416 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922: 
ellipticis, crasse coriaceis, 25 ad 30 cm longis, integris, breviter 
acuminatis, basi rotundatis, supra olivaceis, nitidis, subtus cin- 
namomeis, junioribus parce stellato-pubescentibus, vetustioribus 
glabris, nervis utrinque circiter 12, valde perspicuis, reticulis 
distinctis, petiolulis 6 ad 10 cm longis; inflorescentiis (vel ramis 
primariis) crassis, circiter 80 cm longis, furfuraceis, capitulus 
globosis, 1.5 ad 1.8 cm diametro, racemose dispositis; fructibus 
junioribus 5 mm longis, dense adpresse-hirsutis, 5-6-sulcatis, 
calycis limbo truncato, glabro, 3 mm diametro. 
A tree or a coarse scandent vine, the younger parts of the in- 
florescences densely furfuraceous. Branches not seen. Petioles . 
stout, dark reddish brown when dry, about 70 cm long and | 
cm in diameter, glabrous; leaflets about 13, oblong to oblong- 
elliptic, thickly coriaceous, 25 to 30 cm long, 10 to 12 cm wide, 
entire, the upper surface glabrous, shining, brownish olivaceous, 
the lower surface cinnamomeus and usually with scattered short 
stellate hairs, ultimately glabrous or nearly so, the apex shortly 
acuminate, base rounded; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of 
the midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, the reticulations 
distinct; petiolules minutely furfuraceous, 6 to 10 cm long. In- 
florescences (or primary branches of the inflorescences) stout, 
racemose, about 80 cm long, the upper parts densely furfura- 
ceous, the indumentum pale brownish, the lower parts sparingly 
furfuraceous, ultimately nearly glabrous, each inflorescence or 
branch bearing about 30 racemosely arranged globose heads 1.5 
to 1.8 cm in diameter, their peduncles furfuraceous, about 1 cm 
long or the uppermost ones shorter, each peduncle subtended by 
a deciduous bract, the persistent bracts on the lower part of the 
rachis oblong-ovate, thickly coriaceous, 2.5 to 3. cm long. Fruits 
densely crowded, about 5 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, 5- or 6- 
celled, more or less sulcate, narrow, pale, the tube densely ap- 
pressed-hirsute, the projecting calyx rim truncate, glabrous; each 
fruit subtended by a single bract and two bracteoles, the former 
ovate, 5 mm long, the latter lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 
about 4 mm in length. 
MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Candoon, Bur. Sci. 
38907 Ramos & Edafio, July, 1920. In the mossy forest at an 
altitude of about 1,700 meters. Local name kamang-kamang. 
This species resembles Schefflera apoensis Elm., but is readily 
distinguished from it and from other more or less allied forms 
by its very densely hirsute calyx tube, the projecting calyx rim 
being glabrous but surrounded by a fringe of hairs projecting 
from the calyx tube, 
