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SCHEFFLERA PAPUANA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis 4 mm. crassus. Foliorum petioli teretes, 14 cm. longi, basi paulo dilatati, 
villosi ; petioluli (basales) 1 cm., (centralis) 4 cm. longi; foliola 5-6, valde inequalia, 
elliptica, cuspidata, tenuiter coriacea, 5-11 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, nervis 6-paribus. 
Panicule 1-2, 6-10 em. longs, simplices, rachi furfuracea, umbellis 9-11, pedun- 
culis 1-12 cm. longis. Bractee ad fasciculos pilorum reducte. Flores 15-16 in 
quaque umbella, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Petala ovata, acuta, 1 mm. longa. 
Stamina 4, filamentis ultra marginem undulatum ovarii productis. Ovarium 
1:2 mm. longum, campanulatum, costatum. Stylus longiusculus, cylindricus. 
Camps III to VIII and VI c, 2500 to 5500 ft. 
Allied to S. stylosa, but with elliptic leaves with a blunt base and no lanceolate bracts 
to the umbels, and a distinct undulate-margined disc. The styles are shorter. The 
leaves are entire, but in one specimen show signs of toothing. The floral bracts are 
lanceolate and acuminate. 
SCHEFFLERA ($ BRASSAIA) BRASSAIELLA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Foliorum petioli teretes, graciles, 18 cm. longi, basi dilatati, amplectentes; petioli 
graciles, 3:5 cm. longi; foliola coriacea, oblonga vel ovata, acuminata, basi 
rotundata, 9-11 em. longa, 5 em. lata, supra lævia nervis obscuris, subtus nervis 
tenuibus inconspicuis 4 paribus. Panicula 40 em. longa; axis 5-7 mm. crassus. 
Capitula in pedunculis validis 1:5 cm. longis, secunda, 1 cm. crassa. Calyptra 
conica, acuta, levis, 5 mm. longa. Stamina 5, filamentis crassiusculis, antheris 
oblongis. Discus conicus, sulcis pluribus. Ovariwm 5-loculare, 3 mm. longum. 
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 
This species is most closely allied to Brassaia actinophylla, R. Br., of Australia; the 
leaves, however, are very much smaller; the peduncles of the capitula stouter; the petal 
cap connate, acute, smooth and not ribbed; the filaments thicker, and like the ovary- 
cells only 5 in number. 
SCHEFFLERA OCTANDRA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis griseus. Foliorum petioli teretes, 30 cm. longi, basi incrassati; petioluli graciles, 
3-4:5 em. longi; foliola 4, membranacea, lanceolata, basi acuminata, apice sub- 
abrupte acuminata, integra, glabra, 21 cm. longa, 6:5 cm. lata, nervis 6 paribus. 
Panicula debilis, ramis 5-6 remotis turfuraceis. Bractee ad bases ramorum orte, 
 erassm, lanceolate, 1-1:5 cm. longse, squamis furfuraceis lanceolatis tectæ, apice 
setose. Umbelle sessiles vel brevissime pedicellatze, pauciflorze, 3-4-flore. Flores 
parvi, sessiles, albi vel virescenti-albi. Petala 4, oblonga, truncata, apice incurva, 
1 mm. longa. Stamina 8, filamentis brevissimis vix antheras ellipticas rotundatas 
suleatas superantibus. Ovarium obcuneatum, sessile, 4-5 loculare, 5-costatum, 
2 mm. longum. ie 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. “Flowers white or greenish white." 
A very exceptional plant in having the stamens double in number to the Ang and 
the curious small nearly sessile umbels and very short stamens. 
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