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MERRILL. 
a prominent stipule at the base. Inflorescence terminal, short pedun- 
culate, umbellate, about 10 cm. in diameter, the primary peduncles about* 
15, 2 cm. . long, bearing a small umbel at the apex and usually 2 secondary 
peduncles 1.5 to 2 cm. long, these bearing a dense globose head of 
small white flowers. Calyx tubular 3 mm. long, truncate. Petals 5, 
valvate, oblong, acute, 3 mm. long. Stamens 5 ; filaments 2 mm. long ; 
anthers 1.8 mm. long. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit dimorphous, of the pri- 
mary umbels white, fleshy, globose, not ridged, 3-celled, 4 to 5 mm. in 
diameter, the seeds aborted; of the secondary umbels oblong-ovoid, 7 mm. 
long, strongly 5-ridged, 5-celled, fertile. 
In forests at about 150 m. alt. (No. 5620) . A closely related form is represented 
by No. 609 Ahern from Surigao, Mindanao. 
SCHEFFLERA Forst. 
Schefflera foetida Merrill n. sp. § Keptapleurum. 
Scandens, glabra; foliis 6-foliatis; foliolis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, 
acuminatis, coriaceis, 4 ad 6 cm. longis; paniculis terminalibus, ramulis 
divergentibus ; ovario 4-rariter 5-loculare. 
Glabrous throughout, scandent up to 7 m., all parts when crushed with 
a very rank odor; branches gray, the tips very dark colored when dry, 
terete. Leaves alternate, the petioles 5 to 10 cm. long, digitately 5-foli- 
ate; leaflets ovate to oblong-ovate, coriaceous, shining, 4 to 6 cm. long, 2 to 
3.5 cm. wide, acuminate, the base rounded or subacute, sometimes in- 
equilateral, the midrib prominent, the lateral nerves very faint ; petiolules 
1 to 3 cm. long. Panicles terminal, about 12 cm. long, short-peduncled, 
branched along the rachis, the branches few, spreading, the primary ones 
(in anthesis) sometimes 10 cm. long, the umbels racemosely disposed 
their peduncles 1.5 to 2 cm. long, each umbel 6 to 9-flowered,‘ the pedicels 
5 to 7 mm. long. Calyx broadly funnel shaped, truncate, about 1.2 mm. 
long. Petals united, forming an apiculate calyptra which falls as a 
whole, 2 mm. long. Stamens 4, very rarely 5 ; filaments 4 mm. long ; 
anthers ovoid, 1.2 mm. long. Ovary 4-celled, the top conical; stigmas 4. 
On forested ridges at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 5762). No. 4423 Merritt, from an 
altitude of 1,600 m. is apparently the same, the flower buds being very immature. 
No. 5678 of my own collection appears also to be a very large diffuse form of the 
same species but it is with fruits only and has much larger more acuminate leaves 
and very much larger panicles than the type. 
Schefflera sp. 
In forests at 900 m. alt. (No. 5696) Undeterminable, with fruits only. 
Schefflera insularum ( H eptapleurum insularum Seem.) is abundant along the 
Alag and Binabay Rivers, and has previously been collected on the Baco River 
near the base of Halcon. 
