J 58 MEKUILL. 



the loalli'ts oMoii,^. coi-iaccons. {•aiulalc-aciiiiiiuatc liasc roiiiidcd or sub- 

 acute. iuai\iiiiis coaisc'ly and irri'ii'ularly siiiuatr-dt'iitatc. soiiicwliat sliining 

 above, dull beneatli. "i') In 1<) cm loui;-. 10 to lo cm wide; iici-\cs al)0ut 

 1() on eacli nide of thf in id rib. very pronniicnt bene 'a lb ; pet idbs very stout. 

 (>') cm b)nii" "1" li'!^^^ : |>eti()lnb'S "i to 11 cm lowj;. ('omplele inlb)rescence 

 unknown, its branches stout. (iO cm ]on<!; or less, scurfy, beconiin*>' nearly 

 lilabi-ous in ini'rntescence. Fb)\vei-s in 10- to gO-tlowered umbels wliicb 

 aic raceiHDsely ai'ianij'ed almii;' tbe liraiielies, tbeii' peduncb'S ratbei" slen- 

 der, scurfy, about 1.5 cm long, a siniile lancei)Iate, acuminate, 1 cm long 

 bract at the base of each ultimate brancblet or ])eduncle; pedicels about 



1 cm long, (^ily.v hemis})berical. with i; siiallow iruncate teeth. Petals 

 and stamens not seen, prol)al)ly (i. ()\ary (i-celled : style short, cylindrical, 

 0.5 mm long. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, about 1 mm long, 0-sulcate, the 

 resulting I'idges acute. 



^IiNUAXAO. Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 111, 931, September- 

 October, 1906, ami February, 1907: Province of Misamis, Mount Malimlang, For. 

 liur. 'i.i()5 Mearns tG Hutchinson, May, 1906. 



A most characteristic species, readily recognizable by its very large leaves and 

 large inflorescence. 



Schefflera gracilipes Merrill sp. nov. 



Glabra; foliis ca. 8-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis vol oblongo-ellipticis, 

 integris, aciiminatis, usque ad 9 cm longis ; inllorescentiis terminalibus, 

 rliachidibus 4 ad trcni longis, ramis numei'osis, 15 ad ?5 cm longis. graci- 

 libus; floribus minutis, 5-meris. 



Scandent, glabrous thro\ighout, the branched light-gray, tert'te, rather 

 slender. Leaves about 8-foliolate, the petioles 8 to 10 cm long, slender, 

 the stipiiles 8 mm long, clasping the stems; leaHets oblong to o1)long- 

 elli])tical, I'alber sliai'ply ai-uminate, base acute, eiilii'e. 5 lo !t em long. 



2 to ;5 cm wide, coriaceous, shining: nei'\es I or 5 on each side of the 

 uiidi-ib, not promineid, ii'regular, scarcely ]nore distinct ibaii are the 

 secondary nerves and lel ieulalions : ]ictio]ules sleiuler. ".' lo I rni long. 

 I'anicles terminal, the common racliis I to <i cm long: bi-auches numerous, 

 slender, 15 to '^n cm long, each subleiuled by a lanceolaU'. acuminate, 

 somewhat mealy bract 1 to 1.15 cm long. Flowi'rs small. dis])osed in 

 fiubcapitate 8- to ri-llowei-ed umbels, the ulliniate braiieblets of the in- 

 llorescence or ])eduiicles very slender, "i em long or less, each subtended by 

 a small bracteol(\ the pedicels *i mm long or less. Calyx small, about 

 O.S mm in diameti'r. diseiloi'm. minnleh 5-tootliei|. Petals 5. nai'rowly 

 ovate, acute. 1.5 mm long, O.S mm wide. ;! nei'\ed. Sianiens 5; lilamenls 

 1 mm long: anthers about 1 mm long. 



MiMiANAo. l,:il<r Lanao. ('amj) Kcillilry. Mrs. ('Iciikiin s. n.. Scptrmbci- ()rlohcr. 



IIhk;. 



A spccifs well cbaracteri/ril liy ils cloiigali' and very slciidrc biaMciics and 

 iibimatc brancldcts. and b\- ils miinilc llowcrs. 



