NEW OU NOTEWOKTIIV I'lIlI.Il'IMXE PLANTS, VI. ZOO 



covering" of brown, paleaceous scales. Lca\es pahnately 3- to S-lobed, 

 15 to '^0 cm long, subcoriaceoiis, glabroiiS;, tlie base truncate or rounded, 

 the lobes oblong, acuminate, coarsely apiculatc-dentate but not sinuate 

 and but slightly or not at all uanowcd below, reaching io about the 

 middle of the leaf. Infloi-escence similar to that of Boerla<jiodeiidroit 

 iuzoniensc, the perfect and sterile llowers much the same but the former 

 Avith only three petals and three stamens, the ovai'y o-celled. 



C'AMltJL'lN, (BabuyaiR's Islands) liiir. Sci. .'il-i') Frui-r. .Tuly, 1!I07. a slinil) 1 

 (() ] .5 111 liigli, on slopes aluiisj trails. 



Boerlagiodendron pectinatum s|i. iiov. 



Arbor parva, glabra; foliis coriaci'is, circiter 25 ciu longis, us(|ue ad 

 medium 2>almatim 5-lobatis, petiolis ad basin seiiatim manicato-cristatis, 

 cristulis margine valde pectinatis; inflorescentiis glabris, ramulis omni- 

 bus aequalibus; fioribus 5-nieris. 



A tree 7 to 8 m high, the branches glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 

 suborbieular in outline, about 25 cm long, Ijase subtruncate, pahnately 

 5-lobed, lobes reaching to aliout the middle of the lamina, oblong-ovate, 

 acuminate, margins coarsely dentate, the sinuses narrow, obtuse at the 

 base; petioles 13 to 15 cm long the base with a series of 3 or 4 crests 

 which are strongly pectinate, their divisions being 6 to 10 mm long. 

 Umbels compound, glabrous, primary branches about 25, subtended by 

 numerous, coriaceous, ovate bracts about 3 mm long, the peduncles 1.5 

 to 2 cm long, each peduncle with a pair of narrowly ovate, acuminate 

 bracts at the apex, each peduncle tripartite at the apex, its l)ranches 

 equal, or subequal, 1 to 1.5 cm long, the two lateral branches bearing 

 heads of perfect flowers, the middle one with sterile flowers only; lateral 

 heads 6 to 8 mm in diameter, densely many-flowered, flowers sessile, 

 the basal bracteoles ovate, 1 to 1.5 mm long, their margins slightly 

 fimbriate. Calyx oblong, truncate, 2 mm long, 1 mm thick, glabrous, 

 slightly angular. Petals 5, oblong-ovate, in bud 2 mm long. Stamens 

 5 ; anthers 1 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. Flowers in the middle heads 

 all pedicelled, pedicels 5 mm long, the flowers 3 mm long, their ovaries 

 3-celled. 



Batax (Batanes Islands), Mount Iraj'a, Bur. Sci. Silo Fenix, June, 1907. 



A species readily recognizable by its coriaceous leaves which are palmately 

 lobed to the middle, the base of the petioles furnished with strongly pectinate 

 crests, its 5-merous flowers and the secondary branches of the umbels being of 

 the same length in botli the lateral and middle heads. 



Boerlagiodendron lineare sp. nov. 



Arbuscula ca. 3 m alta ; foliis usque ad basin palmatim -l-G-divisis, 

 lobis linearibus, 15 ad 20 cm longis, 1 ad 1.5 cm latis, basi attenuatis; 

 floribus 5-meris. 



An erect shrub about ;> m high, the stems light-gray, glabrous, 

 shining, somewhat scurfy at the tips. Leaves crowded at the apices of 



