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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 211 
and especially by its very short petioles. Similar in some respects to Sche/flera 
clementis Merr., of Mindanao, but with more slender branches which are not 
covered with bracts, differently shaped leaflets, and short petioles. 
Schefflera leytensis sp. nov. 
Glabra; foliis longe petiolatis, foliolis circiter 8, ellipticis vel oblongo- 
ellipticis, usque ad 14 cm longis, basi rotundatis, apice abrupte subcaudato- 
acuminatis, margine integris; floribus 5-meris, in umbellulis longe 
pedunculatis dispositis, umbellulis racemoso-dispositis ; ovario 10-loculare. 
Glabrous throughout. Stems unknown. Leaves long-petioled, the 
petioles at least 20 cm in length; leaflets about 8, elliptic or oblong- 
elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, shining on both surfaces when dry, 10 to 
14 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm wide, entire, the margins reflexed, the apex 
abruptly subcaudate-acuminate, acumen 2 cm long or less, base rounded ; 
nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, spreading, anastomosing, the 
reticulations lax; petiolules 4 to 5 cm long. Inflorescence (or partial 
inflorescence?) about 40 cm long, the rachis stout, dark-colored when 
dry, the umbels racemosely disposed, their peduncles about 4 cm long, 
about 30 on each inflorescence or branch. Flowers 5-merous, about 
25 in each umbel, their pedicels 3 to 5 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, 3 
mm long, truncate. Petals 5, oblong-ovate, about 4 mm long, coherent 
by their apices and falling as a whole. Stamens 5; filaments 4 mm long ; 
anthers 2 to 2.2 mm long. Ovary 10-celled; stigma conic, less than 1 
mm long. 
Leyte, central divide, altitude about 1,150 m, For. Bur. 16904 Rosenbluth, 
February, 1909. 
ERICACEA. 
DIPLYCOSIA Blume. 
Diplycosia parvifolia sp. nov. 
Frutex parvus epiphyticus vix 1 m altus, ramulis junioribus plus minus 
setosis; foliis coriaceis, nitidis, ellipticis vel elliptico-oblongis, basi acutis, 
apice acutis vel leviter acuminatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis, subtus glanduloso- 
punctatis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis, basi interdum obscure triplinerviis ; 
floribus paucis, axillaribus, solitariis, pedicellatis, calycis segmentis minute 
ciliatis. 
A small, epiphytic, erect shrub less than 1m high, diffusely branched, 
the branches slender, glabrous, brown, slightly striate, terete, the branch- 
lets with scattered slender, brown, more or less appressed, setose hairs. 
Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 1 to 2.5 cm long, 1 em wide 
or less, entire, the base acute, the apex acute or slightly acuminate, 
glabrous and shining when dry, but the margins of the younger leaves 
more or less ciliate-setose, the lower surface with scattered, dark-colored, 
small glands ; midrib distinct, the lateral nerves and reticulations obsolete, 
the base sometimes very obscurely triplinerved ; petioles about 2 mm long, 
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