NKW OR NOTKWOltTlIY rillLliTiNK PLANTS, VI. 253 
covering of browu, paleaccDus scales. Leaves pabnately 3- to 5-lol)or!, 
15 to 20 em long, snl)coriaceous, glal)rons, the 1)asc truncate or rounded, 
the lobes oblong, acuminate, coarsely apiculate-dentate but not sinuate 
and but sliglitly or not at all narrowed below, rcaeliing to about the 
middle of the leaf. Inflorescence similar to that of Boerlagiodendron 
luzoniense, the perfect and sterile flowers much the same but the former 
with only three petals and three stamens, the ovary 3-celled. 
Camiguin, (Babuyanes Islands) iiur. Sci, ^135 Feniv, July, 1907, a shrub 1 
to 1.5 m high, on slopes along trails. 
Boerlagiodendron pectinatum sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra; foliis coriaceis, circiter 25 cm longis, usque ad 
medium palmatim 5-lobatis, petiolis ad basin seriatim manicato-cristatip, 
cristulis margine valde pectinatis; inflorcscontiis glabris, ramulis omni- 
bus aequalibiis; floribus 5-meris. 
A tree 7 to 8 m high, the branches glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 
suborbicular in outline, about 25 cm hmg, base subtmncate, palmately 
5-lobed, lobes reaching to al)Out the middle of the lamina, oblong-ovate, 
acuminate, margins coarsely dentate, the sinuses narrow, obtuse at the 
base; petioles 13 to 15 em long the base with a series of 3 or 4 crests 
which are strongly pectinate, their divisions being C^ to 10 mm long. 
Umbels compound, glal)rous, primary branches about 25, subtended by 
numerous, coriaceous, ovate bracts about 3 mm long, the peduncles 1.5 
to 2 cm long, each peduncle witli a pair of narrowly ovate, acuminate 
bracts at the apex, each peduncle tripartite at the apex, its branches 
equal, or subequal, 1 to 1.5 cm long, the two lateral branches bearing 
heads of perfect flowers, the Jiiiddle one witli sterile flowers only; lateral 
heads 6 to 8 mm in diameter, densely many-flowered, flowers sessile, 
the basal bracteoles ovate, 1 to 1.5 mm long, their niargins slightly 
fimbriate. Calyx oblong, truncate, 2 mm long, 1 mm thick, glabrous, 
slightly angular. Petals 5, oblong-ovate, in bud 2 mm long. Stamens 
5; anthers 1 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. Flowers in the middle heads 
all pe^licelled, pedicels 5 mm long, the flowers 3 ]nm long, tlieir ovaries 
3-celled. 
Batax (Batanes Islands), Mount Traya. Bt/r. Hci. SJtrt Fenix, June, 11107. 
A ttpecieb readily reeogiiizahio by its coriaceous leaves which are palmatt-ly 
lobed t^) tlie middle, the base of the petioles furnisluHl with strcmgly pectinate 
crests, its 5-merons flowers and the secondary branches of the umbels being of 
the sanu' leni-Ui in both the lateral and middle Iieads. 
Boerlagiodendron lineare sp. nov. 
Arbuscula ca. 3 m alta; foliis uMjue ad basin palmatim -1-6-divisis, 
lobis linearibus, 15 ad 20 cm longis, 1 ad 1.5 cm latis, basi attenuatis; 
floribus 5-meris. 
An erect shrub about 3 m higii, the stems light-gray, glabrous, 
sliining, somewhat scurfv at tlie tips. Tieaves crowded at ilic apices of 
