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and especially by its very short petioles. Similar in some respects to Sohefflera 
dementis Merr., of Mindanao, but with more slender branches which are not 
covered with bracts, differently shaped leaflets, and short petioles. 
Schefflera leytensis sp. nov. 
Glabra; foliis longe petiolatis, foliolis circiter 8, ellipticis vel oblongo- 
ellipticis, usque ad 14 cm longis, basi rotundatis, apice abrupte subcaudato- 
acuminatis, margine integris ; floribus 5-meris, in unibellulis longe 
pedunculatis dispositis, umbellulis racemoso-dispositis ; ovario 10-loculare. 
Glabrous throughout. Stems unknown. Leaves long-petioled, the 
petioles at least 20 cm in length; leaflets about 8, elliptic or oblong- 
elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, shining on both surfaces when dry, 10 to 
14 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm wide, entire, the margins reflexed, the apex 
abruptly subcaudate-aeuminate, acumen 2 cm long or less, base rounded ; 
nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, spreading, anastomosing, the 
reticulations lax; petiolules 4 to 5 cm long. Inflorescence (or partial 
•inflorescence?) about 40 cm long, the raehis stout, dark-colored when 
dry, the umbels racemosely disposed, their peduncles about 4 cm long, 
about 30 on each inflorescence or branch. Flowers 5-merous, about 
25 in each umbel, their pedicels 3 to 5 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, 3 
mm long, truncate. Petals 5, oblong-ovate, about 4 mm long, coherent 
by their apices and falling as a whole. Stamens 5 ; filaments 4 mm long ; 
anthers 2 to 2.2 mm long. Ovary 10-celled; stigma conic, less than 1 
mm long. 
Leyte, central divide, altitude about 1,150 m, For. Bur. 16904 Rosenbluth, 
February, 1909. 
ERICACEAE. 
Dl PLYCOSI A Blume. 
Diplycosia parvifolia sp. nov. 
Frutex parvus epiphyticus vix 1 m altus, ramulis junioribus plus minus 
setosis ; foliis coriaceis, nitidis, ellipticis vel elliptico-oblongis, basi acuiis, 
apice acutis vel leviter acuminatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis, subtus glanduloso- 
punctatis, nervis later alibus ' obsoletis, basi interdum obscure triplinerviis ; 
floribus paucis, axillaribus, solitariis, pedieellatis, calycis segmentis minute 
ciliatis. 
A small, epiphytic, erect shrub less than 1 m high, diffusely branched, 
the branches slender, glabrous, brown, slightly striate, terete, the branch- 
lets with scattered slender, brown, more or less appressed, setose hairs. 
Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 1-to 2.5 cm long, 1 cm wide 
or less, entire, the base acute, the apex acute or slightly acuminate, 
glabrous and shining when dry, but the margins of the younger leaves 
more or less eiliate-setose, the lower surface with scattered, dark-colored, 
small glands ; midrib distinct, the lateral nerves and reticulations obsolete, 
the base sometimes very obscurely triplinerved ; petioles about 2 mm long, 
