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about 4 mm long. Calyx small, less than 2 mm in diameter. 
Petals 5, oblong-ovate, about 2.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, blunt, 
inflexed-keeled at the apex inside. Anthers about 1.5 mm long. 
Fruit 4 to 5 mm long,-.about 2.5 mm in diameter, oblong, longi- 
tudinally 5-suleate, apparently somewhat fleshy when fresh, 
brown when dry. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Isarog, Bur. Sci. 20062 Ramos, 
November 8, 1918, on forested slopes. 
Probably most closely allied to Schefflera obovata Merr., but with quite 
different leaflets. 
SCHEFFLERA CRASSIFOLIA sp. nov. § Euschefflera. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis palmatis, foliolis 6, oblongis, 
coriaceis, nitidis, acuminatis, usque ad 18 cm longis, subtus palli- 
dis, nervis reticulisque valde prominentibus; racemis 3 ad 6 in 
ramulis junioribus plus minusve confertis, usque ad 35 cm longis; 
floribus fasciculatis vel solitariis, pedicellatis, 5-meris; fructibus 
ellipsoideis, longitudinaliter 5-sulcatis, 5 ad 6 mm longis. 
A scandent shrub, quite glabrous, or the very young parts 
sometimes slightly furfuraceous. Branches terete, lightly-gray, 
striate or wrinkled when dry. Leaves palmately compound, 
scattered, their petioles 5 to 10 cm long, inflated at the base, 
clasping the stem. Leaflets 6, oblong, thickly coriaceous, 10 to 
18 cm long, 3.5 to 7 cm long, entire, the base rounded to subacute, 
apex rather abruptly and prominently acuminate, the acumen 
straight or somewhat falcate blunt, up to 2 em long; upper sur- 
face olivaceous, prominently shining, the veins and reticulations 
distinct, the lower surface pale, grayish-yellow, the veins and 
reticulations very prominent, the lateral nerves about 10 on each 
side of the midrib, spreading, anastomosing; petiolules about 3 
em long. Inflorescence terminal, the racemes 8 to 6, arranged 
near the apices of the branchlets, the individual racemes up to 
35 cm long, dark-brown when dry. Flowers numerous, fascicled 
and solitary along the racemes, their pedicels 3 to 4 mm long. 
Fruits apparently somewhat fleshy, when dry brown, ellipsoid, 
5 to 6 mm long, about 4.5 mm in diameter, longitudinally 
5-celled. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Sagnay, on trees in damp forests, Bur. 
Sci. 22152 Ramos, December 15, 1913 (type): Province of Albay, Adumoy 
hills, For. Bur. 12884 Curran, June, 1908, locally known as caranglang. 
A species well characterized by its palmately 6-foliolate leaves, the leaflets 
very thick and with prominent nerves and reticulations, and its elongated 
racemes which are somewhat crowded at the apices of the branchlets. Its 
alliance seems to be with Schefflera clementis Merr., but the flowers are 
all in strict racemes, not in racemosely arranged umbels. 
