tiga. Dindings, Gunong Tungul. 
Perak, Thaiping Waterfall; Changkat Mentri (Kloss). Distrib. 
Sumatra. 
(10) S. singalangensis Ridl. Heptapleurum singalangense 
Seem. Rev. Hed. 42 ; King, l.c . 51 - 
Epiphyte, scandent. Leaves digitate; petioles 12 to 15 in. 
long; leaflets membranous 5> elliptic short acuminate, base 
narrowed, with a few teeth or none, glabrous; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, 
7 to 12 in. long, 3*25 to 5*25 in. wide; petiolules 1*25 to 2*25 in. 
long. Panicles 12 to 18 in. long, covered with deciduous pubes¬ 
cence, 2 in. wide; branches numerous, *5 in. long, bearing an 
umbel of 5 to 10 obovoid flowers '25 in. long; pedicels ’2 to *3 in. 
long. Calyx-tube campanulate. Petals 9, connate by edges. 
Stamens 9. Stigmas united in a fleshy ring. Ovary 12-celled. 
Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(n) S. latifoliata Ridl. Heptapleurum latifoliatum King, 
Lc. 51. . 
Bush. Leaves digitate; petioles stout 7 to 11 in. long; 
leaflets 11 coriaceous thick, glabrous, round ovate blunt, base 
round; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, prominent beneath, 3 t° 5 in- Inng, 
1-75 to 3*5 in. wide; petiolules 1*5 in. long. Panicles terminal 
in pairs, 5 to 8 in. long; branches short, 4 in. long bearing an 
umbel of 10- to 15-pedicelled flowers. Fruit ovoid,^ 9-ridged, 
9-ceUed, crowned with 9 styles, red. Hab. Perak, Gunong Bubu 
(Wray) at 5000 ft. altitude. 
(12) S. Hullettii Ridl. Heptapleurum Hullettii King, l.c. 34. 
An epiphyte or small shrub about 4 ft. tall. Leaves digitate; 
