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in distinct fascicles along the entire length of the primary 

 branches, subsessile, 6 to 10 in a fascicle. Pedicels very short. 

 Calyx turbinate, truncate, about 1.5 mm long. Petals 5, valvate, 

 triangular-ovate, acute, 1.7 mm long. Stamens 5; filaments 4 

 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. Fruits elliptic-ovoid, 4 mm long, 

 longitudinally 5-sulcate, 5-celled. 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Kiau, Mrs. Clemens 10072 

 (type), 10060, November 2 and 6, 1916, fruits orange-red; growing near 

 streams. 



This species is remarkable for its vegetative and inflorescence characters. 

 It is in the group with Schefflera heterophylla (Seem.) Harms, of the 

 Malay Peninsula and Java, but the inflorescences of the two species are 

 entirely different. 



SCHEFFLERA BORNEENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex, inflorescentiis leviter pubescentibus exceptis glaber; 

 foliis 5-foliolatis, longe petiolatis, foliolis ellipticis ad elliptico- 

 ovatis, chartaceis ad coriaceis, integris, in siccitate pallidis vel 

 brunneis, nitidis, utrinque concoloribus, usque ad 20 cm longis, 

 subabrupte caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, nervis 

 utrinque 5 ad 7, subtus perspicuis, curvatis, reticulis utrinque 

 distinctis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, leviter pubescentibus, 

 rhachibus 2 ad 3 cm longis, ramis primariis numerosis, adscen- 

 dentibus vel patulis, 7 ad 20 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, breviter 

 pedicellatis, umbellis in ramis primariis racemose dispositis, 

 brevissime pedunculatis. 



A shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence, which is sparingly 

 pubescent with weak, cinereous, simple hairs. Leaves 5-f olio- 

 late, their petioles 10 to 20 cm long, inflated and clasping at 

 the base; leaflets elliptic to elliptic-ovate, chartaceous to coria- 

 ceous, entire, pale to brownish and shining when dry, of the 

 same color on both surfaces, 12 to 20 cm long, 6 to 12 cm wide, 

 apex rather abruptly caudate-acuminate, the acumen about 2 cm 

 long, the base acute to rounded; lateral nerves 5 to 7 on each 

 side of the midrib, distant, curved, anastomosing, prominent on 

 the lower surface, the reticulations distinct on both surfaces; 

 petiolules 1.5 to 5 cm long. Inflorescences terminal, the rachis 

 2 to 3 cm long, often stout, sparingly pubescent, bearing from 

 6 to 12 spreading to ascending primary branches, each branch 

 subtended by a lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous bract up 

 to 1.5 cm in length, the branches 8 to 12 cm long, sparingly 

 pubescent. Umbels about 10-flowered, racemosely arranged 

 along the primary branches, their peduncles about 1 mm long, 

 the subtending bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2 mm long. Pedi- 

 cels about 2 mm long. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx turbinate. 



