456 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
ARALIACEAE 
SCHEFFLERA Forster 
SCHEFFLERA CHARTACEA sp. nov. (. Heptapleurum .) 
Frutex circiter 2 m altus, ut videtur erectus, glaber vel in- 
florescentiis parcissime pubescentibus ; foliis petiolatis, palmatim 
5- vel 6-foliolatis, foliolis chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis vel ob- 
longo-obovatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, basi acutis, apice tenuiter 
caudato-acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8; inflorescentiis 
terminalibus, paniculatis, folia subaequantibus, gracilis; floribus 
5-meris, petalis vix 1.5 mm longis. 
A species similar to and apparently closely allied to Schef- 
flera luzoniensis Merr. differing especially in its chartaceous, 
not coriaceous leaves, much more slender, somewhat longer in- 
florescence, and much smaller flowers. Erect, fide Vanover- 
bergh, glabrous except the very slightly pubescent inflorescence, 
about 2 m high. Branches terete, grayish. Leaves alternate, 
palmately 5- or 6-foliolate, the petioles rather slender, 5 to 7 
cm long. Leaflets variable in shape, oblong-elliptic to oblong- 
obovate, 5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 4 cm wide, entire, the base acute, 
the apex slenderly caudate-acuminate, the acumen 1.5 to 2 cm 
long, both surfaces somewhat shining and of about the same 
color when dry ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, 
not very prominent, irregular, more or less confused with the 
secondary ones; petiolules 1 to 2 cm long. Inflorescence termi- 
nal, paniculate, about as long as the leaves, the common rachis 
about 1 cm long, slightly floceose-pubescent with deciduous hairs, 
bearing about 4 primary slender branches 12 to 15 cm in length. 
Flowers in 4- to 7-flowered, slenderly peduncled, lax umbels 
which are racemosely arranged on the main branches of the in- 
florescence, the peduncles 1 to 1.8 cm long. Flowers 5-merous, 
greenish, their pedicels slender, 3 to 4 mm long. Calyx broadly 
funnel-shaped, less than 1 mm long, about 1 mm wide, truncate. 
Petals 5, oblong-ovate, acute, 1.3 mm long. Filaments about 
1.2 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. 
Luzon, Bontoe Subprovince, Bauco, altitude about 1,750 meters, Vanover- 
berg 1789, December 1, 1912, in forests. 
Manifestly closely allied to Schefflera luzoniensis Merr., which it greatly 
resembles, differing in its thinner leaves, its lax, slender, inflorescence, 
and in its much smaller flowers. 
RUBIACEAE 
PSYCHGTRI A Linnaeus 
PSYCHOTRIA BONTQCENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra; foliis oblongis ad late oblongo-oblan- 
ceolatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acutis vel obscure acuminatis, 
