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integris, basi angustatis, acutis, apice abrupte caudatis, nervis 

 primariis utrinque 5 vel 6, quam secondariis reticulisque baud 

 magis distinctis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, racemis circiter 8, 

 racemose dispositis, circiter 15 cm longis, fructibus 5-locellatis, 

 An epiphytic shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branches terete, grayish, striate when dry. Leaves alternate, 

 their petioles 6 to 7 cm long, inflated and clasping at the base, 

 the leaflets 5 to 7, palmately arranged ; leaflets obovate, subcori- 

 aceous, 5 to 8 cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, entire, narrowed gradually 

 to the acute or cuneate base, the apex abruptly and prominently 

 acuminate, the acumen stout, 5 to 8 mm long, acute, the upper 

 surface shining, the lower dull, of about the same color; lateral 

 nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, the basal ones sharply 

 ascending, distinct but not more prominent than are the second- 

 ary ones and the reticulations, all equally prominent on both 

 surfaces; petiolules 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, those of the outer leaflets 

 somewhat shorter than of the middle ones. Inflorescence ter- 

 minal, sparingly furfuraceous-pubescent with short pale hairs, 

 the rachis short, about 2 cm long, stout. Racemes usually about 

 8, 12 to 15 cm long, bearing numerous fascicled fruits, the pedi- 

 cels slender, 3 to 4 mm long, usually 2 or 3 fruits in each fascicle. 

 Fruits reddish-yellow when fresh, glabrous, ellipsoid, when dry 

 prominently longitudinally 5-sulcate, 5-celled, crowned by the 5, 

 round, sessile stigmas. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, Dahican, Phil. PL 1108 Ramos, September 

 27, 1912. 



A species manifestly allied to Schefflera caxidaia Vid. {S. acuminatissima 

 Merr.) from which it differs especially in its quite differentially shaped, 

 much smaller leaves. 



Additional material from the same province (Bur. Sci. 10001, 10973 

 Ramos), the specimens in flower, is very similar to the species above de- 

 scribed, but in both the flowers are in racemosely disposed umbels, while 

 in the type of S. ohovata the flowers are merely fascicled, not at all 

 umbellate. 



SCHEFFLERA DEMESAE sp. nov. § Euschefflera. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis alternis, palmatim 5-foliolatis, 

 foliolis chartaceis, usque ad 24 cm longis, integris, nitidis, apice 

 breviter acuminatis, basi rotundatis, nervis tenuibus, utrinque 

 usque ad 25, petiolulis valde inaequalibus; inflorescentiis termi- 

 nalibus, pedunculatis, floribus 5-meris, racemosis, racemis elon- 

 gatis, subumbellatim dispositis. 



A scandent glabrous shrub, the stem reaching a diameter of 

 about 3 cm, purplish, the ultimate branches terete, about 5 mm 

 in diameter, striate when dry, grayish or brownish. Leaves 



