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distant, the secondary ones nearly as prominent, anastomosing and 
forming looped submarginal nerves; petiolules 1 to 2.5 cm long. In- 
florescence terminal, the rachis 2 or 3 cm long, rather stout, the branches 
4 to 6, crowded, ascending, 20 to 30 cm long, glabrous, each subtended 
by a persistent, coriaceous, lanceolate, acuminate bract 2 to 3 cm long, 
the bracts when young densely flocculose. Flowers numerous, 5-merous, 
borne in 3- to 6-flowered umbels which are arranged along the primary 
branches, the peduncles 3 to 4 mm long, each subtended by a small lan- 
ceolate bracteole, the pedicels about as long as the peduncles. Calyx 
disciform, about 1.5 mm in diameter. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit 3.5 mm 
long, oblong-ovoid, the ridges 5, not prominent. 
Palawan, Iwahig, Bur. Sci. 7 96, 915 Foxwortliy, April and May, 1906. 
A species allied to Schefflera, caudata (Vid.) Merr., S. dementis Merr., and S. 
lonyifrutcscens Elm., but readily distinguishable from all by the shape and venation 
of its leaflets, and various other characters. 
ERICACEAE. 
RHODODENDRON Linn. 
Rhododendron curranii sp. nov. 
Arbuscula 2 ad 2.5 m alta, ramis ramulis foliisque glabris; foliis 
coriaceis oblongo-obovatis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis, acut.is vel obtusis, 
basi sensim angustatis; pedicellis dense hirsuto-pilosis ; floribus 2.5 ad 
3 cm longis, purpureo-coccineis ; staminibus 10, filamentis in parte infe- 
riore plus minus hirsutis ; ovario dense piloso. 
A shrub 2 to -2.5 m high, the branches light-gray or brownish, glab- 
rous, slender, terete, the ultimate ones 1.5 to 2 mm in diameter. Leaves 
whorled, 4 to 6 or 7 at each node, coriaceous, oblong-obovate to oblong- 
oblanceolate, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, paler beneath and 
with scattered small glands, 2.5 to 5.5 cm long, 0.5 to 2 cm wide, apex 
blunt or acute, gradually narrowed towards the cuneate or somewhat 
decurrent base, the margins slightly revolute ; nerves obscure, about 4 on 
each side of the midrib ; petioles 2 to 4 mm long. Flowers crimson- 
purplish, in terminal sessile fascicles, three or four flowers at the apex 
of each branchlet, the bracts smooth, imbricate, deciduous; pedicels 
densely hirsute-pilose, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Calyx an obscurely toothed ring 
about 4 mm in diameter. Corolla 2.5 to 3 cm long, slightly pubescent on 
the outside, the tube rather broad, the lobes orbicular-obovoid, rounded 
or retuse, 1.3 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. Stamens 10 ; filaments 1.5 to 
1.8 cm long, 5-celled, slightly enlarged and hirsute below, glabrous above. 
Ovary oblong, 5-celled, densely pilose, 5 mm long; style glabrous, about 
9 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 8061 Curran, Decem- 
ber, 1907, in thickets on ridges at 2,000 m alt., also from the same locality 
Bur. Set. lf-988 Ramos, December, 1907. 
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