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in distinct fascicles along the entire length of the primary- 
branches, subsessile, 6 to 10 in a fascicle. Pedicels very short. 
Calyx turbinate, truncate, about 1.5 mm long. Petals 5, valvate, 
triangular-ovate, acute, 1.7 mm long. Stamens 5; filaments 4 
mm long. Ovary 5-celled. Fruits elliptic-ovoid, 4 mm long, 
longitudinally 5-sulcate, 5-celled. 
British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Kiau, Mrs. Clemens 10072 
(type), 10060, November 2 and 6, 1916, fruits orange-red; growing near 
streams. 
This species is remarkable for its vegetative and inflorescence characters. 
It is in the group with Schefflera heterophylla (Seem.) Harms, of the 
Malay Peninsula and Java, but the inflorescences of the two species are 
entirely different. 
SCHEFFLERA BORNEENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex, inflorescentiis leviter pubescentibus exceptis glaber; 
foliis 5-foliolatis, longe petiolatis, foliolis ellipticis ad elliptico- 
ovatis, chartaceis ad coriaceis, integris, in siccitate pallidis vel 
brunneis, nitidis, utrinque concoloribus, usque ad 20 cm longis, 
subabrupte caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, nervis 
utrinque 5 ad 7, subtus perspicuis, curvatis, reticulis utrinque 
distinctis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, leviter pubescentibus, 
rhachibus 2 ad 3 cm longis, ramis primariis numerosis, adscen- 
dentibus vel patulis, 7 ad 20 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, breviter 
pedicellatis, umbellis in ramis primariis racemose dispositis, 
brevissime pedunculatis. 
A shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence, which is sparingly 
pubescent with weak, cinereous, simple hairs. Leaves 5-folio- 
late, their petioles 10 to 20 cm long, inflated and clasping at 
the base; leaflets elliptic to elliptic-ovate, chartaceous to coria- 
ceous, entire, pale to brownish and shining when dry, of the 
same color on both surfaces, 12 to 20 cm long, 6 to 12 cm wide, 
apex rather abruptly caudate-acuminate, the acumen about 2 cm 
long, the base acute to rounded; lateral nerves 5 to 7 on each 
side of the midrib, distant, curved, anastomosing, prominent on 
the lower surface, the reticulations distinct on both surfaces; 
petiolules 1.5 to 5 cm long. Inflorescences terminal, the rachis 
2 to 3 cm long, often stout, sparingly pubescent, bearing from 
6 to 12 spreading to ascending primary branches, each branch 
subtended by a lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous bract up 
to 1.5 cm in length, the branches 8 to 12 cm long, sparingly 
pubescent. Umbels about 10-flowered, racemosely arranged 
along the primary branches, their peduncles about 1 mm long, 
the subtending bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2 mm long. Pedi- 
cels about 2 mm long. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx turbinate. 
