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which it greatly resembles, but distinguishable by its leaves being truncate- 

 cordate at the base. Its leaf-form is somewhat similar to that of C. cinerea 

 Turcz., and C. grewiaefolia Vent., but these two species are at once distin- 

 guished by their pubescence. G. truncata Bl., is also apparently closely 

 allied. 



ARALIACEAE 



BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms 

 BOERLAGIODENDRON HETEROPHYLLUM sp. nov. 



Arbor erecta, ramosa, circiter 5 m alta, glabra; foliis palma- 

 tim 3- ad 7-foliolatis, foliolis valde inaequalis, oblongo-obovatis 

 vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, inferioribus vix 12 cm 

 longis, superioribus usque ad 35 cm longis, acuminatis, lobatis 

 dentatisque, basi sensim angustatis ; umbellis densis, floribus sub- 

 capitato-dispositis, 4-meris. 



An erect, branched tree about 5 m high, glabrous, the trunk 

 about 8 cm in diameter. Leaves chartaceous, palmately 3- to 

 7-foliolate, or sometimes some of the leaves very deeply 3-parted, 

 the lobes extending almost to the base; leaflets very unequal in 

 size, when 5 or 7 are present the lower two usually 12 cm long 

 or less, the upper ones larger, the middle one up to 35 cm in 

 length, oblong-obovate to broadly oblong-oblanceolate, acuminate, 

 usually lyrately lobed, dentate, the lobes broadly ovate, acumi- 

 nate, the base gradually narrowed, the petiolules of the middle 

 leaflets up to 3 cm in length, of the others gradually shorter; 

 petioles 10 to 25 cm long, the basal part with four or more 

 somewhat pectinate crests. Umbels terminal, about 30 termi- 

 nating each branch, forming a dense cauliflower-like inflores- 

 cence, the peduncles 10 to 15 mm long, each with two lanceolate, 

 8 to 10 mm long bracts at the apex subtending the two lateral 

 branches. Central head of each peduncle almost sessile, sub- 

 capitate, of numerous sterile flowers, their pedicels 3 to 4 mm 

 long, the ovaries ellipsoid, about 3 mm long. Lateral two um- 

 bels about 1 cm in diameter, dense, subcapitate, their peduncles 

 8 to 10 mm long. Flowers numerous, sessile or subsessile, 

 4-merous. Petals 2 mm long. Anthers about 1 mm long. 



Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, Mount Hilong-Hilong, Weber 1126, 

 March 29, 1911, in forests, altitude about 550 m. 



A species most closely allied to Boerlagiodendron dementis Merr., of 

 Mindanao, but at once distinguished by its leaves being palmately compound. 



SCHEFFLERA Forster 



8CHEFFLERA OBOVATA sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 



Frutex epiphyticus, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis pal- 

 matim 5- ad 7-foliolatis, foliolis subcoriaceis, nitidis, obovatis. 



