354 ROBINSON, 
Inflorescences axillary^ lateral^ or rarely terminal^ the slender pedun- 
eles 26 to 28 mm long, about 7-flowered, the pedicels about 2 mm long, 
subtended at the base by lanceolate or ovate obtusely acuminate bracts 
mostly 0.5 mm long but unequal, no bracteoles upon the pedicels nor 
at the base of the white flowers, pedicels not articulated: calyx sub- 
campanulate, 1.2 mm long, 1.6 mm wide at the apex, there forming 4 
rounded lobes about 0,3 mm long; corolla apiculate in bud, hardly 
sepatable into 4 petals about 0.6 mm long; stamens 8, the filaments 
very shorty the anthers about 0.5 mm long, the connective forming an 
obscure gland upon the back and a short spur at its base; ovary very 
small. 1-celled with about 8 snfall ovules ; style 1 mm long. 
A small tree about 2 m high, its slender branchlets with dark-brownish 
or gray bark, terete or angled only near the apex, glabrous troughout : 
petioles about 1 mm long, lamina chartaceous, lanceolate or broadly 
lanceolate, 22 to 37 mm long, 7 to 12 mm wide, the base acute or sub- 
acute, the margins somewhat revolute, the apex foi-ming an obtuse or 
subacute and often mucronate acumen for about one-third the length 
of the lamina; under surface tending to yellowish, always paler than 
the upper; only the costa evident, base traces of other venation only 
very rarely visible. 
Luzon, Province of IIocos Norte, Mount Dagat, Bur. SH. 7753 Ramos. Very 
distinct from all other Pliilippine species in the very slender peduncles of the 
inflorescence; prohably neare.-it to .¥. cumingianum Presl, differing from it also 
by the much smaller leaves. 
ARALIACEAE. 
SCHEFFLERA Tornt. 
Schefflera binuangensis sp. nov. 
Arbor: inflorepcentiis terminalibus, panieulatis^ sessilibus, dioicis; 
ramis secundaiiis brevibus, floribus breviter pedicellatis : foliis iongius- 
cule petiolatis, foliolis 4 vel 5, ovalibus vel oblongo-obovatis, basi acutis, 
aj^ice acuminatis, venis utrinque 6 ad 8. 
Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, 9 cm long, the lower branches 
arising from its base, the raehis and branches black except where they are 
covered with gray scurfy pubescence; branches 3 to 7 cm long; secondary 
branches distant except toward the apices of the primary, 2 to 4 mm 
long, bearing at their apices 3 to 5 flowers on pedicels about 1 mm long; 
pedicels continuous with the calyx; only staminate flowers seen; calyx 
hemispheric, 1 mm long, 2 mm wide, at the truncate apex, tomentellose; 
corolla calyptrate, but separable into 5 oblong or ovate petals 1.5 mm 
long, involute and adnate at the apex; stamens 5, inserted on the ex- 
treme base of the corolla, alternating with the petals, filaments 0.8 mm 
long, anthers suborbicular, 0.6 ram long; ovary inferior, 5-celled, often 
with minute ovules; style entirely wanting. 
