NVAV I'lIILIl'riNK I'LANTS. 157 



fui-fiiia(HM)us, '^0 (() JO em long, each l)raiicli siihicmlcd l)y a liiiear-lan- 

 ceolate, aciiiuinaio, pubescent bract, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Flowers nmnerous, 

 disposed in many-flowered mnbels, which arc arranged along the primary 

 branches, tlieir peduncles 5 to 10 mm long, (he pedicels slender, 3 to 4 

 mm long. Calyx disciform, about 1.7 mm in diameter, obscurely 

 5-toothed. Petals 5, ovate, 1.5 to 1.8 mm long, 1 to 1.3 mm wide, acute, 

 3-nerved, more or less united. Stamens 5; filaments 2.5 to 3 mm long; 

 anthers 0.5 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., June, 1907, and 

 no. 366, March, 1906. 



A species well characterized by its thickened branches which bear nvimerous 

 lanceolate bracts or persistent stipules, its elongated panicle-branches and rather 

 hirge leaves. Apparently allied to S. cmuUita (Vid.) Merr., but very distinct 

 from that species. 



Schefflera mindanaensis Merrill sp. nov. 



Glabra; foliis 8-foliolatis, foliolis submembranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, 

 acuminatissimis, basi cuneatis, margine irregulariter grosse sinuato-ser- 

 ratis, dentibus apiculatis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, paniculatis, pauce 

 ramosis, ramulis usque ad 35 cm longis; floribus in umbellulis dispositis, 

 9-meris. 



Glabrous throughout, scandent, the branches rather slender, light-gray. 

 Leaves 8-foliolate, their petioles about 30 cm long, dark-brown, not in- 

 flated at the base, the petiolules rather slender, 2.5 to 5 cm long; leaflets 

 submembranous, oblong-elliptical, somewhat shining, dark when dry, 

 apex sharply acuminate, t)a?e cuneate, often slightly inequilateral, the 

 margins rather strongly and irregularly sinuate-serrate, the teeth distant, 

 apiculate; nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct beneath, 

 the reticulations lax. Inflorescence terminal, its branches few, three or 

 less, 20 cm long or less, spreading, the flowers arranged in 3- to 

 6-flowered umbels along the branches, the peduncles and pedicels slender, 

 each 1 cm long or less. Calyx funnel-shaped, about 3.5 mm in diameter, 

 truncate. Petals 9, oblong-lanceolate, 3 or 3.5 mm long, about 1.3 mm 

 wide, somewhat connivent. Stamens 9 ; filaments 1 mm long, anthers 

 about 1.5 mm long. Ovary 9- to 11-celled, the portion above the calyx 

 a truncate cone. 



Mindanao. Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., September-Octo- 

 ber, 1906. 



A species resembling in leaf characters Schefflera insularum (Seem.) Harms, 

 but sufficiently distinct from that species. 



Schefflera gigantifolia Merrill sp. nov. 



Foliis ca. 7-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis, usque ad 40 cm longis, 15 cm 

 latis, caudato-acuminatis, marginibus irregulariter grosse sinuato-den- 

 tatis ; inflorescentiae ramis usque ad (iO cm longis. 



Scandent, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves about 7-foliolate, 



