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ellipticis, crasse coriaceis, 25 ad 30 cm longis, integris, breviter 

 acuminatis, basi rotundatis, supra olivaceis, nitidis, subtus cin- 

 namomeis, junioribus parce stellato-pubescentibus, vetustioribus 

 glabris, nervis utrinque circiter 12, valde perspicuis, reticulis 

 distinctis, petiolulis 6 ad 10 cm longis; inflorescentiis (vel ramis 

 primariis) crassis, circiter 80 cm longis, furfuraceis, capitulus 

 globosis, 1.5 ad 1.8 cm diametro, racemose dispositis; fructibus 

 junioribus 5 mm longis, dense adpresse-hirsutis, 5-6-sulcatis, 

 calycis limbo truncato, glabro, 3 mm diametro. 



A tree or a coarse scandent vine, the younger parts of the in- 

 florescences densely furfuraceous. Branches not seen. Petioles 

 stout, dark reddish brown when dry, about 70 cm long and J 

 cm in diameter, glabrous; leaflets about 13, oblong to oblong- 

 elliptic, thickly coriaceous, 25 to 30 cm long, 10 to 12 cm wide, 

 entire, the upper surface glabrous, shining, brownish olivaceous, 

 the lowfer surface cinnamomeus and usually with scattered short 

 stellate hairs, ultimately glabrous or nearly so, the apex shortly 

 acuminate, base rounded ; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of 

 the midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, the reticulations 

 distinct ; petiolules minutely furfuraceous, 6 to 10 cm long. In« 

 florescences (or primary branches of the inflorescences) stout^ 

 racemose, about 80 cm long, the upper parts densely furfura- 

 ceous, the indumentum pale brownish, the lower parts sparingly 

 furfuraceous, ultimately nearly glabrous, each inflorescence or 

 branch bearing about 30 racemosely arranged globose heads 1.5 

 to 1.8 cm in diameter, their peduncles furfuraceous, about 1 cm 

 long or the uppermost ones shorter, each peduncle subtended by 

 a deciduous bract, the persistent bracts on the lower part of the 

 rachis oblong-ovate, thickly coriaceous, 2.5 to 3 cm long. Fruits 

 densely crowded, about 5 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, 5- or 6- 

 celled, more or less sulcate, narrow, pale, the tube densely ap- 

 pressed-hirsute, the projecting calyx rim truncate, glabrous ; each 

 fruit subtended by a single bract and two bracteoles, the former 

 ovate, 5 mm long, the latter lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 

 about 4 mm in length. 



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

 38907 Ramos & Edano, July, 1920. In the mossy forest at an 

 altitude of about 1,700 meters. Local name kamang-kamang. 



This species resembles Schefflera apoensis Elm., but is readily 

 distinguished from it and from other more or less allied forms 

 by its very densely hirsute calyx tube, the projecting calyx rim 

 being glabrous but surrounded by a fringe of hairs projecting 

 from the calyx tube. 



