210 MERRILL. 



oblojjg or narrowly obovate-oblong, firmly coriaceous, yellowish and 

 shining when dry, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, the apex broadly 

 and obtusely acuminate, the base subacute, margins recurved; lateral 

 nerves not distinct, about 25 on each side of the midrib, nearly obsolete 

 beneath. Flowers unknown. Fruit axillary, solitary or fascicled, sub- 

 globose, 1 to ].o cm in diameter, their ])eduncles ;5 to 4 mm long, 2-celled, 

 2-seeded. 



Luzon, Province of Camaiines, Mambulao, For. Bur. lS73Jf Darling, April 6, 

 1910, in forests, altitude about 100 m, locally known as mad-adignay. 



A strongly characterized species, probably most closely allied to Memecylon 

 wightii Thwaites of India and Ceylon. 



ARALIACE^. 



SCHEFFLERA Forst. 



Schefflera brevipes sp. nov. 



Glabra, inflorescentiis sparse puberulis exceptis; foliolis circiter 7, vel 

 foliorum superiorum 3, oblongis, eoriaceis, integris, apice subrotundatis, 

 usque ad 20 longis; petiolo vix 1 cm longo; paniculis terminalibus, ra-mis 

 I'acemoso-dispositis inferioribus usque ad 30 cm longis; umbellulis race- 

 moso-dispositis, breviter pedunculatis, 8- ad 12-floris; floribus breviter 

 pedicellatis, 5-meris. 



A glabrous, erect or subscandent shrub. Branches rather stout, the 

 ultimate ones about 1 cm in diameter, glabrous. Leaves alternate, tlie 

 petioles stout, ver}^ short, on the material available none exceeding 1 cm 

 in length, inflated and clasping at the base; leaflets about 7, in the 

 uppermost leaves sometimes only 3, oblong, coriaceous, 15 to 20 cm long, 

 6.5 to 8 cm wide, entire, iipper surface shining, the lower dull, the apex 

 mostly broad and rounded, rarely broadly and obtusely acuminate, the 

 base acute or somewhat decurrent-acuminate : lateral nerves about 20, 

 distinct, anastomosing, not much moi-e prominent than are the secondary 

 ones and the primary reticulations; petiolules 5 to 8 cm long. Panicles 

 terminal, the common rachis about 30 cm long, all parts slightly pul)er- 

 ulent, becoming glabrous or neai'ly so, the branches alternate, spreading 

 or ascending, the lower ones 30 cm long. Umbels numerous, mostly 

 scattered, racemosely arranged along the primaiy branches, each with 

 from 8 to 12 flowers, the peduncles 3 to 4 mm long, pulierulent, the 

 pedicels usually about 2 mm long. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx ol)conic, 

 truncate, about 2 mm long and the same diameter at the apex. IVtals 

 5.2 mm long, l)ase 2 mm wide, cohering by their apices and falling as a 

 whole. Stamens 5; filaments 2.5 mm long: anthers 1 mm long. Ovary 

 5-cellcd. 



Luzon, Province of Jsabola, Caltojan River, For. Bur. 18>5Jf5 Alriarez. March '21, 

 1909. 



A species well characterized by its oblonj^, coriaceous, ample, entire leaflets, 



