x, 38 Merrill: New Species of Schefflera 205 
longis, nervis utrinque circiter 6, distinctis, reticulis prominen- 
tibus; inflorescentiis terminalibus, paniculatis, ramis primariis 
numerosis, usque ad 12 cm longis, cinereo-pubescentibus; fruc- 
tibus 3- vel 4-locellatis, 5 mm longis, umbellatis, umbellis breviter 
pedunculatis, in ramis primariis racemose dispositis. 
A suberect shrub, apparently starting as an epiphyte, 3 to 4 
m high. Branches terete, grayish-brown, wrinkled when dry, 
8 to 10 mm in diameter. Leaves palmately 7- or 8-foliolate, 
their petioles 18 to 15 cm long, base expanded and clasping the 
stems; leaflets oblong-elliptic, subcoriaceous, rather pale when 
dry, dull, entire, subequally narrowed to the acute base and to 
the sharply acuminate apex, 7 to 12 cm long, 2.5 to 5.5 cm wide; 
lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct, 
the reticulations evident on the lower surface; petiolules 2 to 
5 em long. Panicles terminal, about 12 cm long, rather uni- 
formly cinereous-pubescent with short hairs, the rachis about 
5 em long, the branches numerous, alternate, spreading, the 
lower ones up to 12 cmin length. Flowers umbellate, apparently 
3- and 4-merous, few in each umbel, the umbels racemosely 
arranged on the primary branches, short-peduncled. Fruits 
pale-yellow, fleshy, when dry about 5 mm long, more or less 
longitudinally sulcate, 3- or 4-celled, 3 to 5 in each umbel, the 
pedicels about 2 mm long, pubescent, the peduncles of the umbels 
4 mm long or less. 
PALAWAN, Taytay, in thickets bordering open grasslands at sea level, 
Merrill 9221, April 20, 1913. 
Probably as closely allied to Schefflera venulosa Harms as to any other 
species, distinguished by its 8- and 4-celled fruits, its dense, pubescent 
panicles, short peduncles and pedicels. 
