882 lxxi. araliace. 32. [Schefflera. 
(25) S. Curtisii Ridl. Heptapleurum Curtisii King, l.c. 56. 
Large shrub. Lower leaves bipinnate, upper trifoliate; petioles 
8 in. long; leaflets thin, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 
coarsely serrate at top, 3 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. wide. Panicles 
shorter than petioles with rusty stellate tomentose bracts; branches 
scurfy; branchlets *75 in. long. Umbels 10- to 20-flowered. Fruit 
oblong, 5-ribbed, disc conic. Ovary 5-celled. Hab. Penang, Pulau 
Betong (Qurtis). Very rare. 
(26) S. Wrayi Ridl. Heptapleurum Wrayi King, l.c. 55. 
Small furfuraceous tree. Leaves digitate; petioles 6 to 9 in. 
long; leaflets 7 to 9 thinly coriaceous, glaucous beneath, elliptic 
abruptly cuspidate serrate, base rounded; nerves 5 to 9 pairs, 
3 to 5 in. long, 1-75 to 2*25 in. wide; petiolules 1-5 to 2-5 in. long. 
Panicles 10 in. long pubescent; branches at base 6 in. long; branch- 
lets 2 to 3 in. long. Flowers racemose distant on the branches, 
pale green, -15 in. wide on slender pedicels, -2 in. long. Calyx-tube 
funnel-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5. Fruit oblong, 5-ridged, *15 in. 
long, crowned by the long confluent styles. Hab. Mountains, at 
7000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Brumber Pahang (Wray). 
This, with some Indian allies, is remarkable for having the flowers racemose 
and not umbelled, a very rare condition in the order. 
3. TREVESIA, Vis. 
Prickly or unarmed tree-like shrubs. Leaves palmate, the 
petiole united at the lower part by a wing. Flowers in dense 
umbels in a panicle, large. Calyx-edge entire or toothed. Petals 
8- to 12-valvate cohering in a cap. Stamens and ovary-cells as 
many as the petals. Styles connate. Fruit ovoid fleshy. Species 
6 or more, tropical Asia. 
Plant nearly glabrous . . . . . (i) T. cheirantha 
Petiole and inflorescence densely covered with flat red 
setae . . . . . . . . . (2) T. rufo-setosa 
(1) T. cheirantha Ridl. T. palmata var. cheirantha Clarke, 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 732. 
Stem stout prickly often branched, 5 ft. or more tall, 2 in. 
through at the base, shoots red pubescent. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 
•2 to *8 in. across, lobes elliptic cuspidate, narrowed at the base, 
toothed, 5 to 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petiolules united in a wing 
nearly or quite to the lobes; petioles 6 in. long or more. Panicles 
8 to 12 in. long, red tomentose; peduncle 6 to 12 in. long. Pedicels 
1 to 1-5 in. long. Flowers nearly *5 in. wide in umbels 2*5 to 3 in. 
through. Fruit ovoid round, 75 in. through. Hab. In forests. 
Not rare. Singapore, Bedoh. Malacca, Lubok Kedondong, Mt. 
Ophir. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; Tahan River. Selangor, 
Batu Caves. Perak, Larut (Kunstler) and Goping; Waterfall, 
Thaiping (Wray). Kelantan, Kwala Aring (Yapp); Chaning. 
