110 



(172. 1222 Whitford) May, 1904 and 1905 ; (300') Meyer) May, L905. Scand- 

 cut oil trees in forests at about 700 m., the steins reaching a diameter of 5 cm. 

 or more. Quite distinct from Heptapleurvm caudatum Vidal. 



3. S. venulosa (W. et A.) Harms. Heptaplewum venulosum Seem.; Clarke 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1879) 729. 



(3, 02 Whitford) April. Jn thickets along the river below 100 in. British 

 India, Malaya, and Australia. T., Galamai amo. 



Jn the identification of this species 1 have followed the earlier works of Vidal 

 and F.-Villar, but the specimens here referred to Schefflera venulosa Harms, do 

 not agree well with the description of that spcies and it is possible that it 

 will be necessary to adopt one of Blanco's names for the Philippine form, there 

 being available, Polyseias odorata Blanco= Paratropia crassa Blanco, and Polys- 

 das obi una Blanco = Paratropia obtusa Blanco, of the above, the description of 

 the latter applying more closely to the form here referred to Schefflera venulosa. 



4. Schefflera bordeni Merrill, sp. now § Eusehefflera, Heptapleurinn. 



A tree {'!) quite glabrous throughout witli long petioled 7 to 8-foliolate leaves 

 and terminal pinnately branched panicles nearly equaling the leaves. Branches 

 light gray, rugose, the leaf scars prominent, the branchlets 5 mm. thick or less. 

 Petioles 5 to 10 cm. long; leaflets elliptical lanceolate to elliptical or oblong 

 oblanceolate or obovate, coriaceous, shining, 5 to 9 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. wide, 

 narrowed to the acute base, the apex gradually short or rather long acuminate, 

 the acumen blunt; nerves 5 to 6 on each side of the midrib, ascending, not prom- 

 inent, the reticulations obscure; petiolules 2 to 3.5 cm. long. Panicles about 

 15 cm. long, nearly as broad, the branches alternate, to 8 cm. long, spreading, 

 the upper ones somewhat shorter, the common rhachis about 10 cm. long, the 

 branchlets racemosely disposed 8 mm. long or less, each bearing 4 to 6 umbel- 

 latelv disposed flowers, the pedicels 2 to 4 mm. long. Calyx about 1.5 mm. 

 long, truncate. Petals 5, oblong ovate, acute, adherent by their apices and 

 falling as a whole. Stamens 5; filaments 2.5 mm. long; anthers broadly ellip- 

 tical ovate, 1 mm. long. Ovary 5-celled; style O. Fruit unknown. 



(1350 Borden) duly, 1904. In forests at about 800 m., according to the col- 

 lector, a tree about 12 m. high. 



3. POLYSCIAS Forst. 



I. P. nodosa (DC.) Seem. Journ. Bot, 3 (1865) 181. 



(89 Whitford) April; (2306 Meyer) December; (2711 Borden) February; 

 (363, 585 Barnes) March; (293 Merrill) Decades Phil. Forest Fl., coll. Borden, 

 March. In thickets and forests below 100 m., widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. Malaya. T., Tocudlangit. 



UMBELLIFERyE. 



1. HYDROCOTYLE Linn. 



1. H. rotundifolia Roxb.; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. hid. 2 (1879) 668. 

 (265 Whitford) May. On damp rocks and cliffs in forests at 800 m. British 

 India and Malaya to New Guinea. 



2. CENTELLA Linn. 



1. C. asiatica (Linn.) Lib. Hydrocotyle asiatica Linn.; Clarke 1. c. 669. 

 (2302 Merrill) October. In dry thickets below 100 m., widely distributed in 

 the Philippines. Tropical and subtropical regions. 



