251 .Mi;uKiLi>. 



the l)riiin-lic's. paliiiati'ly cut into 1 t<> (I linear segments wliieli are free 

 to tlie liase, tliese segments glalnous, sul)ineml)ranaeeous, 15 to 20 cm long, 

 1 to 1.5 cm wide, narrowed al)()ve to the acuminate apex, the base 

 narrowly deenncnt. tlie deciiri-ent |)arts so narrow that the segments 

 apjjear to be petiolulate. tliis portion 1 to l.o cm long, margins irregu- 

 hii'ly and slightly rcpand. the tet'lii minute, distant: uerves numerous, 

 spreading; [tctiolcs I to (I cm long, the base with 'i or 3 })rominent 

 crests. rud)cls compound, witli lew. dark-brown, (imbriate scales, the 

 ])eduncles aI)out 10. 'i cm l(»ng. biactcatc at tlie base and apex, each bearing 

 at its ai)ex a short-pcdundcd cciili'al head and two lateral branches, the 

 centi-al head comjjoscd of niinici-oiis. dark-hiow n. limlirialc-lacci-nte 

 bracJcolcs (sterile llowei's fallen), the lateral hi'aiU'hes about ."> ciii long, 

 with a pair of lii-acts at about the middle, each bearing a terminal head 

 of perfect flowers 1 cm in diameter or less, these heads also with 

 numerous dark-brown laceiate-find)riate l)racteoles. Flowers sessile. 

 Calyx more or less fniinel-sliaped. ti'Uticate, about 'i mm long. 1 mm in 

 diameter. I'etals and stamens not seen. ()\ary .-)-celled. I''i-iiit ovoid, 

 5-ri(lged, o-ceiled, about ;J mm long. 



Li'ZOX, Province of Paiijiiisin-aii. liiir. Nr/. JiH.'t.i L'umos. Dcccinlici-, I'.inT. 

 A iiKist cliaracteristic speeies. ;it oiicc iccojiiiizahlc l).\ its 4 lo (i linear M't;iiiriil> 

 wliirli arc uliiKist distinct cnonyii tn lie consideicil as leallets. 



Boerlagiodendron pulcherrimum {N'idali jiainis in Enjii. &• I'rantI Nat. 

 niaiizfufam. S" (1!)04) 32. 



<)s))io.ri/lo)i piilcIirrriiHiiiii N'idal Siiiojisis Atlas ]S (JSS."]) /. .7.7./. /;. 



This is an iiniieifect ly known species, the typi^ l)eing no lonfjei- extant. The 

 material on wliiili it was l)as('(l was fi-oin lUnanjionan de Laiii|)()n, Province of 

 i'rincipc, Luzon, and the (lescri])tion states tliat it is a plant witii di<,qtatoly 

 7- to !J-loijC'd leaves, the lamina heinj; 1 m ion<i and the petioles 40 to 50 cm loiijf. 

 l'li(^ fljiiiri! shows 5-meroiis [lowers, with the central liead of sterile llowei's 

 sti'onjrly peduncled. It is (|()iil)tless allied to liovrUiiiiodcHil nni m i nddiniciisc above 

 descrihed, hut is (piite difreicnt from that species both in its lea\('s and in its 

 pe(lnticled central hejuls. A full description of the sjiecicN can not lie wiitten 

 until it is a;iain discovered. 



SCHEFFLERA Forst. 



Schefflera foxworthyi >|i. no\ . 



(ilabra: lnliis 't-foliolat is, foliolis (i\ato-lanceolat is \cl oblongodan- 

 ceojatis, apice sensim aciimimilis. Iiasi cuneatis. maigiiie intt'gris, 

 revolutis: inilorescent iis terminalibiis. lamis clongatis, rliacliiililuis bre- 

 vibiis; lloribus .')-meri> in indiellidis paiuilloris dispositis. 



Scanilciit. glaliidus t liMuiglioiil . except sdim. pjuis <if llic inlloresceiice, 

 branches light-gray, s(»mewha.t thickeuiMl. I..eaves 7-l'oliolate, the peti- 

 oles 10 cm long, the stipide clasping; leallets ovate-lanceolale in ohlong- 

 lanceolate, siibcoriaceoiis. dull. !• to II cm long. .'! lo .'i cm wide, apex 

 graduidly aciniiin<ite, iiciimen sharp, base cuneate, margins entire, revo- 

 hite; primary lateral nerves 5 or (i on each side ol' the nndi'ib, irregular, 



