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which is dark-brown and entirely glabrous. The fruits are ovoid-ellipsoid, 

 somewhat sulcata, brown, about 6 mm in diameter, 6- or 7-seeded. 



The species is well characterized by its thick, rigid leaflets, which are 

 three in number and with stout petiolules; its unusually stout, short 

 petioles; its elongated rigid stipules; and its petals wholly connate into a 

 deciduous calyptra, the latter character an anomalous one in the genus. 



SCHEFFLERA PACHYPHLEBIA sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra; foliis 6-foliolatis, stipulis 

 coriaceis, oblongis amplexicaulibus, usque ad 2.5 cm longis, 

 ramis saepe inciassatis; foliolis coriaceis, ellipticis, usque ad 

 10 cm longis, brevissime acuminatis, basi acutis, nitidis, margine 

 revolutis, integris vel versus apicem parcissime serratis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 6, subtus cum reticulis elevatis valde prominen- 

 tibus; inflorescentiis terminalibus, umbellis racemose dispositis, 

 pedunculatis ; floribus plerumque 5- vel 6-meris; fructibus 

 purpureis, in siccitate atro-brunneis, circiter 6 mm diametro, 

 sulcatis, locellis usque ad 7, seminibus plerumque 4 vel 5. 



A shrub or small tree, entirely glabrous, the branchlets often 

 thickened. Leaves 6-foliolate, their petioles about 4 cm long, 

 the stipules oblong, coriaceous, obtuse, up to 2.5 cm long, clasping 

 the stems ; leaflets elliptic, coriaceous, usually dark-colored when 

 dry, 7 to 10 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide, base acute to rounded, 

 apex shortly acuminate, margins revolute, entire or somewhat 

 serrate near the apex, shining when dry, the lower surface some- 

 times slightly glaucous; petiolules 1.5 to 2 cm long; lateral nerves 

 about 6 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower 

 surface as are the raised primary reticulations. Inflorescence 

 terminal, consisting of from one to several partial inflorescences 

 up to 10 cm in length, these partial inflorescences of racemosely 

 disposed umbels. Umbels alternate, opposite, or verticillate, 

 their peduncles 1 to 1.5 cm long, each 6- to 12-flowered, the 

 pedicels about 5 mm long. Flowers mostly 5- or 6-merous. 

 Calyx turbinate, truncate, about 3 mm long. Petals free, valvate, 

 oblong-ovate, acute, 3.5 mm long. Filaments about 4 mm long. 

 Fruit dark-purple when ripe, dark-brown when dry, ovoid, about 

 6 mm long, sulcate, 5- to 7-celled, usually 5- or 4-seeded. 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Paka Cave, Mrs. Clemens 

 10502 (type), November 12, 1915, Haslam, August, 1916. 



This species is characterized by its prominently nerved, coriaceous, 

 reticulate leaflets, and its greatly produced, coriaceous stipules. 



SCHEFFLERA TETRANDRA sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, inflorescentiis parce stellato-pubescen- 

 tibus; foliis plerumque 5-foliolatis, foliolis chartaceis ad coriaceis, 

 oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, in siccitate brunneis vel 



