198 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
SCHEFFLERA BENGUETENSIS sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 
Frutex erectus, 3 ad 5 m altus, partibus junioribus inflores- 
centiisque plus minusve pallide villosus; foliis palmatim 7- ad 11- 
foliolatis, foliolis subcoriaceis, integris, oblongis ad anguste ob- 
longo-obovatis, acuminatis, basi acutis, junioribus subtus plus 
minusve stellato-villosis, usque ad 10 cm longis, nervis primariis 
utrinque circiter 10, cum secundariis plus minusve confusis; 
paniculis terminalibus, circiter 20 cm longis, ramis primariis 
5 ad 9, elongatis; floribus 5-meris, umbellatis, umbellis race- 
’mose dispositis. 
An erect shrub, the younger parts and the inflorescence more 
or less pale-villous, the indumentum sometimes somewhat stellate, 
in age the plant often becoming nearly glabrous. Branches ter- 
ete, pale-gray, 4 to 8 mm in diameter, more or less wrinkled 
when dry. Leaves palmately 7- to 9-foliolate, the petioles 5 to 
9 cm long, base inflated and clasping the stems; leaflets oblong 
to narrowly oblong-obovate, subcoriaceous, olivaceous or brown- 
ish-olivaceous when dry, 6 to 10 cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, entire, 
the apex distinctly acuminate but not at all caudate, base acute, 
in age quite glabrous, the younger leaves more or less stellate- 
villous with nearly white hairs on the lower surface; primary 
lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender, not 
prominent, often scarcely more distinct than are the secondary 
nerves and the primary reticulations; petiolules 1.5 to 4 cm long. 
Panicles terminal, in anthesis rather densely villous with pale 
hairs, in fruit often nearly glabrous, the rachis up to 9 cm in 
length, with from 5 to 9, alternate, spreading or ascending 
branches 8 to 20 cm in length, each branch subtended by an 
oblong-ovate, coriaceous, densely villous, deciduous bract about 
8 mm in length. Flowers in racemosely arranged umbels, 
greenish, 5 to 12 flowers in each umbel, 5-merous, the pedicels 2 
to 4 mm long, the peduncles of the umbels 4 to 10 mm long. 
Petals 5, triangular-ovate, acute, 3-nerved, about 2 mm long. 
Filaments slender, 3 to 3.5 mm long; anthers small, broadly 
ellipsoid. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit bright yellow when mature, 
fleshy, when dry prominently 5-sulcate, about 3 mm in diameter, 
globose-ovoid, 5-celled. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Benguet, Baguio and vicinity, Elmer 6311 (type) 
4626, 5973, Phil. PI. 1778 Merrill, Williams 1164, 1163, Bur. Sci. 2815, 
3424, 3503, 3370 Mearns, For. Bur. 21848 Leano; Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 
16331 Curran, Merritt, & Zscholcke: Subprovince of Bontoc, Bauco, Vano- 
verbergh 592, in flower April and May, in fruit in July. 
This species is manifestly allied to Schefflera caudata Merr. & Rolfe 
(S. acuminatissima Merr.), with which it has been confused. It differs 
