8 7 8 lxxi. ARALIACEJ5 . [Schefflera. 
petioles io to 24 in. long; leaflets coriaceous, dark green, 7 to 11, 
oblong, short abruptly acuminate, narrowed to rounded base; 
nerves 5 to 8 pairs, 6 to 12 in. long, 2 to 3*25 in. wide; petiolules 
2 to 3*5 in. long. Panicles 9 to 12 in. long, several branches short, 
horizontal, *5 to 1 in. long with terminal umbels of 8 to 12 white, 
6-merous flowers, *1 in. across. Fruit elliptic, 6-ridged with 6 
distinct styles; pedicel *25 to *3 in. long. Hab. Damp woods, 
a very pretty plant. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Chua Chu 
Kang. Johor. Perak, Sunki (Kunstler); Waterfall, Thaiping 
(Wray). r 0 
(13) S. elegans Ridl. Heptapleurum elegans Ridl. Journ 
F.M.S. Mus. iv. 24. 
Tall, slender-stemmed. Leaves digitate; petioles 10 in. long; 
leaflets 10, elliptic coriaceous cuspidate; nerves 6 pairs indistinct; 
petiolules 1 in. long. Panicles erect about 5 scurfy, *12 in. long 
with distinct umbels, *5 in. long. Flowers about 20 in umbels 
Bracts very small, lanceolate, scurfy brown; pedicels *i in. long. 
Petals ovate obtuse. Hab. Mountain woods, local. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan in small woods on the Padang 4500 ft. altitude 
(Ridley). 
(14) S. scandens Ridl. Heptapleurum scandens Seem , Rev. 
Hed. 43 ; King, l.c. 53. 
Slender creeper 3 to 5 ft. long. Leaves digitate; petioles 
1 to 2-5 in. long, leaflets 3 to 5, thin coriaceous, lanceolate caudate 
acuminate tapering to base, glabrous 1*5 to 3*5 in. long, -5 to *8 in. 
wide; petiolules *2 to *25 in. long. Panicles 4 to 8 in. long, slender, 
lax, spreading; branches 1 in. long ending in an umbel of 8 to 9 
globular flowers, on pedicels -15 to -3 in. long. Fruit elliptic, 
5-ndged 'i in. long. Hab. Mountain jungle. Pahang, Telom. 
lerak, Tea Gardens, Thaiping Hills at 200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
Distrib. Java, Sumatra, Bangka. 
( x 5 ) S* subracemosa Ridl. Heptapleurum subracemosum 
King, l.c. 49. 
Scrambling shrub 2 to 3 ft. long. Leaves 3- to 5-foliate; petioles 
i *5 *° 2 ’5 i n * long, glabrous; leaflets coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate, 
caudate-acuminate, narrowed at base, finely reticulate when dry 
2-25 to 4 in. long, *75 to i-i in. wide; petiolules lateral -3 to -4 in! 
long terminal -8 to 1*25 in. long. Panicle solitary terminal narrow 
sub-racemose 2-branched, 3 in. long, -65 in. across; branchlets 
•1 to *2 in. long, bearing an umbel of 3 to 5 oblong green flowers *15 
in. long. Fiuit oblong *2 in. long with 5 blunt ridges, pale green 
tipped blue. Hab. Open jungle, limestone rocks. Perak Kwala 
Dipang (Kunstler). 
j 1 ^) S. subulata Ridl. Heptapleurum subulatum Seem. Rev. 
Hed. 42; King, l.c. 51. 
A scrambling epiphyte. Leaves digitate; petioles 2 to 6 in. long; 
leaflets 4 or 5, thinly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic cuspidate acuminate! 
