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Differt a H. racemoso quocuni adhuc confusum foliis saepe octomeris, 

 axi inflorescentiae elongata racemosa et rainis brevibus circa basin axeos 

 congestis, floribus hexameris. 



Arborea; rami robusti glabri, cicatribus foliorum conspicuis; medulla 

 Iamellata alba. Petioli basi dilatati subamplexicaules, elongati, 9-25 cm. 

 longi, glabri; lamina digitatim 5-9 (vulgo 7-9) -f oliolata ; f oliola petiolulis 

 5-20 mm. longis, oblanceolata, basi acuminata, apice caudato-attenuata, 

 supra glabra lucida, infra glaucina vel glauca, glabra ; inflorescentia in apice 

 rami hornotini terminales 20-30 cm. longa, racemosa basi ramis brevibus 

 decomposita, initio minute stellulata sed mox glabrescens. Bracteae 4-8 

 mm. longae, ovatae; bracteolae minimae vix 1 mm. longae; pedicelli 

 saepe deflexi, 4-6 mm. longi; calycis tubus obovato-turbinatus, glaber, 

 2 mm. longus, stellulato-ciliatus; limbus brevis, obsolete 6-dentatus; 

 petala 6, 2 mm. longa, elongato-triangularia, intus costata, apice ungui- 

 culata; stamina 6, petalis longiora; antherae rotundatae biloculares. 

 Connectivum punctatum, non productum. Styli in columnam unicam 

 connati, 0.5-0.8 mm. longi; stigma obsolete 6-lobatum; ovarium 6- 

 loculare. Fructus 5-7 mm. longi, sphaerici, apice in stylos persistentes 

 circiter 2 mm. longos rostrati. 



Formosa: in monte Niitakayama, alt. 2000 m., T . Kawakami et U. 

 Mori, no. 1705; Tozan, G. Nakahara; in monte Arisan, G. Nakahara; 

 ibidem, E. II. Wilson, nos. 9733, 10811. 



Agalma lutchuense Nakai, sp. now 



Schefflera octophylla Ito & Matsumura in Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, xn 537 



(1899).— Matsumura, Jnd. PI. Jap. n. 2, 422 (1912).— Non Harms. 

 Heptapleurum octophyllum Forbes & Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxm. 342 



oo 8 ??}' q ™ a< ? pL e Lutchu -— Henry in Trans. As. Soc. Jap. xxiv. suppl. 



S i, o • m 1,ormos -) (1896), pro parte.— Matsumura & Hayata in Jour. 



Coll. Sci. Tokyo, xxn. 178 (Enum. PI. Formos.) (1906).— Hayata in Jour. 



Coll. feci. Tokyo, xxv. art. ix. 107 (Fl. Mont. Formos.) (1908), pro parte; 



Icon PI. Formos. n. 60 (1912).— Kanehira, Formos. Trees, 278 (1917).— 



Non Hance. 



Differt ab Agalmate octophyllo Seemann quocum adhuc confusum, 

 foliis et inflorescentia rufescenti-stellulatis, foliolis 7-10 (non 5-8), pani- 

 culis dilatatis. 



Arbor magna; truncus diametro usque 1 m.; cortex fuscescens; rami 

 robusti lucidi; medulla solida. Petioli 10-15 cm. longi, basi dilatati 

 amplexicaules, glabri; f oliola 7-11 (vulgo 8-11), omnia longe petiolulata, 

 oblanceolata vel lineari-oblonga vel elliptica, integra rarius sinuata, basi 

 acuta vel attenuata apice acuminatissima, supra primo sparsim minute 

 stellulata sed glabrescentia, opaca, subtus rufescenti-stellulata, 3-25 cm. 

 longa, rosularum saepe paucidentata vel sinuata; petioluli 1-11 cm. longi. 

 Panicula ampla 10-25 cm. longa, ambitu rotundata, dense stellulata, 

 ramis inferioribus longioribus; calycis tubus obovatus sparsim stellulatus 

 1.5 mm. longus, limbus brevissimus obsolete 5-dentatus; petala 5, viridia, 

 patentia, 2 mm. longa, triangularia, intus supra medium costata, apice 

 unguiculata; stamina 5, patentia, 5 mm. longa; antherae subrotundae; 



