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flowers, the flowers few-pedicelled. Flowers capitate, sessile, 

 4-merous, about 15 at the end of each secondary branch. Fruits 

 ovoid, about 7 mm long, 4-celled, 4-sulcate or 4-angled, sessile. 



Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 30438 Ramos, November 18, 1917, on forested 

 slopes, altitude about 350 meters. 



The alliance of this species is with Boerlagiodendron yatesii Merr., of 

 Luzon, and B. heterophyllum Merr., of Mindanao. It is well characterized 

 by its compound leaves and differs from B. yatesii in its lyrately lobed, 

 longer, petiolulate leaflets; and from B. heterophyllum in its smaller, long- 

 petiolulate leaflets and in the basal crests of the petioles not being at all 

 pectinate. 



SCHEFFLERA Forster 

 8CHEFFLERA CATANDUANENSIS sp. nov. § Cephaloschefflera. 



Frutex epiphyticus, glaber; foliis 9- ad 12-foliolatis, foliolis 

 coriaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-obovatis, integris, usque ad 12 cm 

 longis, nitidis, apice abrupte subcaudato-acuminatis, basi obtusis 

 ad acutis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 15, tenuibus; inflo- 

 rescentiis glabris, ramis 20 ad 25 cm longis, crassis; capitulis 

 racemose dispositis, breviter pedunculatis, ovoideis ad depresso- 

 globosis, 1.5 ad 2 cm diametro; fructibus junioribus plerumque 

 6- vel 7-locellatis. 



A shrub or tree, entirely glabrous. Ultimate branches up to 



1 cm in diameter. Leaves 9- to 12-foliolate, their petioles 16 

 to 18 cm long, inflated and clasping at the base, the petiolules 



2 to 3.5 cm long; leaflets coriaceous, dark-olivaceous and shining 

 on the upper surface, the lower surface somewhat paler, oblong 

 to oblong-obovate, entire, 8 to 12 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm wide, 

 the apex rather abruptly subcaudate-acuminate, the acumen 1 

 cm long or less, the base obtuse to acute ; primary lateral nerves 

 about 15 on each side of the midrib, slender, scarcely more 

 prominent than are the secondary ones. Inflorescences reduced 

 to one or few raceme-like branches 20 to 25 cm in length, each 

 bearing from 8 to 10 dense heads in the upper one-half, the 

 rachis and peduncle stout, 5 to 7 mm in diameter, the peduncles 

 of the heads stout, 5 mm long or less. Heads dense, ovoid to 

 depressed-globose, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, dark-brown when 

 dry, composed of very many connate carpels, the apical part 

 of each individual fruit conical or subconical; young fruits 

 mostly 6- or 7-celled. 



Catanduanes, Mount Mariguidon, Bur. Sci. 20SM Ramos, November 26, 

 1917, epiphytic in dense damp forests, altitude about 400 meters. 



This species is most closely allied to Schefflera ovoidea Merr., of Min- 

 danao, from which it is readily distinguished by its much smaller leaflets, 

 smaller heads, and fewer-celled fruits. 



