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ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, breviter acuminatis, integris, 6 ad 

 9 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, perspicuis ; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus, rhachibus elongatis, ramis primariis 4 ad 8, race- 

 mose dispositis, usque ad 20 cm longis; umbellis distantibus, 

 racemose dispositis, 8- ad 12-floris ; floribus parvis, 5-meris. 



A scandent (or erect ?), glabrous shrub, 3 to 4 m in length, 

 the branches grayish, when dry wrinkled, the ultimate ones 5 mm 

 in diameter or less. Leaves 3- to 5-foliolate, their petioles rela- 

 tively short, 1 to 2 cm long, inflated and clasping at the base. 

 Leaflets subcoriaceous, entire, olivaceous, shining, elliptic to 

 oblong-elliptic, 6 to 9 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, subequally nar- 

 rowed to the acute base and to the shortly acuminate apex; 

 petiolules 5 to 20 mm long; lateral nerves about 12 on each side 

 of the midrib, distinct and somewhat projecting on the lower 

 surface, anastomosing, spreading-ascending, the reticulations lax, 

 distinct. Inflorescence terminal, the rachis 5 to 7 cm long, the 

 primary branches 4 to 8, racemosely disposed, alternate, up to 

 20 cm in length. Umbels racemosely arranged on the primary 

 branches, 8- to 12-flowered, their peduncles up to 12 mm in 

 length, the pedicels 1 to 4 mm long. Flowers 5-merous, white or 

 purplish, calyx about 2 mm in diameter. Petals 5, oblong-ovate, 

 2 mm long. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 31722 Santos, 

 June 1, 1918, in thickets near streams, altitude about 2,000 

 meters. 



This species is well characterized by its very short-petioled 

 leaves, in this character resembling Schefflera brevipes Merr., but 

 differing radically from that species in its much fewer and 

 smaller leaflets. 



SCHEFFLERA PANAYENSIS sp. nov. § Cephaloschefflera. 



Arbor, partibus junioribus plus minusve furfuraceis, foliis 

 junioribus dense stellato-tomentosis, cito glaberrimis, ramis in- 

 crassatis; foliis 10- ad 12-foliolate, longissime petiolatis, foliolis 

 coriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 17 cm longis, tenuiter caudato-acu- 

 minatis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, perspicuis; capitulis racemose 

 dispositis, globosis, immaturis 1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, fructibus 

 sulcatis, 5-locellatis. 



A tree, about 5 m high, the very young parts densely furfura- 

 ceous, the very young leaves densely stellate-tomentose, soon 

 becoming entirely glabrous. Ultimate branches about 1.5 cm 

 in diameter, rugose, marked with very large petiolar scars. 

 Leaves 10- to 12-foliolate, their petioles about 25 cm long; leaflets 

 oblong, coriaceous, shining, 10 to 17 cm long, 3 to 3.5 cm wide, 



