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flowers, the flowers few-pedicelled. Flowers capitate, sessile, 
4-merous, about 15 at the end of each secondary branch. Fruits 
ovoid, about 7 mm long, 4-celled, 4-sulcate or 4-angled, sessile. 
Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 30438 Ramos, November 18, 1917, on forested 
slopes, altitude about 350 meters. 
The alliance of this species is with Boerlagiodendron yatesii Merr., of 
Luzon, and B. heterophyllum Merr., of Mindanao. It is well characterized 
by its compound leaves and differs from B. yatesii in its lyrately lobed, 
longer, petiolulate leaflets; and from B. heterophyllum in its smaller, long- 
petiolulate leaflets and in the basal crests of the petioles not being at all 
pectinate. 
SCHEFFLERA Forster 
SCHEFFLERA CATAN DUAN ENSIS sp. nov. § Cephaloschefflera. 
Frutex epiphyticus, glaber; foliis 9- ad 12-foliolatis, foliolis 
coriaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-obovatis, integris, usque ad 12 cm 
longis, nitidis, apice abrupte subcaudato-acuminatis, basi obtusis 
ad acutis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 15, tenuibus; inflo- 
rescentiis glabris, ramis 20 ad 25 cm longis, crassis; capitulis 
racemose dispositis, breviter pedunculatis, ovoideis ad depresso- 
globosis, 1.5 ad 2 cm diametro; fructibus junioribus plerumque 
6- vel 7-locellatis. 
A shrub or tree, entirely glabrous. Ultimate branches up to 
1 cm in diameter. Leaves 9- to 12-foliolate, their petioles 16 
to 18 cm long, inflated and clasping at the base, the petiolules 
2 to 3.5 cm long; leaflets coriaceous, dark-olivaceous and shining 
on the upper surface, the lower surface somewhat paler, oblong 
to oblong-obovate, entire, 8 to 12 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm wide, 
the apex rather abruptly subcaudate-acuminate, the acumen 1 
cm long or less, the base obtuse to acute ; primary lateral nerves 
about 15 on each side of the midrib, slender, scarcely more 
prominent than are the secondary ones. Inflorescences reduced 
to one or few raceme-like branches 20 to 25 cm in length, each 
bearing from 8 to 10 dense heads in the upper one-half, the 
rachis and peduncle stout, 5 to 7 mm in diameter, the peduncles 
of the heads stout, 5 mm long or less. Heads dense, ovoid to 
depressed-globose, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, dark-brown when 
dry, composed of very many connate carpels, the apical part 
of each individual fruit conical or subconical; young fruits 
mostly 6- or 7-celled. 
Catanduanes, Mount Mariguidon, Bur. Sci. 20341 Ramos, November 26, 
1917, epiphytic in dense damp forests, altitude about 400 meters. 
This species is most closely allied to Schefflera ovoidea Merr., of Min- 
danao, from which it is readily distinguished by its much smaller leaflets, 
smaller heads, and fewer-celled fruits. 
