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SCHEFFLERA Foist. 
Schefflera luzoniensis JMeri ill sp. iiov. % Euscheffiei'a, Hcpiuplcurum. 
A scandeiit shrub, c|uite glalirous except tlie decicluously pidjescent 
inflorescence, with 5-foliolate leaves, the leaflets caudate-acuminate, and 
terminal panicle branched from the base, the branches ascending, elon- 
gated, the flowers dis2:)Osed in 3 to 5 flowered peduncled umbels. Branches 
light gi’ay, glabrous. Petioles 6 to 8 cm. long, glabrous, slender ; leaflets 
firm, shining, elli})tical-lanceolate to narrowly oliovate-lanceolate, abruptly 
long caudate-acuminate, the base acute, 4 to 6 cm. long, 1.5 to 2 cm. wide; 
primary nerves 6 to 7 on each side of the midrib, not prominent, the 
secondary nerves and reticulations nearly as evident, anastomosing and 
forming a marginal nerve, the leaf margin entire, recurved ; petiolulcs 
1.5 to 2 cm. long. Panicles 10 cm. long or less, branched from the base, 
the branches about 8 cm. long, more or less flocculose pubescent, becoming 
sul)giabrous, the bracts and bracteoles very caducous, the branchlets 
racemosely dis])osed, 5 to 10 mm. long, each bearing 3 to 5 umbellately 
dis])osed flowers, the pedicels 3 to 4 mm. long. Calyx about 1.5 mm. 
long, truncate. Petals 5, oblong-ovate, 2 mm. long, acute, apex inflexed, 
free, falling separately. Stamens 5 ; filaments 2 mm. long ; anthers 
broadly elliptical-ovate, about 0.8 mm. long. Ovary 5-celled ; style 0. 
Fruit unknown. 
Luzon, Province of Ta 3 'abas, Mount Baualiao (928 Whilford) October 19, 1904. 
Scandent on trees in forests at about 1.100 ra. 
Schefflera microphylla Merrill sp. nov. ^ Enscheffiera, Heptapleurum. 
Subscandent, 2 to 3 m. high ; glabrous throughout, with alternate, long 
petiolate, digitately 5 to 8-foliolate leaves, the leaflets lanceolate, acum- 
inate, 5 cm. long or less, the flowers umbellately disposed in lax 
terminal panicles. Branches slender, terete, light gray or brownish. 
Petioles slender, 4 to 5 cm. long; leaflets entire, firm, shining, 3.5 
to 5 cm. long, 4 to 6 mm. wide, gradually narrowed above to the 
long caudate-acuminate apex, the base acute; nerves few, not prominent; 
petiolules 5 to 8 mm. long. Panicles few Ijranched from the base, 6 
to 8 cm. long, the In-acts and bracteoles -wanting or very caducous, 
glabrous; Ijranchlets spreading, few, slender, 1 to 1.5 cm. long, the 
flowers in 4 to 6 flowered umbels at the ends of the brancldets, the pedicels 
4 to 6 mm. long. Calyx truncate or oliscurely toothed, 1.5 min. long or 
less. . Petals 5, triangular-ovate, acute, 1.5 mm. long, adherent by their 
apices and falling as a whole. Stamens 5; fllaments about 1 mm. long; 
anthers broadly ovate, nearly 1 mm. long. Ovary 5-celled; style not 
developed. Fruit elliptical-ovoid, glabrous, about 5 nun. long, 5-ridged. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4005 Merrill) November, 1905. A 
subscandent shrub growing on rotten trunks and niossj^ trees in tlie wet forest 
at about 2,200 m., characterized bj' its sinall lanceolate leaflets. 
