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which it greatly resembles, but distinguishable by its leaves being truncate- 
cordate at the base. Its leaf-form is somewhat similar to that of C. cinerea 
Turcz., and C. grewiaefolia Vent., but these two species are at once distin- 
guished by their pubescence. G. truncata Bl., is also apparently closely 
allied. 
ARALIACEAE 
BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms 
BOERLAGIODEN DRON H ETEROPH YLLU M sp. nov. 
Arbor erecta, ramosa, circiter 5 m alta, glabra; foliis palma- 
tim 3- ad 7-foliolatis, foliolis valde inaequalis, oblongo-obovatis 
vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, inferioribus vix 12 cm 
longis, superioribus usque ad 35 cm longis, acuminatis, lobatis 
dentatisque, basi sensim angustatis ; umbellis densis, floribus sub- 
capitato-dispositis, 4-meris. 
An erect, branched tree about 5 m high, glabrous, the trunk 
about 8 cm in diameter. Leaves chartaceous, palmately 3- to 
7-foliolate, or sometimes some of the leaves very deeply 3-parted, 
the lobes extending almost to the base; leaflets very unequal in 
size, when 5 or 7 are present the lower two usually 12 cm long 
or less, the upper ones larger, the middle one up to 35 cm in 
length, oblong-obovate to broadly oblong-oblanceolate, acuminate, 
usually lyrately lobed, dentate, the lobes broadly ovate, acumi- 
nate, the base gradually narrowed, the petiolules of the middle 
leaflets up to 3 cm in length, of the others gradually shorter; 
petioles 10 to 25 cm long, the basal part with four or more 
somewhat pectinate crests. Umbels terminal, about 30 termi- 
nating each branch, forming a dense cauliflower-like inflores- 
cence, the peduncles 10 to 15 mm long, each with two lanceolate, 
8 to 10 mm long bracts at the apex subtending the two lateral 
branches. Central head of each peduncle almost sessile, sub- 
capitate, of numerous sterile flowers, their pedicels 3 to 4 mm 
long, the ovaries ellipsoid, about 3 mm long. Lateral two um- 
bels about 1 cm in diameter, dense, subcapitate, their peduncles 
8 to 10 mm long. Flowers numerous, sessile or subsessile, 
4-merous. Petals 2 mm long. Anthers about 1 mm long. 
Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, Mount Hilong-Hilong, Weber 1126, 
March 29, 1911, in forests, altitude about 550 m. 
A species most closely allied to Boerlagiodendron dementis Merr., of 
Mindanao, but at once distinguished by its leaves being palmately compound. 
SCHEFFLERA Forster 
SCHEFFLERA OBOVATA sp. nov. § Euschefflera, H eptapleurum. 
Frutex epiphyticus, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis pal- 
matim 5- ad 7-foliolatis, foliolis subcoriaceis, nitidis, obovatis, 
