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ARALIACE2E. 
BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms. 
Boerlagiodendron luzoniense sp. nov. 
Arbuscnla 1 acl 3 m alta; foliis palmatim 5- ad 7-lobatis, lobis ob- 
longis vel obovato-oblongis, dentatis et grosse irregulariter sinuatis; um- 
bellis plus minus dense castaneo-paleaceis ; floribus 4-meris. 
An erect shrub 1 to 3 m high. Branches somewhat thickened, light- 
gray, glabrous. Leaves submembranaceous, glabrous, suborbicular in out- 
line, 15 to 25 cm long, palmately 5- to 7-lobed, truncate or cordate at 
the base, the lobes oblong to obovate-oblong, reaching to within 3 or 4 
cm of the base, 5 to 7 cm wide, much narrowed below, apex short- 
acuminate, margins irregularly dentate and each lobe with two or three 
lobules, the lobules ovate or oblong-ovate, acuminate, 2 to 5 cm long, 
their sinuses round; petioles 10 to 30 cm long, rather slender, the basal 
portion with from 3 to 7 strong crests, their margins rarely slightly 
pectinate. Umbels terminal, compound, the peduncles 20 to 30, the 
whole inflorescence beset with numerous, dark-brown, narrow, paleaceous 
scales, the peduncles 2 to 3 cm long, subtended by numerous 1 cm long 
basal bracts, these bracts oblong, their margins somewhat fimbriate and 
their backs covered with narrow, brown, paleaceous scales, each peduncle 
bearing three branches, the middle one very short, the lateral ones 2.5 to 
3 cm long, the bracts at the apex of the common peduncle and at the upper 
two-thirds of the lateral branches similar to the basal ones but smaller. 
Lateral heads about 1 cm in diameter, densely many-flowered, the flowers 
perfect, yellow, sessile, and subtended by numerous, dark-brown, chaffy 
bracteoles which are fimbriate and covered with setose scales. Calyx 
glabrous, obovoid, truncate, 2.5 to 3 mm long, 1.5 to 2 mm thick. Petals 
4, ovate-elliptical, glabrous, united in bud, about 3 mm long, 2 mm 
wide. Stamens 4; anthers 1.5 mm long. Ovary 4-celled. Middle heads 
subsessile, the flowers sterile, pedicellate, the pedicels 5 to 6 mm long, 
the flowers glabrous, purplish, globose, 5 to 6 mm in diameter, 2-celled, 
rarely 3-celled. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Elmer 5928, March, 1904; Williams 
1123, July, 1904; For. Bur. 5088 Curran, August, 1900; Bur. Sci. 2729 M earns, 
April. 1907. 
A species recognizable by its 4-merous flowers and dark-brown, densely palea- 
ceous inflorescence, the specimens cited distributed as B. pulcherrimum (Vid.) 
Harms., to which species they do not seem to be closely allied. 
Boerlagiodendron camiguinense sp. nov. 
Diifert a praecedente foliis 3-5-lobatis, lobis non sinuatis, usque 
ad dimidi an partem laminae attingentibus, basi vix angustatis; floribus 
3-meris. 
Very similar to the preceding, the inflorescence with the same dense 
