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oblong or narrowly obovate-oblong, firmly coriaceous, yellowish and 
shining when dry, 8 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, the apex broadly 
and obtusely acuminate, the base subacute, margins recurved; lateral 
nerves not distinct, about 25 on each side of the midrib, nearly obsolete 
beneath. Flowers unknown. Fruit axillary, solitary or fascicled, sub- 
globose, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, their peduncles 3 to 4 mm long, 2-celled, 
2-seeded. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mambulao, For, Bur. 18734 Darling, April 6, 
1910, in forests, altitude about 100 m, locally known as madadignay. 
A strongly characterized species, probably most closely allied to Memecylon 
wightii Thwaites of India and Ceylon. 
ARALIACEAE. 
SCHEFFLERA Forst. 
Schefflera brevipes sp. nov. 
Glabra, inflorescentiis sparse puberulis exceptis; foliolis circiter 7, vel 
foliorum superiorum 3, oblongis, coriaceis, integris, apice subrotundatis, 
usque ad 20 longis; petiolo vix 1 cm longo; paniculis terminalibus, ramis 
racemoso-dispositis inferioribus usque ad 30 em longis; umbellulis race- 
moso-dispositis, breviter pedunculatis, 8- ad 12-floris; floribus breviter 
pedicellatis, 5-meris. 
A glabrous, erect or subscandent shrub. Branches rather stout, the 
ultimate ones about 1 cm in diameter, glabrous. Leaves alternate, the 
petioles stout, very short, on the material available none exceeding 1 cm 
in length, inflated and clasping at the base; leaflets about 7, in the 
uppermost leaves sometimes only 3, oblong, coriaceous, 15 to 20 em long, 
6.5 to 8 cm wide, entire, upper surface shining, the lower dull, the apex 
mostly broad and rounded, rarely broadly and obtusely acuminate, the 
base acute or somewhat decurrent-acuminate; lateral nerves about 20, 
distinct, anastomosing, not much more prominent than are the secondary 
ones and the primary reticulations; petiolules 5 to 8 em long. Panicles 
terminal, the common rachis about 30 cm long, all parts slightly puber- 
ulent, becoming glabrous or nearly so, the branches alternate, spreading 
or ascending, the lower ones 30 cm long. Umbels numerous, mostly 
scattered, racemosely arranged along the primary branches, each with 
from 8 to 12 flowers, the peduncles 3 to 4 mm long, puberulent, the 
pedicels usually about 2 mm long. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx obconic, 
truncate, about 2 mm long and the same diameter at the apex. Petals 
5.2 mm long, base 2 mm wide, cohering by their apices and falling as a 
whole. Stamens 5; filaments 2.5 mm long; anthers 1 mm long. Ovary 
5-celled. 
Luzon, Province of Isabela, Cabojan River, Yor. Bur. 18545 Alvarez, March 21, 
1909. 
A species well characterized by its oblong, coriaceous, ample, entire leaflets, 
