LXXI. ARALIACEAJ. 
88l 
Schefflera.] 
leaflets. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Perlis, Kanga. Pulau Adang. 
Distrib. India. 
var. Curtisii Ridl. 
Leaflets fleshy, elliptic with a broad base and acute point. 
Panicle as in typical venulosum but rather smaller flowers. Fruit 
more rounded on shorter pedicels strongly 5-angled. Penang, 
Pulau Belong (Curtis 972). 
This may be specifically distinct; the venation of the leaves is approxim¬ 
ately the same, but the texture is quite different. 
(22) S. micrantha Ridl . Paratropia micrantha Miq. FI Ind. 
Bat. Suppl. 337. 
Epiphyte. Branches ribbed. Leaves, petioles 4 to 5 in. long; 
leaflets thin membranous 5 ovate elliptic, shortly narrowed to the 
tip, base rounded; nerves 3 to 4 pairs with lax reticulations, elevate 
beneath, 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide or less; petiolules 2 in. long. 
Panicles very slender, 6 in. long; branches 4*5 in. long or less, few. 
Umbels distant, few; peduncles *5 in. long. Flowers 7 to 14, 
very small on very slender *15 in. long pedicels. Calyx very small, 
semi-globose, campanulate. Fruit obovoid, narrowed to base, 
5-ribbed. Hab. Mangrove swamps. Singapore, Kranji. Malacca 
(Maingay). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(23) S. heterophylla Harms Pftanzenfamilien iii. 38. Hepta- 
pleurum heterophyllum Seem. Rev. Hed. 40. 
Shrub or treelet. Lower leaves ternately decompound, upper 
ones smaller twice digitate; leaflets 3 to 5 on each petiolule, fight 
green coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-acuminate, base 
narrowed or rounded, edges occasionally with 1 to 2 teeth near 
tip, 2-5 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. wide; petiolules *1 to *25 in. long, 
terminal -5 in. long. Panicles pubescent, 10 to 15 in. long, 1*5 to 
2 in. wide; branches *5 to 1 in. long. Umbels of about 14 small 
flowers. Fruit 5-ribbed, *25 in. long, claret colour. Hah . Forests, 
terrestrial. Malacca, Pulau Undan (Cantley). Perak, Goping 
(Kunstler); Kwala Dipang; Temengoh River bank. Penang Hill 
(Wallich 49x9); Balik Pulau. Distrib. Sumatra. Native name: 
Akar Chabang Lima. 
(24) S. biternata Harms l.c. 38. Heptapleurum biternatum 
Clarke , l.c. ii. 735. 
Small tree 3 ft. tali or more. Young parts pubescent. Leaves 
decompound twice pinnate; leaflets in threes at each node of rachis, 
coriaceous narrow oblong-acuminate, base rounded slightly 
narrowed, 2 to 3-5 in. long, *5 to 75 in. wide; petioles -i in. or 
less long- nerves 6 pairs, and reticulations conspicuous beneath. 
Panicles 8 in. long, 1-5 in. across; pedicels -2 in. long. Ovary 
5-celled. Hab. Forests. Malacca, Hulu Rejang (Derry). Penang 
on blocks of stone (Maingay). 
I suspect this is but a variety of S. heterophylla. 
