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MERRILL. 
the branches, palmately cut into 4 to 6 linear segments which, are free 
to the base, these segments glabrous, submembranaceous, 15 to 20 cm long, 
1 to 1.5 cm wide, narrowed above to the acuminate apex, the base 
narrowly decurrent, the decurrent parts so narrow that the segments 
appear to he petiolulate, this portion 1 to 1.5 cm long, margins irregu- 
larly and slightly repancl, the teeth, minute, distant; nerves numerous, 
spreading; petioles 4 to 6 cm long, the base with 2 or 3 prominent 
crests. Umbels compound, with few, dark-brown, fimbriate scales, the 
peduncles about 10, 2 cm long, bracteate at the base and apex, each bearing 
at its apex a short-peduncled central head and two lateral branches, the 
central head composed of numerous, dark-brown, fimbriate-lacerate 
bracteoles (sterile flowers fallen), the lateral branches about 3 cm long, 
with a pair of bracts at about the middle, each bearing a terminal head 
of perfect flowers 1 cm in diameter or less, these heads also with 
numerous dark-brown lacerate-fimbriate bracteoles. Flowers sessile. 
Calyx more or less funnel-shaped, truncate, about 2 mm long, 1 mm in 
diameter. Petals and stamens not seen. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit ovoid, 
5- ridged, 5-celled, about 3 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. J/953 Ramos, December, 1907. 
A most characteristic species, at once recognizable by its 4 to 0 linear segments 
which are almost distinct enough to be considered as leaflets. 
Boerlagiodendron pulcherrimum (Vidal) Harms in Engl. & Prantl Nat. 
Pflanzenfam. 3 s (1904) 32. 
Osmoxylon pulcherrimum Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 18 (1883) t. 55, f. B. 
This is an imperfectly known species, the type being no longer extant. The 
material on which it was based was from Binangonan de Lampon, Province of 
Principe, Luzon, and the description states that it is a plant with digitately 
7- to 9-lobed leaves, the lamina being 1 m long and the petioles 40 to 50 cm long. 
The figure shows 5-merous flowers, with the central head of sterile flowers 
strongly peduncled.. It is doubtless allied to Boerlagiodendron mindanaense above 
described, but is quite different from that species both in its leaves and in its 
peduncled central heads. A full description of the species can not be written 
until it is again discovered. 
SCHEFFLERA Forst. 
Schefflera fox wort hyi sp. nov. 
Glabra ; foliis 7-foliolatis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis vel oblongo-lan- 
c-eolatis, apice sensim acuminatis, basi c-uneatis, margine integris, 
revolutis; infiorescentiis terminalibus, ramis elongatis, rhachidibus bre- 
vibus; ilorilms 5-meris in imbellulis paucifloris dispositis. 
Scandent, glabrous throughout, except some parts of the inflorescence, 
branches light-gray, somewhat thickened. Leaves 7-foliolate, the peti- 
oles 10 cm long, the stipule clasping; leaflets ovate-lanceolate to oblong- 
lanceolate, subcoriaceous, dull, 9 to 14 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, apex 
gradually acuminate, acumen sharp, base cuneate, margins entire, revo- 
lute; primary lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, irregular, 
