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MERRILL. 
the leaflets oblong, coriaceous, caudate-acuminate, base rounded or sub- 
acute, margins coarsely and irregularly sinuate-dentate, somewhat shining 
above, dull beneath, 25 to 40 cm long, 10 to 15 cm wide; nerves about 
16 on each side of the midrib, very prominent beneath ; petioles very stout, 
65 cm long or less ; petiolules 7 to 11 cm long. Complete inflorescence 
unknown, its branches stout, 60 cm long or less, scurfy, becoming nearly 
glabrous in infrutescence. Flowers in 10- to 20-flowered umbels which 
are racemosely arranged along the branches, their peduncles rather slen- 
der, scurfy, about 1.5 cm long, a single lanceolate, acuminate, 1 cm long 
bract at the base of each ultimate branchlet or peduncle ; pedicels about 
1 cm long. Calyx hemispherical, with 6 shallow truncate teeth. Petals 
and stamens not seen, probably 6. Ovary 6-celled; style short, cylindrical, 
0.5 mm long. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, about 4 mm long, 6-sulcate, the 
resulting ridges acute. . 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 717, 031, September— 
October. 1900, and February, 1907 : Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. 
Bur. 1/565 Mearns & Hutchinson, May, 1906. 
A most characteristic species, readily recognizable by its very large leaves and 
large inflorescence. 
Schefflera gracilipes Merrill sp. nov. 
Glabra; foliis ca. 8-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis vel oblongo-ellipticis, 
integris, acuminatis, usque ad 9 cm longis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 
rhachidibus 4 ad 6 cm longis, ramis numerosis, 15 ad 25 cm longis, graci- 
libus ; floribus minutis, 5-meris. 
Scandent, glabrous throughout, the branches light-gray, terete, rather 
slender. Leaves about 8-foliolate, the petioles 8 to 10 cm long, slender, 
the stipules 8 mm long, clasping the stems; leaflets oblong to oblong- 
elliptical, rather sharply acuminate, base acute, entire, 5 to 9 cm long, 
2 to 3 cm wide, coriaceous, shining; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the 
midrib, not prominent, irregular, scarcely more distinct than are the 
secondary nerves and reticulations; petiolules slender, 2 to 4 cm long. 
Panicles terminal, the common rachis 4 to 6 cm long; branches numerous, 
slender, *15 to 25 cm long, each subtended by a lanceolate, acuminate, 
somewhat mealy bract 1 to 1.3 cm long. Flowers small, disposed in 
subcapitate 8- to 12-flowered umbels, the ultimate branchlets of the in- 
florescence or peduncles very slender, 2 cm long or less, each subtended by 
a small bracteole, the pedicels 2 mm long or less. Calyx small, about 
0.8 mm in diameter, disciform, minutely 5-toothed. Petals 5, narrowly 
ovate, acute, 1.5 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, 3-nerve® Stamens 5; filaments 
1 mm long; anthers about 1 mm long. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., September-October, 
1906. 
A species well characterized by its elongate and very slender branches and 
ultimate branchlets, and by its minute flowers. 
