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brown stellate-tomentose indumentum on the inflorescences; the 
globose, nonsulcate, short-pedicelled, crowded fruits; and the 
very long petioles are characteristic. 
SCHEFFLERA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis brunneo-tomentosis; foliis 
5-foliolatis, late oblongo-ovatis, integris, usque ad 34 ecm longis 
et 17 cm latis, apice abrupte acuminatis; inflorescentiis termina- 
libus, ramis primariis circiter 12, usque ad 40 cm longis, racemose 
dispositis; floribus minutis, 5-meris, numerosis, confertis, um- 
bellulis globosis, circiter 6 mm diametro, valde numerosis, race- ‘ 
mose dispositis, pedunculis 5 ad 10 mm longis. 
A vine, glabrous except the rather densely brown-tomentose 
inflorescence, the indumentum obscurely stellate, the ultimate 
branches about 1 cm in diameter. Leaves palmately 5-foliolate, 
their petioles about 15 cm long; leaflets broadly oblong-ovate, 
coriaceous, entire, 30 to 34 cm long, 15 to 17 cm wide, the upper 
surface olivaceous, shining, the lower somewhat brownish when 
dry, the base broadly rounded, the apex rather abruptly acumi- 
nate, the acumen up to 2 cm in length; lateral nerves about 25 
on each side of the midrib, distinct as are the reticulations; 
petiolules stout, 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, the 
rachis stout, up to 8 cm long, bearing about 12 elongated, race- 
mosely arranged, primary branches up to 40 cm in length, the 
subtending bracts oblong-ovate, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 
minute, white, 5-merous, crowded in globose umbels about 6 mm 
in diameter, 30 to 40 flowers in an umbel, the umbels racemosely 
arranged on the primary branches, abaut 75 on each branch, their 
peduncles 5 to 10 mm long; pedicels 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx 
pubescent, turbinate, truncate, about 1.2 mm long. Petals 5, 
oblong-ovate, 1.2 mm long. 
PANAY, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 30897 Ramos & 
Edano, April 17, 1918, on tree trunks in forests along streams. 
This species has an indumentum similar to that of Schefflera 
globosa Merr. and is manifestly allied to that species, from which 
it differs radically in its much larger, wider leaflets; in the nu- 
merous, elongated, primary branches of the inflorescence; and 
in its very numerous, densely many-flowered, longer-peduncled 
umbels. Both species apparently belong in the group with 
Schefflera clementis Merr. 
SCHEFFLERA SANTOSII sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 
Frutex scandens (vel erectus ?), glaber, ramis in siccitate 
rugosis; foliis 3- ad 5-foliolatis, brevissime petiolatis, petiolo 
1 ad 2 cm longo; foliolis subcoriaceis, in siccitate olivaceis, nitidis, 
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