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about 4 mm long. Calyx small, less than 2 mm in diameter. 

 Petals 5, oblong-ovate, about 2.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, blunt, 

 inflexed-keeled at the apex inside. Anthers about 1.5 mm long. 

 Fruit 4 to 5 mm long, about 2.5 mm in diameter, oblong, longi- 

 tudinally 5-sulcate, apparently somewhat fleshy when fresh, 

 brown when dry. 



Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Isarog, Bur. Sci. 20062 Ratnos, 

 November 8, 1913, on forested slopes. 



Probably most closely allied to Schefflera obovata Merr., but with quite 

 different leaflets. 



SCHEFFLERA CRASSI FOLIA sp. nov. § Euschefflera. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; fohis palmatis, foliolis 6, oblongis, 

 coriaceis, nitidis, acuminatis, usque ad 18 cm longis, subtus palli- 

 dis, nervis reticulisque valde prominentibus ; racemis 3 ad 6 in 

 ramulis junioribus plus minusve confertis, usque ad 35 cm longis ; 

 floribus fasciculatis vel soHtariis, pedicellatis, 5-meris; fructibus 

 ellipsoideis, longitudinaliter 5-sulcatis, 5 ad 6 mm longis. 



A scandent shrub, quite glabrous, or the very young parts 

 sometimes slightly furfuraceous. Branches terete, lightly-gray, 

 striate or wrinkled when dry. Leaves palmately compound, 

 scattered, their petioles 5 to 10 cm long, inflated at the base, 

 clasping the stem. Leaflets 6, oblong, thickly coriaceous, 10 to 

 18 cm long, 3.5 to 7 cm long, entire, the base rounded to subacute, 

 apex rather abruptly and prominently acuminate, the acumen 

 straight or somewhat falcate blunt, up to 2 cm long ; upper sur- 

 face olivaceous, prominently shining, the veins and reticulations 

 distinct, the lower surface pale, grayish-yellow, the veins and 

 reticulations very prominent, the lateral nerves about 10 on each 

 side of the midrib, spreading, anastomosing; petiolules about 3 

 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, the racemes 3 to 6, arranged 

 near the apices of the branchlets, the individual racemes up to 

 35 cm long, dark-brown when dry. Flowers numerous, fascicled 

 and solitary along the racemes, their pedicels 3 to 4 mm long. 

 Fruits apparently somewhat fleshy, when dry brown, ellipsoid, 

 5 to 6 mm long, about 4.5 mm in diameter, longitudinally 

 5-celled. 



Luzon, Province of Camarines, Sagnay, on trees in damp forests, Bur. 

 Sci. 22152 Ramos, December 15, 1913 (type) : Province of Albay, Adumoy 

 hills. For. Bur. 12384 Curran, June, 1908, locally known as caranglang. 



A species well characterized by its palmately 6-foliolate leaves, the leaflets 

 very thick and with prominent nerves and reticulations, and its elongated 

 racemes which are somewhat crowded at the apices of the branchlets. Its 

 alliance seems to be with Schefflera dementis Merr., but the flowers are 

 all in strict racemes, not in racemosely arranged umbels. 



