358 A FLORA OF MANILA 



Commonly cultivated, apparently never or very rarely producing flowers 

 here. Thought to have originated in Brazil, but now widely distributed in 

 cultivation. 



This and the preceding two species are commonly known in Manila as 

 "Papua de China " 



* 5. N. PEUTICOSUM (L.) Miq. (Panax fruticosum L.). Papua (Tag.). 



An erect shrub 1 to 2.5 m high, the leaves up to 30 cm long, decompound, 

 3-pinnate^ the pinnae 6 to 10, shorter upward, the leaflets and ultimate 

 segments very diverse in form, mostly lanceolate, acuminate, sharply and 

 irregularly spinulose-toothed, often lobed, 5 to 10 cm long, the terminal 

 segments usually larger than the others and more often lobed. Inflores - 

 cence terminal and in the upper axils, up to 15 cm long, many-flowered. 

 Flowers umbellate, shortly pedicelled. Fruits compressed, very broadly 

 ovoid, about 4 cm long. (Fl. Filip pi. 78.) 



Very commonly cultivated and extremely variable in vegetative parts, 

 rarely flowering ; certainly not a native of tlie Philippines, but probably 

 of prehistoric introduction. In cultivation India to Malaya and Polynesia, 

 probably a native of one of the last two regions. 



* Var. PLUMATUM (Hort.) (Panax plumatum Hort.). 



Differing from the species in its smaller leaves, up to 20 cm long, the 

 ultimate segments much smaller and finer, mostly lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, spinulose-toothed, acuminate, 1 to 5 cm long, 2 to 5 mm wide. 

 Leaves green. 



Cultivated only. 



*Var. VICTORIAE (Hort.) (Panax victoriae Hort.). 



Somewhat intermediate in leaflet-form between the species and the 

 preceding variety, but leaflets somewhat glaucous on the upper surface, 

 margined with white, pale and shining on the lower surface. 



Cultivated only. 



2. SCHEFFLERA Forster 



Erect, unarmed shrubs or trees, or vines, the leaves palmately compound, 

 the leaflets usually coriaceous and entire, sometimes toothed. Umbels in 

 racemes or panicles, usually terminal, few to many-flowered, the pedicels 

 not jointed under the flowers. Calyx truncate or toothed. Petals 5 or 6, 

 sometimes more numerous, valvate. Stamens as many as the petals, the 

 disk small or large. Fruit globose to obovoid, sulcate or angled. (Named 

 for — Schefller.) 



Species over 150 in the tropics of the Old World, about 25 in the 

 Philippines. 



1. S. odorata (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe. Galamai-amo (Tag.). 



A glabrous vine, reaching a height 2 to 6 m or more, Petioles longer 

 than the leaflets. Leaflets 5 or 6, smooth and shining, coriaceous, elliptic 

 to broadly ovate, obtuse or very shortly acuminate, 6 to 12 cm long. Pan- 

 icles terminal, lax, 10 to 20 cm long. Flowers greenish, 6-merous, 2 to 3 

 mm in diameter. Fruits globose and fleshy when fresh, 4 to 5 mm long, 

 prominently and sharply 6-angled when dry. 



Occasionally cultivated, Singalon, fl. March- Apr.; widely distributed 

 in the Philippines. Endemic. 



