252 MERRILL. 



ARALIACE.i:. 



BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms. 



Boerlagiodendron luzoniense sp. nov. 



Arhusciilii 1 ad -■! iii alia: foliis paliiiatiiu .")- ad T-lohati.s, lohis dI)- 

 l()ii<,ns vol obovato-ol)loiigis, dentatis et grosse irregularittT sinuatis; uin- 

 Ix'llis plus minus dense eastan('o-])aleaceis ; Hoi'ihus 4-ineris. 



An erect slirnh 1 to ;) ni lii^^ii. Uranelies somewhat tliiekened. Ii,i;iii- 

 gray, glalirous. Jjeaves sul)meiid)i'anaceous, glabi-ous, snhorbieular in out- 

 line, 15 to 25 em long, ])almately 5- to 7-lobed, truncate or cordate at 

 the base, the lobes ohiong to obovate-ohlong, reaching to within '■) or 4 

 cm ot the base, 5 to 7 em wide, mneli narrowed below, apex short- 

 acuminate, margins irregularly dentate and each lobe with two or three 

 lol)uh'S. the h)l)ules- ovate or oblong-ovato, acuminate, 2 to 5 cm long, 

 their sinuses round; petioles 10 to 30 cm long, rather slender, the basal 

 ])ortion with from 3 to 7 strong crests, their margins rarely slightly 

 pectinate. Umbels terminal, compound, the peduncles 20 to 30, the 

 whole inflorescence beset with numerous, dark-brown, narrow, paleaceous 

 scales, the peduncles 2 to 3 cm long, subtended by numerous 1 cm long 

 basal bracts, these bracts oblong, their margins somewhat fimbriate and 

 their backs covered with narrow, brown, paleaceous scales, each peduncle 

 bearing three branches, the middle one very short, the lateral ones 2.5 to 

 3 cm long, the bracts at the apex of the common peduncle and at the upper 

 two-thirds of the lateral branches similar to the basal ones but smaller. 

 Lateral heads about 1 cm in diameter, densely many-flowered, the flowers 

 perfect, yellow, sessile, and subtended by numei-ous, dark-brown, chaffy 

 Ijracteoles which are fimbriate and covered with setose scales. Calyx 

 glabrous, obovoid, truncate, 2.5 to 3 mm long, 1.5 to 2 mm thick. Petals 

 4, ovate-elliptical, glabrous, rniit(M| in bud. about 3 mm long, 2 mm 

 wide. Stamens 4 ; anthers 1.5 mm long. Ovary 4-celled. Middle heads 

 subsessile, the flowers sterile, pedicellate, the jiedicels 5 to 6 mm long, 

 the flowers glabrous, purplish, globose. 5 to (i mm in diameter, 2-celled, 

 ran4y 3-celled. 



].iUZON, Province of IJciiffiu't, l'.;i;iiiii). lihiicr 'jH.iS, Mart-li, 1!H)4; ^yillifll)ls 

 It.i.i, .July, 1004; For. Bur. .WSS Cinnni. Au<iust. li)0(i; liur. Sri. 272!> Mrarn.><, 

 April, 1007. 



A s[)('ci('s r('cogiiizal)lc l>y its 4-iiicious lldwcrs ami daik-lnnw ii. densely palea- 

 (•(■<iiis indoresecnee, the speeinieiis ciled distrilmted as li. piilclnrri iniiin (N'id.) 

 Harms. , to wliiidi sjn-eies tliey do not x'cm to Im- idoxdy allied. 



Boerlagiodendron camigulnense sp. nov. 



hilTcrt a piaecedente I'oliis 3-5-lohalis. lohis iioii sinuatis. us(|U(' 

 iid dimidiati [lartcm hiiiiiuac al 1 iiigcnt iluis, hasi \i.\ aiiguslatis: lloi'ilius 

 3-meris. 



Verv simibir to the jircccijing, the inllorescciicc with the same dense 



