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its lateral, rather lax, few-flowered cymes, the flowers being 
comparatively rather large in size. 
EUGENIA BESUKIENSIS (Hassk.) Merr. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. 
As. Soc. 77 (1917) 226. 
Microjambosa besukiensis Hassk. ex Mig. Fl. Ind. Bot. Suppl. (1861) 
311, in syn. 
Jambosa buxifolia Mig. Fl. Ind. Bot. 1 (1858) 1086, Suppl. (1861) 
311, non Eugenia buxifolia Willd. 
MINDORO, Mount Calavite, Bur. Sci. 39440 Ramos, April, 1921. 
On forested slopes, altitude about 600 meters. Borneo, Bangka. 
The specimens exactly match our comprehensive series of 
specimens from Borneo and Bangka. New to the Philippines. 
ARALIACEAE 
SCHEFFLERA Forster 
_ SCHEFFLERA BUKIDNONENSIS sp. nov. § Heptaplewrwm. 
Frutex scandens, glaber, ramulis circiter 5 mm diametro; 
foliis 8-foliolatis, foliolis subcoriaceis, lanceolatis, integris, 6 ad 
9 cm longis, olivaceis, nitidis, caudato-acuminatis, basi cuneatis, 
nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, tenuibus; inflorescentiis circiter 30 cm 
longis, ramis primariis numerosis, patulis, 9 ad 18 cm longis, 
floribus umbellatis, umbellis 6- ad 8-floris, in ramis primariis 
racemose dispositis; floribus 5-meris, pedicellatis; fructibus 
subellipsoideis, 4 ad 5 mm longis, 5-locellatis, leviter sulcatis. 
A glabrous scandent shrub, the branches blackish brown when 
dry, about 5 mm in diametér, with few lenticels. Leaves 8- 
foliolate, their petioles about 10 cm long, rather slender; leaf- 
lets lanceolate, entire, subcoriaceous, olivaceous, shining, 6 to 
9 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 em wide, subequally narrowed to the cau- 
date-acuminate apex and to the cuneate base; lateral nerves 5 
or 6 on each side of the midrib, slender; petiolules 1.5 to 2 cm 
long. Inflorescences terminal, about 30 cm long, the primary 
branches alternate along the greatly elongated rachis, spreading, 
the lower ones up to 18 cm long, the upper ones gradually 
shorter, the uppermost 7 to 9 cm long; umbels 6- to 8-flowered, 
racemosely arranged on the primary branches, their peduncles 
5 to 7 mm long, the pedicels 3 to 5 mm in length. Fruits sub- 
ellipsoid, 5-celled, 4 to 5 mm long, brown when dry, slightly 
sulcate, the filaments rather long-persistent, 2 to-3 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Candoon, Bur. Sct. 
88737 Ramos & Edafo, June 27, 1920. Climbing on trees on 
forested slopes at an altitude of about 1,600 meters. 
