290 >rr.RuiLL. 



a prominent stipule at the hasc. Inflorescence tcnninnl, short pedun- 

 culate, umbellate, about 1<> tin. in diameter, the pi'imary peduncles about 

 15, 2 cm. long, bearing a small umbel at the apex and usually 2 secondary 

 peduncles 1.5 to 2 cm. long, these bearing a dense globose head of 

 small white flowers. Calyx tubular 3 mm. long, truncate. Petals 5, 

 valvate, oblong, acute, o mm. long. Stamens 5; fdaments 2 mm. long; 

 anthers 1.8 mm. long. Ovary 5-celled. Fi'uit dimoi'^lioiis, (if the pi'i- 

 mary umbels white, fleshy, globose, not ridged, ;i-(clled, I to 5 mm. in 

 diameter, the seeds aborted ; of the secondary umbels ()hl()iig-ov{jid, 7 mm. 

 long, strongly 5-ridged, 5-celled. fertile. 



In forests at about 1.50 lu. alt. (No. 5020). A closc^ly rdulcd foiiii is ropvcscntcd 

 l)y No. (ifiO Ahcrn from Surij^ao, IMiiidaiiiU). 



SCHEFFLERA Forst. 

 Schefflera foetida Merrill ii. s]). § Ilcplaplenrum. 



Scandens, glabra; foliis G-foliatis; foliolis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, 

 acuminatis, coriaceis, 4 ad G cm. longis; paniculis terminalibus, ramulis 

 divergentibus ; ovario 4-rariter 5-loculare. 



Glabrous throughout, scandent up to 7 m., all parts when crushed with 

 a very rank odor; branches gray, the tips very dark colored when dry, 

 terete. Leaves alternate, the petioles 5 to 10 cm. long, digitately 5-foli- 

 ate ; leaflets ovate to oblong-ovate, coriaceous, shining, 4 to 6 cm. long, 2 to 

 3.5 cm. wide, acuminate, the base rounded or subacute, sometimes in- 

 equilateral, the midrib prominent, the lateral nerves very faint; petiolules 

 1 to 3 cm. long. Panicles terminal, about 12 cm. long, short-peduncled, 

 branched along the rachis, the branches few, spreading, the primary ones 

 (in anthesis) sometimes It) cm. long, the umbels racemosely (lisposed 

 their i)eduncles 1.5 to 2 cm. long, each iimlx-l (i to !i-(lowered. the pedicels 

 5 to "i mm. long. (*aly.\ bi'oadly funnel sha|)ed, truncate, about l.'i mm. 

 long. Petals united, forming an apiculate calyptra which falls as a 

 whole, 2 mm. long. Stamens 4, very rafoly 5: filaments -1 mm. long; 

 anthers ovoid. ] rl mm. long. Ovary 4-celled. the lop conical; stigmas 4. 



Oil forested ridf^es at 1 .SOO iii. nil. I .\o. .57(i2). No. 442.S iMcrrilt. from an 

 altitude of 1.000 m. is apparently tlie same, the flower buds being very immature. 

 Xo. .5078 of my own eolleetion appears also to be a very large diffuse form of the 

 same species but it is with fruits only and has much larger more ;i(iniiiii:ifc leaves 

 and v<'rv much larger panicles than the type. 



Schefflera sp. 



In forests at !I00 m. alt. (No. .50!m;) rndelerminable, willi fitiils only. 



Schefflera insularum ( Hri)laj>letintm infiitlannn Seem.) is abundant along the 

 .Mag and liinabay llivcrs. and has previously been collected on the Baco River 

 near the base of ilalcon. 



