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brown stellate-tomentose indumentum on the inflorescences; the 

 globose, nonsulcate, short-pedicelled, crowded fruits; and the 

 very long petioles are characteristic. 



SCHEFFLERA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis brunneo-tomentosis ; foliis 

 5-foliolatis, late oblongo-ovatis, integris, usque ad 34 cm longis 

 et 17 cm latis, apice abrupte acuminatis ; inflorescentiis termina- 

 libus, ramis primariis circiter 12, usque ad 40 cm longis, racemose 

 dispositis; floribus minutis, 5-meris, numerosis, confertis, um- 

 bellulis globosis, circiter 6 mm diametro, valde numerosis, race- 

 mose dispositis, pedunculis 5 ad 10 mm longis. 



A vine, glabrous except the rather densely brown-tomentose 

 inflorescence, the indumentum obscurely stellate, the ultimate 

 branches about 1 cm in diameter. Leaves palmately 5-foliolate, 

 their petioles about 15 cm long; leaflets broadly oblong-ovate, 

 coriaceous, entire, 30 to 34 cm long, 15 to 17 cm wide, the upper 

 surface olivaceous, shining, the lower someiwhat brownish when 

 dry, the base broadly rounded, the apex rather abruptly acumi- 

 nate, the acumen up to 2 cm in length; lateral nerves about 25 

 on each side of the midrib, distinct as are the reticulations; 

 petiolules stout, 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, the 

 rachis stout, up to 8 cm long, bearing about 12 elongated, race- 

 mosely arranged, primary branches up to 40 cm in length, the 

 subtending bracts oblong-ovate, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 

 minute, white, 5-merous, crowded in globose umbels about 6 mm 

 in diameter, 30 to 40 flowers in an umbel, the umbels racemosely 

 arranged on the primary branches, about 75 on each branch, their 

 peduncles 5 to 10 mm long; pedicels 1 to 2 mm long. Calyx 

 pubescent, turbinate, truncate, about 1.2 mm long. Petals 5, 

 oblong-ovate, 1.2 mm long. 



Pan AY, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 30897 Ramos & 

 Edano, April 17, 1918, on tree trunks in forests along streams. 



This species has an indumentum similar to that of Schefflera 

 globosa Merr. and is manifestly allied to that species, from which 

 it differs radically in its much larger, wider leaflets; in the nu- 

 merous, elongated, primary branches of the inflorescence; and 

 in its very numerous, densely many-flowered, longer-peduncled 

 umbels. Both species apparently belong in the group with 

 Schefflera dementis Merr. 



SCHEFFLERA SANTOSII sp. nov. § Enschefflera, Heptapleurum. 



Frutex scandens (vel erectus ?), glaber, ramis in siccitate 

 rugosis; foliis 3- ad 5-foliolatis, brevissime petiolatis, petiolo 

 1 ad 2 cm longo ; f oliolis subcoriaceis, in siccitate olivaceis, nitidis, 



