252 MERUILL. 
BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms. 
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Boerlagiodendron luzoniense sp, nov. 
Arbuscula 1 ad 3 in alta; foliis palmatim 5- ad 7-lobatis, lobis ab- 
longis vel obovato-oblongis, dentatis et grosse irregulariter sinuatis; um- 
bellis plus niiniis dense castaneo-paleaceis ; floribus 4-meris. 
An erect shrub 1 to 3 m liigli. Branches somewhat thickened, light- 
gray, glabrous. Leaves submGml>ranaeeons, glabrous, suborbicular in out- 
l'ine,'l5 to 25 cm long, palmately 5- to 74obed, truncate or cordate at 
the base, the lobes oblong to obovate-oblong, reaching to within 3 or 4 
em of the base, 5 to 7 cm wide, much narrowed below, apex short- 
acuminate, margins irregularly dentate and each lobe with two or three 
lobules, the lol)xdes ovate or oblong-ovate, acuminate, 2 to 5 cm long, 
their sinuses round; petioles 10 to 30 cm long, rather slender, the basal 
portign with from 3 to 7 strong crests, their margins rarely slightly 
pectinate. Umbels terminal, coinpound, the peduncles 20 to 30, the 
whole intlorescence beset with numerous, dark-brown, narrow, paleaceous 
scales, the peduncles 2 to 3 cm long, subtended by numerous 1 cm long 
basal bracts, these bracts oblong, their margins somewhat fimbriate and 
tlieir hacks covered with narrow, brown, paleaceous scales, each peduncle 
bearing three branches, the middle one \evj short, the lateral ones 2.5 to 
3 cm long, the bracts at the apex of the common peduncle and at the upper 
two-thirds of the lateral branches similar to the basal ones but smaller. 
Lateral heads about 1 cm in diameter, densely many-flowered, the flowers 
perfect, yellow, sessile, and subtended by numerous, dark-l^rown, chaffy 
Itracteoles which are fimbriate and covered with setose scales. Galyx 
glabrous, obovoid, truncate, 2.5 to 3 mm long, 1.5 to 2 mm tliick. Petals 
4, ovate-elliptical, glalu'ous, united in burl, about 3 mm long, 2 mm 
wide. Stamens 4; anthers 1.5 mm long. Ovary 4-celled. Middle heads 
Ruhsessile, the flowers sterile, pedicellate, the pedicels 5 to G mm long, 
the flowers glabrous, purplish, glol>osc, 5 to fi mm in diameter, 2-celled, 
rarely 3-celled. . '* ^ 
Luzo.N, Province of Benguet, Bagnio, Elmer 5928, March, 1904; WilliomH 
im, July, 1004; For. Bur. 50SS Gurran, August, 1906; Bur. l^ci, 2129 Mearns, 
April, ia07. ' 
A speeU's r<'cogiii/al)l(' hx its 4-inormis flowers and dark-brown, <leiiscly palea- 
ceous inflorescence, the si>ecimens cited distributed as li. pulrhrrrinnnn (Vid.) 
Harms., to which species they do not seem to bo closely allied. 
Boerlagiodendron camiguinense sp. nov. 
Differt a praecedente foliis 3-rj-lobatis, h)i)is non siunatis, usque 
ad dimidinn partem laminae attingentibus, basi vix angustatis; floribus 
3-meri8. 
Very siniihir to the preceding, the inflorescence with the same dense 
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