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SCHEFFLERA Forster. 
Schefflera macrantha JlerriU sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis teniiiiialibiis; rainiilis crassis, usque ad 20 cm loiigis, 
dense cinereo-leprosis ; uiiibellulia breviter podunculatis, 3-8-lloi'is; flori- 
bus 9- vol 10-ineriSj pro geniM-c magnis^ calycc ca. 6 mm diam.; foliolis ca. 
9, oblongis. ncuiniTiatis, 18 ad 23 cm longis^ glabris. 
Scandent, the ultimate branches 1 to 1.5 cm tliick, glabrous, with nu- 
merous, imbricated, 1 cm long bracts, near the tip.- Leaves alternate, 
petioles stout, about 30 cm long, glabrous, inflated at the base, the 
petiolulos 5 to 6 cm long; leaflets about 9, oblong or oblong-ovate, coria- . 
ceous, glabrous, somewhat shining, base rounded, apex rather abruptly 
short-shurp-acumiiiate, entire; nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, 
spreading, freely anastomosing, the reticulations and secondary lateral 
nerves nearly as prominent as the primary ones. Inflorescence terminal, 
the common racliis apparently not produced, the branches 20 cm long 
or less, thick, densely covered with scurfy, ashy or brownish scales, the 
flowers borne in small umbels scattered along the branches, 3 to 8 in 
each, the peduncles stout, 3 mm long or less, the pedicels about 5 mm long 
and like the flowers densely scurfy. Calyx cup-shaped, about 6 mm in 
diameter, truncate. Petals 9 or 10, thick, connivent, oblong-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, scurfy outside, 4 to 4.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. 
Stamens 9 or 10, the filaments very thick, 0,5 mm long; anthers ellipsoid, 
2 mm long. Ovary 9- or 10-celled, upper portion above the calyx cone- 
shaped, truncate. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., in forests, altitude 
about 750 m, June, 1007. 
A species well characterized by its large 9- or 10-merous flowers, densely 
scurfy inflorescence and 9-foIiolate leaves. 
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Schefflera dementis ilerrill sp. nov. 
rJlal)ra, inflorescentiis exceptis; ramis crassiusculis apices versus bruc- 
teis lanceolatis 5 ad 7 cm longis obteetis; foliis ca. G-foliolatis, foliolis 
coriaceis lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, caudato-acuminatis, integris, 
usque ad 23 cm longis; inflorescentiis terniinalibus, paniculatis, ramis 
plus minus furfuraceis, ?0 ad 40 cm longis; floribus umbellulatis, 5-nieri3. 
Scandent, -glabrous except the inflorescence, the branches thickened, 
gi'ii}'^ glabrous, and toward their Apices covered with numerous light-gray 
glabrous lanceolate, coriaceous, 5 to 7 cm long bracts or persistent stipules. 
Leaves about 6-foliolate, the petioles 24 cm long or less; leaflets coria- 
ceous, glabrous, shining, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 23 cm long, 
5 to 7 cm wide, entire, apex shortly caudate-acuminate, base rounded or 
acute; nerves spreading, the primary ones scarcely more distinct than are 
the secondary ones and the reticulations; potiolules 5 to 6 cm lon<^. 
Euchis of the inflorescence somewhat elongated, the branches moce or less 
