204 The Philippine Journal of Science ms 
A species probably as closely allied to the common Schefflera insularum 
Harms as any other species but differing notably in its inflorescence, its 
habit, and its very prominently reticulate leaflets. 
SCHEFFLERA NITIDA sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis palmatim 6-foliolatis, foliolis 
in siccitate olivaceis, valde nitidis, subcoriaceis, ellipticis vel 
oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 12 cm longis, breviter obtuse acumi- 
natis, basi subacutis, nervis utrinque circiter 5, tenuibus; in- 
fiorescentiis terminalibus, laxis, paniculatis, e basi ramosis, ramis 
inferioribus usque ad 25 cm longis; fioribus 5- vel 6-meris, 
umbellatis, umbellis longe pedunculatis, in ramis primariis race- 
mose dispositis. 
A scandent entirely glabrous shrub reaching a height of 15 
m and a diameter of 4 cm. Ultimate branches brown when dry, 
terete, striate, about 5 mm in diameter. Leaves palmately 6- 
foliolate, their petioles brown when dry, about 12 cm long, 
base enlarged and clasping the stems. Leaflets elliptic to oblong- 
elliptic, subcoriaceous, olivaceous when dry, the upper surface 
strongly shining, entire, 9 to 12 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, apex 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, base subacute; lateral nerves 
about 5 on each side of the midrib, slender, distant, the reticula- 
tions lax ; petiolules 3 to 5 cm long. Panicles terminal, branched 
from the base, the rachis up to 15 cm in length, the primary 
branches 10 or less, the lower ones up to 25 cm in length, the 
upper ones shorter. Flowers white, 5- and 6-merous, umbellate, 
the umbels racemosely disposed on the primary branches, rather 
few, distant, and mostly on the upper part of the branches, 
their peduncles 2.5 to 4 cm long, the pedicels 5 to 10 mm long, 
each umbel with from 7 to 10 flowers. Calyx obconic, truncate, 
about 3 mm in diameter, 2.5 mm long. Petals 5 or 6, ovate or 
triangular-ovate, acute, about 2.5 mm long, distinctly 5-nerved, 
nerves brown. Filaments slender, 3 mm long; anthers broadly 
elliptic, about one-half as long as the filaments. Ovary 5- or 
6-celled. 
Basilan, Singal, near the seashore, altitude 15 meters, For. Bur. 18955 
Miranda, September 6, 1912, flowers with a disagreeable odor. 
A species belonging in the same general group as Schefflera odorata 
Merr. & Rolfe, differing in its very lax panicles, much elongated branches, 
and long peduncled umbels. 
SCHEFFLERA PALAWANENSIS sp. nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 
Frutex suberectus, 3 ad 4 m altus, inflorescentiis exceptis 
glaber; foliis palmatim 7- vel 8-foliolatis, foliolis subcoriaceis, 
integris, oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 
basi acutis, apice breviter acute acuminatis, usque ad 12 cm 
