30 SPECIES OF EUGENIA, SCHEFFLEKA, AXD SAUBAUTA. 



Sarawak, near Kuching, Haviland's collector 192, Xo- 

 vember 23, 1892; Haviland 2947, March 22, 1893. 



At first glance this species resembles Schefflera borneensis, 

 Merr., but is readily distinguished by its smooth leaflets in 

 which the reticulations are obsolete, and its glabrous inflores- 

 cences. It probably has the same type of inflorescence as the 

 latter, but the specimens available do not show its true charac- 

 ters, the primary branches being detached. 



Schefflera racemosa, sp. now 



Frutex, inflorescentiis floribusque einereo-puberulis; foliis 

 longissime petiolatis, 6-foliolatis, foliolis in siccitate pallidis, 

 subeoriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 25 cm. longis, acuminatis, basi 

 obtusis, margine perspicue distanter serratis vel subintegris, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 6, subtus valde prominulis, curvatis, 

 arcuato-anastomosantibus, reticulis laxissimis : inflorescentiis 

 breviter pedunculatis, rami's circiter 3, circiter 2o cm. longis; 

 floribus in fasciculis di stantibus dispositis, breviter pedicellatis. 

 plerumque 8-meris; j>et<<lis oblongo-ovatis, circiter 3 mm. 

 longis, extus puberulis. 



A shrub, glabrous except the cinereous-puberuleut inflores- 

 cences and llowers, the branches up to 1 cm. in diameter. 

 Leaves 6-foliolatis, their petioles 35 to 40 cm. in length, the 

 petiolules 2 to 8 cm. long, the exterior ones shorter than the 

 central ones: leaflets pale when dry. subcoriaceous, oblong, 18 

 to 25 cm. long, 5 to 10 cm. wide, narrowed below to the ob- 

 tuse base and above to the rather slenderly acuminate apex, 

 the margins distantly and rather prominently serrate to sub- 

 entire ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, dis- 

 tant, lax, curved, arcuate-anastomosing, very prominent on the 

 lower surface, the reticulations very lax. Inflorescences ap- 

 parently in the uppermost axils, usually 3-branched, shortly 

 peduncled, the peduncles 3 cm. long or less, the branches usual- 

 ly about 25 cm. long. Flowers in distant fascicles on the 

 primary branches, usually six or less in a fascicle, each fascicle 

 subtended by an ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, puberulent, de- 

 ciduous bract 5 mm. long or less ; the pedicels puberulent, 2 

 mm. long or less. Calyx funnel-shaped, truncate or obscurely 

 denticulate, about 3 mm. in diameter and 2 mm. long, pube- 

 rulent. Petals 7 to 9, usually 8, oblong-ovate, acute, about 

 3 mm. long, externally puberulent. Stamens as many as the 

 petals. Fruits unknown. 



Sarawak, Bau, Ridley 11775 (type), July, 1893, Ander- 

 son \9, August, 1912; Braang, Haviland 35, Xovember, 1888; 

 Mount Sudan, Native collector 2042 Bur. Sci. 



This species is well characterized by its long-petioled 

 leaves, prominentlv nerved leaflets, and by its characteristic 



Jour. Straits Branch 



