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which is dark-brown and entirely glabrous. The fruits are ovoid-ellipsoid, 
somewhat sulcate, brown, about 6 mm in diameter, 6- or 7-seeded. 
The species is well characterized by its thick, rigid leaflets, which are 
three in number and with stout petiolules; its unusually stout, short 
petioles; its elongated rigid stipules; and its petals wholly connate into a 
deciduous calyptra, the latter character an anomalous one in the genus. 
SCHEFFLERA PACHYPHLEBIA sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra; foliis 6-foliolatis, stipulis 
coriaceis, oblongis amplexicaulibus, usque ad 2.5 cm longis, 
ramis saepe incrassatis; foliolis coriaceis, ellipticis, usque ad 
10 cm longis, brevissime acuminatis, basi acutis, nitidis, margine 
revolutis, integris vel versus apicem parcissime serratis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 6, subtus cum reticulis elevatis valde prominen- 
tibus; inflorescentiis terminalibus, umbellis racemose dispositis, 
pedunculatis; floribus plerumque 5- vel 6-nreris; fructibus 
purpureis, in siccitate atro-brunneis, circiter 6 mm diametro, 
sulcatis, locellis usque ad 7, seminibus plerumque 4 vel 5. 
A shrub or small tree, entirely glabrous, the branchlets often 
thickened. Leaves 6-foliolate, their petioles about 4 cm long, 
the stipules oblong, coriaceous, obtuse, up to 2.5 cm long, clasping 
the stems ; leaflets elliptic, coriaceous, usually dark-colored when 
dry, 7 to 10 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide, base acute to rounded, 
apex shortly acuminate, margins revolute, entire or somewhat 
serrate near the apex, shining when dry, the lower surface some- 
times slightly glaucous ; petiolules 1.5 to 2 cm long; lateral nerves 
about 6 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower 
surface as are the raised primary reticulations. Inflorescence 
terminal, consisting of from one to several partial inflorescences 
up to 10 cm in length, these partial inflorescences of racemosely 
disposed umbels. Umbels alternate, opposite, or verticillate, 
their peduncles 1 to 1.5 cm long, each 6- to 12-flowered, the 
pedicels about 5 mm long. Flowers mostly 5- or 6-merous. 
Calyx turbinate, truncate, about 3 mm long. Petals free, valvate, 
oblong-ovate, acute, 3.5 mm long. Filaments about 4 mm long. 
Fruit dark-purple when ripe, dark-brown when dry, ovoid, about 
6 mm long, sulcate, 5- to 7-celled, usually 5- or 4-seeded. 
British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Paka Cave, Mrs. Clemens 
10592 (type) , November 12, 1915, Haslam, August, 1916. 
This species is characterized by its prominently nerved, coriaceous, 
reticulate leaflets, and its greatly produced, coriaceous stipules. 
SCHEFFLERA TETRANDRA sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, inflorescentiis parce stellato-pubescen- 
tibus ; foliis plerumque 5-foliolatis, foliolis chartaceis ad coriaceis, 
oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, in siccitate brunneis vel 
