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its lateral, rather lax, few-flowered cymes, the flowers being 

 comparatively rather large in size. ' 



EUGENIA BESUKIENSIS (Hassk.) Merr. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. 

 As. Soc. 77 (1917) 226. 

 Microjambosa besukiensia Hassk. ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. Suppl, (1861) 



311, in syn. 

 Jambosa buxifoUa Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. 1 (1858) 1086, Suppl. (1861) 

 311, non Eugenia buxifolia Willd. 



MiNDORO, Mount Calavite, Bur. Sci. 39 HO Ramos, April, 1921. 

 On forested slopes, altitude about 600 meters. Borneo, Bangka. 



The specimens exactly match our comprehensive series of 

 specimens from Borneo and Bangka. New to the Philippines. 



ARALIACEAE 



8CHEFFLERA Forster 

 SCHEFFLERA BUKIDNONENSIS sp. nov. § Heptapleurum. 



Frutex scandens, glaber, ramulis circiter 5 mm diametro; 



foliis 8-foliolatis, foliolis subcoriaceis, lanceolatis, integris, 6 ad 

 9 cm longis, olivaceis, nitidis, caudato-acuminatis, basi cuneati8, 

 nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, tenuibus; inflorescentiis circiter 30 cm 

 longis, ramis primariis numerosis, patulis, 9 ad 18 cm longis, 

 floribus umbellatis, umbellis 6- ad 8-floris, in ramis primariis 

 racemose dispositis; floribus 5-meris, pedicellatis ; fructibus 

 subellipsoideis, 4 ad 5 mm longis, 5-locellatis, leviter sulcatis. 



A glabrous scandent shrub, the branches blackish brown when 

 dry, about 5 mm in diameter, with few lenticels. Leaves 8- 

 foliolate, their petioles about 10 cm long, rather slender; leaf- 

 lets lanceolate, entire, subcoriaceous, olivaceous, shining, 6 to 

 9 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the cau- 

 date-acuminate apex and to the cuneate base; lateral nerves 5 

 or 6 on each side of the midrib, slender; petiolules 1.5 to 2 cm 

 long. Inflorescences terminal, about 30 cm long, the primary 

 branches alternate along the greatly elongated rachis, spreading, 

 the lower ones up to 18 cm long, the upper ones gradually 

 shorter, the uppermost 7 to 9 cm long; umbels 6- to 8-flowered, 

 racemosely arranged on the primary branches, their peduncles 

 5 to 7 mm long, the pedicels 3 to 5 mm in length. Fruits sub- 

 ellipsoid, 5-celled, 4 to 5 mm long, brown when dry, slightly 

 sulcate, the filaments rather long-persistent, 2 to 3 mm long. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Candoon, Bur. Sci. 

 S8737 Ramos & Edano, June 27, 1920. Climbing on trees on 

 forested slopes at an altitude of about 1,600 meters. 



