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MERRILL. 
SCHEFFLERA Forster. 
Schefflera macrantha Merrill sp. nov. 
Inflorescentiis terminalibus; ramnlis crassis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 
dense cinereo-leprosis ; umbellulis breviter peduneulatis, 3— 8-floris; flori- 
bus 9- vel 10-meris, pro genere magnis, calyce ca. 6 mm diam. ; foliolis ca. 
9, oblongis, acuminatis, 18 ad 23 cm longis, giabris. 
Scandent, the ultimate brandies 1 to 1.5 cm thick, glabrous, with nu- 
merous, imbricated, 1 cm long bracts, near the tip. Leaves alternate, 
petioles stout, about 30 cm long, glabrous, inflated at the base, the 
petiolules 5 to 6 cm long; leaflets about 9, oblong or oblong-ovate, coria- 
ceous, glabrous, somewhat shining, base rounded, apex rather abruptly 
short-sharp-acuminate, entire; nerves' about 18 on each side of the midrib, 
spreading, freely anastomosing, the reticulations and secondary lateral 
nerves nearly as prominent as the primary ones. Inflorescence terminal, 
the common racliis apparently not produced, the branches 20 cm long 
or less, thick, densely covered with scurfy, ashy or brownish scales, the 
flowers borne in small umbels scattered along the branches, 3 to 8 in 
each, the peduncles stout, 3 ram long or less, the pedicels about 5 mm long 
and like the flowers densely scurfy. Calyx cup-shaped, about 6 mm in 
diameter, truncate. Petals 9 or 10, thick, connivent, oblong-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, scurfy outside, 4 to 4.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. 
Stamens 9 or 10, the filaments very thick, 0.5 mm long; anthers ellipsoid, 
2 mm long. Ovary 9- or 10-celled, upper portion above the calyx cone- 
shaped, truncate. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens s. n . , in forests, altitude 
about 750 m, June, 1907. 
A species well characterized by its large 9- or 10-merous flowers, densely 
scurfy inflorescence and 9-foliolate leaves. 
Schefflera dementis Merrill sp. nov. 
Glabra, inflorescentiis exceptis; ramis crassiusculis apices versus brac- 
teis lanceolatis 5 ad 7 cm longis obtectis; foliis ca. 6-foliolatis, foliolis 
coriaceis lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, eaudato-acuminatis, integris, 
usque ad 23 cm longis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, paniculatis, ramis 
plus minus furfuraceis, 20 ad 40 cm longis ; floribus umbellulatis, 5-meris. 
Scandent, glabrous except the inflorescence, the branches thickened, 
gray, glabrous, and toward their apices covered with numerous light-gray 
glabrous lanceolate, coriaceous, 5 to 7 cm long bracts or persistent stipules. 
Leaves about 6-foliolate, the petioles 24 cm long or less; leaflets coria- 
ceous, glabrous, shining, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 16 to 23 cm long, 
5 to 7 cm wide, entire, apex shortly caudate-acuminate, base rounded or 
acute ; nerves spreading, the primary ones scarcely more distinct than are 
the secondary ones and the reticulations; petiolules 5 to 6 cm long. 
Kachis of the inflorescence somewhat elongated, the branches more or less 
