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and especially by its very short petioles. Similar in some respects to >Sohefp.era 

 dementis Merr., of Mindanao, but with more slender branches which are not. 

 covered with bracts, differently shaped leaflets, and short petioles. 



Schefflera leytensis sp. nov. 



Glabra; foliis loiige petiolatis, foliolis cireiter 8, ellipticis vel oblongo- 

 ellipticis, usque ad 14 cm longig, basi rotimdatis, apice abrupte subcaudato- 

 acuminatis, margine integris; floribus 5-meris^ in umbellulis longe 

 pedunculatis dispositis, umbellulis racemoso-dispositis ; ovario lO-loculare. 



Glabrous throughout. Stems unknown. Leaves long-petioled, the 

 petioles at least 20 cm in length; leaflets about 8, elliptic or oblong- 

 elliptic^ coriaceous^ glabrous, shining on both surfaces when dry, 10 to 

 14 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm wide, entire, the margins reflexed, the apex 

 abruptly subcaudate-acuminate, acumen 2 cm long or less, base rounded; 

 nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, spreading, anastomosing, the 

 reticulations lax; petiolules 4 to 5 cm long. Inflorescence (or partial 

 inflorescence?) about 40 cm long, the rachis stout, dark-colored when 

 dry, the umbels racemosely disposed, their peduncles about 4 cm long, 

 about 30 on each inflorescence or branch. Flowers 5-merous, about 

 25 in each umbel, their pedicels 3 to 5 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, 3 

 mm long, truncate. Petals 5, oblong-ovate, about 4 mm long, coherent 

 by their apices and falling as a whole. Stamens 5 ; filaments 4 mm long ; 

 anthers 2 to 2.2 mm long. Ovary 10-celled; stigma conic, less than 1 

 mm long. 



Leyte, central divide, altitude about 1,150 m, For. Bur. IGBO'i Rosenhluth, 

 February, 1909. 



ERICACE^. 



DIPLYCOSIA Blume. 



Diplycosia parvifolia sp. nov. 



Frutex parvus epiphyticus vix 1 m alius, ramulis junioribus plus minus 

 setosis; foliis coriaceis, nitidis, ellipticis vel elliptico-oblongis, basi acutis, 

 apice acutis vel leviter acuminatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis, subtus glanduloso- 

 punctatis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis, basi interdum obscure triplinerviis ; 

 floribus paucis, axillaribus, solitariis, pedicellatis, calycis segmentis minute 

 ciliatis. 



A small, epiphytic, erect shrub less than 1 m high, diffusely branched, 

 the brandies slender, glabrous, brown, slightly striate, terete, the branch- 

 lets with scattered slender, brown, more or less appressed, setose hairs. 

 Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 1 to 2.5 cm long, 1 em wide 

 or less, entire, the base acute, the apex acute or slightly acuminate, 

 glabrous and shining when dry, but the margins of the younger leaves 

 more or less ciliate-setose, the lower surface with scattered, dark-colored, 

 small glands ; midrib distinct, the lateral nerves and reticulations obsolete, 

 tlie base sometimes ver}^ obscurely triplinerved; petioles about 2 mm long. 



