NEW PHILIPPINE PI^VNTS. 157 
fnrfuraceous, 20 to 40 cm long, each branch subtended by n linear-lau- 
ceolate, acmninate, pubescent bract, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Flowers iiumcrous, 
disposed in jnany-flowored umbels, which arc arranged along the primary 
branches, their peduncles 5 to 10 mm long, tlie pedicels slender, 3 to 4 
mm long. Calyx disciform, about 1.7 mm in diameter, obscurely 
5-toothed. Petals 5, ovate, 1.5 to 1.8 mm long, 1 to 1.3 mm wide, acuie, 
3-nerved, more or less united. Stamens 5; filaments 2.5 to 3 mm long; 
anthers 0.5 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. 
:Mixi)ANAO, Lake Liinao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., June, 1907, and 
no. SGG, March, 1906. 
A species well characterized hj its thickened branches which bear numerous 
lanceolate bracts or persistent stipules, its elongated panicle-branches and rather 
large leaves. Apparently allied to S. camlata (Vid.) Merr., but very distinct 
from that species. 
Schefflera mindanaensis Merrill sp. nov. 
Glabra: foliis 8-foliolatis, foliolis submembranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, 
acuminatissimis, basi cuneatis, margine irregulariter grosse sinuato-ser- 
ratis, dentibus apiculatis ; infloreseentiis terminalibus, paniculatis, pauce 
ramosis, ramulis usque ad 25 cm longis; floribus in umbellulis dispositis, 
D-meris. 
Glabrous throughout, scandent, the branches rather slender, light-gray. 
Leaves 8-foliolate, their petioles about 20 cm long, dark-brown, not in- 
flated at the base, the petiolules rather slender, 2.5 to 5 cm long; leaflets 
submembranous, oblong-elliptical, somewhat shining, dark when dry, 
apex sharply acuminate, base cuneate, often slightly inequilateral, the 
margins rather strongly and irregularly .sinuate-serrate, tlie teetli distant, 
apiculate; nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct beneath, 
the reticulations lax. Inflorescence terminal, its branches few, three or 
less, 20 cm long or less, spreading, the flowers arranged in 3- to 
6-flowered umbels along the branches, the peduncles and pedicels slender, 
each 1 cm long or less. Calyx funnel-shaped, about 3.5 mm in diameter, 
truncate. Petals 9, oblong-lanceolate, 3 or 3.5 mm long, about 1.3 mm 
wide, somewhat connivent. Stamens 9; fdamcnts 1 mm long, anthers 
about 1.5 mm long. Ovary 9- to 11-celled, tlie portion above the calyx 
a truncate cone. 
Mindanao, Lake Lnnao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., September-Octo- 
ber, 1906. 
A species resembling in leaf characters Schefflera insulannn (Seem.)' Harms, 
but sufTiciently distinct from that species. 
Schefflera gigantifolia Merrill sp. nov. 
Foliis ca. 7-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis, usque ad 40 cm longis, 15 cm 
latis, caudato-acuminatis, marginibus irregulariter grosse sinuato-den- 
tatis; inflorescentiae ramis usque ad GO cm longis. 
Scandent, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves about 7-foliolate, 
