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X, C, 8 Merrill: New Species of Schefflera "208 
Luzon, Subprovince of Ifugao, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19839 McGregor, 
February 2, 1913, altitude not indicated, but apparently from the mossy 
forest. 
A species similar and manifestly allied to Schefflera binuangensis C. B. 
Rob. but readily distinguished by its entirely glabrous panicles. 
SCHEFFLERA MULTIFLORA sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 
Frutex erectus ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque plus 
minusve furfuraceis; foliis longe petiolatis, palmatim 6- vel 7- 
foliolatis, foliolis oblongis, coriaceis, usque ad 25 cm longis, acu- 
minatis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, margine distanter serratis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 7, subtus valde prominentibus, reticulis 
laxis; paniculis terminalibus, floribus umbellatis, umbellis nu- 
merosis, racemose dispositis, racemis usque ad 50 cm longis; 
fructibus ellipsoideis vel ovoideis, in siccitate valde longitudi- 
naliter sulcatis, 6-locellatis, 4 ad 5 mm longis. 
An erect shrub or small tree 4 to 6 m high, the younger parts 
and the inflorescence rather densely furfuraceous with brownish- 
cinereous indumentum. Branches apparently stout. Leaves 
palmately 6- or 7-foliolate, the petioles stout, 30 to 40 cm long, 
brownish, glabrous, about 5 mm in diameter. Leaflets oblong, 
coriaceous, brownish-olivaceous when dry, slightly shining, 15 
to 25 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, apex rather abruptly acuminate, 
base acute, obtuse, or somewhat rounded, margins with distant, 
rather small, serrate or serrate-crenate teeth, the upper surface 
quite glabrous, the lower surface in young leaves minutely 
stellate-furfuraceous near the midrib, soon becoming quite gla- 
brous; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, very 
prominent on the lower surface, anastomosing, the basal pair 
usually ascending, the reticulations coarse, lax, prominent; petio- 
lules of the lower (outer) leaflets 2 to 2.5 cm, of the central 
ones about 5 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, the rachis stout, 
bearing numerous stout branches up to 50 cm long, of racemosely 
arranged umbels, each branch subtended by a lanceolate, coria- 
ceous, glabrous or slightly furfuraceous bract 3 to 6 cm long; 
umbels very numerous, their pedicels 1 to 2 cm long, each sub- 
tended by a lanceolate, acuminate bract 8 to 10 mm long, each 
umbel with from 15 to 25 fruits, the umbels about 2.5 cm in 
diameter, the pedicels 6 to 8 mm long, the fruits. ellipsoid to 
ovoid, 4 to 5 mm long, when dry prominently longitudinally 
suleate, 6-celled, 5- or 6-seeded. 
MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, Sumilao, Bur. Sci. 15776 Fénix, Aug- 
ust, 1912, along mountain streams, locally known as kamang-kamang; 
Mount Dilirig, Bur. Sci. 21382 Escritor, July 31, 1913. 
