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integris, basi angustatis, acutis, apice abrupte caudatis, nervis 
primariis utrinque 5 vel 6, quam secondariis reticulisque haud 
magis distinctis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, racemis circiter 8, 
racemose dispositis, circiter 15 cm longis, fructibus 5-locellatis, 
An epiphytic shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Branches terete, grayish, striate when dry. Leaves alternate, 
their petioles 6 to 7 cm long, inflated and clasping at the base, 
the leaflets 5 to 7, palmately arranged ; leaflets obovate, subcori- 
aceous, 5 to 8 cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, entire, narrowed gradually 
to the acute or cuneate base, the apex abruptly and prominently 
acuminate, the acumen stout, 5 to 8 mm long, acute, the upper 
surface shining, the lower dull, of about the same color; lateral 
nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, the basal ones sharply 
ascending, distinct but not more prominent than are the second- 
ary ones and the reticulations, all equally prominent on both 
surfaces ; petiolules 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, those of the outer leaflets 
somewhat shorter than of the middle ones. Inflorescence ter- 
minal, sparingly furfuraceous-pubescent with short pale hairs, 
the rachis short, about 2 cm long, stout. Racemes usually about 
8, 12 to 15 cm long, bearing numerous fascicled fruits, the pedi- 
cels slender, 3 to 4 mm long, usually 2 or 3 fruits in each fascicle. 
Fruits reddish-yellow when fresh, glabrous, ellipsoid, when dry 
prominently longitudinally 5-sulcate, 5-celled, crowned by the 5, 
round, sessile stigmas. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Dahican, Phil. PI. 1108 Ramos, September 
27 , 1912 . 
A species manifestly allied to Schefflera caudata Vid. {S. acuminatissima 
Merr.) from which it differs especially in its quite differentially shaped, 
much smaller leaves. 
Additional material from the same province {Bur. Sci. 10001, 10973 
Ramos), the specimens in flower, is very similar to the species above de- 
scribed, but in both the flowers are in racemosely disposed umbels, while 
in the type of S. obovata the flowers are merely fascicled, not at all 
umbellate. 
SCHEFFLERA DEMESAE sp. nov. § Euschefflera. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis alternis, palmatim 5-foliolatis, 
foliolis chartaceis, usque ad 24 cm longis, integris, nitidis, apice 
breviter acuminatis, basi rotundatis, nervis tenuibus, utrinque 
usque ad 25, petiolulis valde inaequalibus ; inflorescentiis termi- 
nalibus, pedunculatis, floribus 5-meris, racemosis, racemis elon- 
gatis, subumbellatim dispositis. 
A scandent glabrous shrub, the stem reaching a diameter of 
about 3 cm, purplish, the ultimate branches terete, about 5 mm 
in diameter, striate when dry, grayish or brownish. Leaves 
