110 
(172, 1222 Whitford) May, 1904 and 1905; (3005 Meyer) May, 1905. Scand- 
ent on trees in forests at about 700 m., the stems reaching a diameter of 5 cm. 
or more. Quite distinct from Heptapleurum caudatum Vidal. 
3. S. venulosa (W. et A.) Harms. Heptapleurum venulosum Seem.; Clarke 
in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1879) 729. 
(3, 62 Whitford) April. In thickets along the river below 100 m. British 
India, Malaj'a, and Australia. T., Galamai amo. 
In the identification of this species I have followed the earlier works of Vidal 
and F.-Villar, but the specimens here referred to Schefflera venulosa Harms, do 
not agree well with the description of that spcies and it is possible that it 
will be necessary to adopt one of Blanco’s names for the Philippine form, there 
being available, Polyscias odorata Blaneo=P«raf?opia crassa Blanco, and Polys- 
cios ohtusa Blanco=Parat?-opfo. obtusa Blanco, of the above, the description of 
the latter applying more closely to the form here referred to Schefflera venulosa. 
4. Schefflera bordeni Merrill, sp.' nov. § Euschefflera, Heptapleurum. 
A tree ( ?) quite glabrous throughout with long petioled 7 to 8-foliolate leaves 
and terminal pinnately branched panicles nearly equaling the leaves. Branches 
light gray, rugose, the leaf scars prominent, the branchlets 5 mm. thick or less. 
Petioles 5 to 10 cm. long; leaflets elliptical lanceolate to elliptical or oblong 
oblanceolate or obovate, coriaceous, shining, 5 to 9 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. wide, 
nari'owed to the acute base, the apex gradually short or i-ather long acuminate, 
tlie acumen blnnt; nerves 5 to 6 on each side of the midrib, ascending, not prom- 
inent, the reticulations obscure; petiolules 2 to 3.5 cm. long. Panicles about 
15 cm. long, nearly as broad, the branches alternate, 6 to 8 cm. long, spreading, 
the upper ones somewhat shorter, the common rhachis about 10 cm. long, the 
branchlets racemoselj^ disposed 8 mm. long or less, each bearing 4 to 6 umbel- 
lately disposed flowers, the pedicels 2 to 4 mm. long. Calyx about 1.5 mm. 
long, truncate. Petals 5, oblong ovate, acute, adherent by their apices and 
falling as a whole. Stamens 5; filaments 2.5 mm. long; anthers broadly ellip- 
tical ovate, 1 mm. long. Ovary 5-eelled; style O. Fruit unknown. 
(1350 Borden) July, 1904. In forests at about 800 m., according to the col- 
lector, a tree about 12 m. high. 
3. POLYSCIAS Forst. 
1. P. nodosa (DC.) Seem. Journ. Bot. 3 (1865) 181. 
(89 Whitford) April; (2306 Meyer) December; (2711 Borden) February; 
(363, 585 Barnes) March; (293 Merrill) Decades Phil. Forest FI., coll. Borden, 
March. In thickets and forests below 100 in., widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines. Malaya. T., Tocudlangit. 
UMBELLIFER.I’]. 
1. HYDROCOTYLE Linn. 
1. H. rotundifolia Roxb. ; Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1879) 668. 
(265 Whitford) May. On damp rocks and cliffs in forests at 800 m. British 
India and Malaya to New Guinea. 
2. CENTELLA Linn. 
1. C. asiatica (Linn.) Llrh. Hydrocotyle asiatica. Linn.; Clarke 1. e. 669. 
(2302 Merrill) October. In dry thickets below 100 ni., widely distributed in 
the Philippines. Tropical and subtropical regions. 
