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ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, breviter acuminatis, integris, 6 ad 
9 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, perspicuis; inflorescentiis 
terminalibus, rhachibus elongatis, ramis primariis 4 ad 8, race- 
mose dispositis, usque ad 20 cm longis; umbellis distantibus, 
racemose dispositis, 8- ad 12-floris; floribus parvis, 5-meris. 
A scandent (or erect ?), glabrous shrub, 3 to 4 m in length, 
the branches grayish, when dry wrinkled, the ultimate ones 5mm 
in diameter or less. Leaves 3- to 5-foliolate, their petioles rela- 
tively short, 1 to 2 cm long, inflated and clasping at the base. 
Leaflets subcoriaceous, entire, olivaceous, shining, elliptic to 
oblong-elliptic, 6 to 9 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, subequally nar- 
rowed to the acute base and to the shortly acuminate apex; 
petiolules 5 to 20 mm long; lateral nerves about 12 on each side 
of the midrib, distinct and somewhat projecting on the lower 
surface, anastomosing, spreading-ascending, the reticulations lax, 
distinct. Inflorescence terminal, the rachis 5 to 7 cm longy the 
primary branches 4 to 8, racemosely disposed, alternate, up to 
20 cm in length. Umbels racemosely arranged on the primary 
branches, 8- to 12-flowered, their peduncles up to 12 mm in 
length, the pedicels 1 to 4 mm long. Flowers 5-merous, white or 
purplish, calyx about 2 mm in diameter. Petals 5, oblong-ovate, 
2 mm long. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sct. 31722 Santos, 
June 1, 1918, in thickets near streams, altitude about 2,000 
meters. 
This species is well characterized by its very short-petioled 
leaves, in this character resembling Schefflera brevipes Merr., but 
differing radically from that species in its much fewer and 
smaller leaflets. . 
SCHEFFLERA PANAYENSIS sp. nov. § Cephaloschefflera. 
Arbor, partibus junioribus plus minusve furfuraceis, foliis 
junioribus dense stellato-tomentosis, cito glaberrimis, ramis in- 
crassatis; foliis 10- ad 12-foliolate, longissime petiolatis, foliolis 
coriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 17 cm longis, tenuiter caudato-acu- 
minatis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, perspicuis; capitulis racemose 
dispositis, globosis, immaturis 1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, fructibus 
sulcatis, 5-locellatis. 
A tree, about 5 m high, the very young parts densely furfura- 
ceous, the very young leaves densely stellate-tomentose, soon 
becoming entirely glabrous. Ultimate branches about 1.5 cm 
in diameter, rugose, marked with very large petiolar scars. 
Leaves 10- to 12-foliolate, their petioles about 25 cm long; leafiets 
oblong, coriaceous, shining, 10 to 17 cm long, 3 to 3.5 cm wide, 
