318 MERRILL. 



ARALIACEAE. 



SCHEFFLERA Forst. 

 SCHEFFLERA STELLULATA sp. nov. § Heptapleuru7n. 



Arbor parva, inflorescentiis stellato-furfuraceis exceptis gla- 

 bra; foliis longe petiolatis, palmatim 6- ad 9-foliolatis, foliolis 

 subcoriaceis, oblongis, brevissime abrupte acuminatis, usque ad 

 25 cm longis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, ramis paucis, elongatis, 

 racemosis; floribus 5-meris, capitato-umbellatis, umbellis pedun- 

 culatis, racemosis. 



A small tree (fide McGregor) , glabrous except the inflorescence 

 which is minutely stellate-furfuraceous throughout with a some- 

 what brownish or grayish indumentum. Branches terete, gray, 

 marked with the annular scars of fallen petioles. Leaves pal- 

 mately 6- to 9-foliolate, their petioles about 28 cm long. Leaflets 

 oblong, subcoriaceous, somewhat shining, of about the same color 

 on both surfaces when dry, 15 to 25 cm long, 6 to 7 cm wide, 

 the apex very shortly and abruptly acuminate or merely acute, 

 the base usually rounded, sometimes subacute; primary nerves 

 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct, anastomos- 

 ing; petioles 5 to 8 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, 

 peduncled, the peduncle and rachis about 30 cm long, each 

 panicle with about 6, slender, elongated, racemosely arranged 

 primary branches 25 to 35 cm in length, all parts stellate-fur- 

 furaceous, each primary branch with about 30 peduncled, race- 

 mosely arranged subcapitate umbels, the umbels with from 15 

 to 20 flowers, the lower umbels with peduncles 10 to 12 mm in 

 length, the upper ones gradually shorter, the umbels 1 cm in 

 diameter or less. Flowers greenish-yellow, 5-merous, their 

 pedicels 1 to 1.5 mm long, in fruit up to 4 mm long. Calyx 

 funnel-shaped, subtruncate, about 2 mm in diameter. Petals 5, 

 ovate, free, acute or obtuse, 2 mm long, marked with small 

 brownish-yellow dots and dashes. Stamens 5 ; filaments slender, 

 3 to 4 mm long; anthers about 1 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. 

 Fruit turbinate, 2.5 mm in diameter, the apex convex, grayish, 

 rugose. 



Luzon, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Dupax, Bur. Sci. 11251 McGregor, 

 April 15, 1912. 



A characteristic species, distinguishable by its stellate-furfuraceous in- 

 florescence, its capitate-umbellate flowers, the umbels being racemosely dis- 

 posed on the elongated branches of the inflorescence, and by its oblong 

 leaflets. 



