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ANOMPANAX DIGITATUS sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, parvus, glaber; foliis longipetiolatis, digita- 

 tim 5-foliolatis, foliolis exterioribus subsessilibus, interioribus 

 longipetiolulatis, membranaceis, oblongo-ovatis ad oblongo-ellip- 

 ticis, acutis vel acuminatis, 12 ad 24 cm longis, nervis utrinque 



6 ad 12; inflorescentiis brevibus, circiter 10 cm longis, ramis 

 primariis 2 vel 3, ramis secondariis umbellatim dispositis; caly- 

 cis ovoideis, circiter 5 mm longis, 5-dentatis, dentibus acutis, 1 

 mm longis. 



An erect, slender shrub, the ultimate branches about 5 mm in 

 diameter. Leaves long-petioled, digitately 5-foliolate, the outer 

 two leaflets sessile or nearly so, the inner three w^ith petiolules 

 3 to 5 cm in length ; petioles 12 to 15 cm long, inflated and clasp- 

 ing at the base; leaflets membranaceous or thinly chartaceous, 

 shining, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, 12 to 24 cm long, 5 to 

 10 cm w^ide, the apex acute or obscurely but sharply acuminate, 

 the base often somewhat inequilateral, acute or acuminate; 

 lateral nerves slender, 6 to 12 on each side of the midrib. In- 

 florescences short, about 10 cm long, the peduncle about 1 cm 

 in length with 2 or 8 primary branches, these bearing from 4 to 



7 secondary, umbellately arranged, 1 to 2 cm long branchlets; 

 the flowers subumbellately or racemosely arranged toward the 

 tips of the branchlets, their pedicels about 5 mm long, jointed. 

 Calyx after flowering ovoid, about 5 mm long, 5-toothed, the 

 teeth oblong-ovate, acute, 1 mm long. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, 

 stout, somewhat recurved, about 1.5 mm long. 



SiARGAO, Bur. Sci. 3A925 Ramos & Pascasio, June 2, 1919, in 

 forests at low altitudes, the height indicated as 0.5 meter. 



This species differs from Anompanax philippinensis Harms in 

 its smaller size, its strictly digitate leaves, fewer leaflets, and 

 in its short, comparatively simple inflorescences. 



BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms 

 BOERLAGIODENDRON DINAGATENSE sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, circiter 2 m altus, ramulis ultimis circiter 5 mm 

 diametro ; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, 14 ad 18 

 cm longis, basi acutis vel obtusis, apice plerumque acutis, mar- 

 ginae leviter undulatis et minute denticulatis, penninerviis, ner- 

 vis utrinque circiter 12, tenuibus, petiolo 2 ad 2.5 cm longo; 

 inflorescentiis circiter 7 cm diametro, breviter pedunculatis, 

 ramis primariis circiter 15, umbellatim dispositis, ramis seconda- 

 riis circiter 2 cm longis, fructibus umbellatim dispositis, ovoideis, 

 circiter 5 mm longis. 



