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constantly in its smaller leaves which are not at all caudate-acuminate. 
It grows in dense damp thickets in limestone regions, reaching an altitude 
of at least 1,600 meters. 
SCHEFFLERA CURRANII sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. - 
Arbor glabra circiter 7 m alta; foliis palmatim 7-foliolatis, 
foliolis chartaceis, oblongis vel anguste oblongis, integris, utrin- 
que angustatis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis, usque ad 9 cm 
longis, nervis utrinque 7 vel 8, obscuris, reticulis laxis; inflores- 
centiis terminalibus, ramis primariis paucis, ad apicum ramu- 
lorum fasciculatis, usque ad 14 cm longis; fructibus 4 mm longis, 
sulcatis, 5-locellatis, umbellatis, umbellis in ramis primariis race- 
mose dispositis. 
A glabrous tree about 7 m high, the branches pale-brownish, 
terete, wrinkled, 2 to 3 mm in diameter. Leaves palmately 7- 
foliolate, the petioles slender, about 9 cm long, base inflated and 
clasping the stems. Leaflets oblong to narrowly oblong, char- 
taceous, olivaceous when dry, dull, and of about the same color: 
on both surfaces, entire, subequally narrowed to the acute base 
and to the sharply acuminate apex, the acumen short, 5 to 9 cm 
long, 2 to 2.5 cm wide; lateral nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the 
midrib, slender, not prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations 
lax; petiolules 1.5 to 3 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, the 
rachis not at all produced, consisting of 3 or 4 primary branches 
up to 14 cm in length which are fascicled at the apices of the 
branchlets. Fruits umbellate, about 4 mm long, prominently 
suleate when dry, 5-celled, ovoid in outline, the umbels race- 
mosely disposed on the primary branches, each with from 3 to 
5 fruits, the pedicels 3 mm long or less, the peduncles not ex- 
ceeding 4mm in length. The uppermost fruits on some branches 
are merely fascicled instead of umbellate. 
PALAWAN, Victoria Peak, For. Bur. 8858 Curran, March 24, 1906, on 
rocky river banks, altitude about 1,200 meters 
This species has been placed in the herbarium of the Bureau of Science 
with Schefflera caudata Merr. & Rolfe, but not so named. It somewhat 
resembles that species, but has quite different, smaller leaflets which are 
not at all caudate, and is, moreover, at once separated from that species 
by the fact that the rachis of the inflorescence is not all elongated, 
the primary branches being fascicled at the tips of the branchlets. 
SCHEFFLERA DIVARICATA sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 
Frutex ut videtur scandens, glaber; foliis palmatim 4- ad 6- 
foliolatis, foliolis oblongis, obtusis, 5 ad 7 cm longis, integris, 
exterioribus distincte inaequilateralibus; inflorescentiis usque ad 
25 em longis, divaricatis, ramulis primariis circiter 4, ad apicem 
