SYMPLOCACE^^] OF THE rillLIl'PlNE ISLANDS. 3 
CONSPECTUS SPECIKRUM. 
I. Seetio Cordyloblaste (Moritzi) Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL, 2 (1876), 
669; Brand in Pllanzonreich, 6 (1901), 88. Genus Cordyloblaste Moritzi in Hot. 
Zeitg., 6 (1848), 606. 
Stamina monadelpliia, in tubum longiim fere ^ipqne ad antheras 
connata; filamenta complanata ; tubus stamineus tubo corollae coaliUis. 
1. Symplocos confusa Brand in Pflanzonreicli^ 6 (1901), 88; Merrill in Philip. 
Journ. Sci., 1 (1906), Suppl. 115. 8. Henschelii Bentli. et Hook. f. ex Clarke 
in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind., 3 (1882)., 588, syn. excl. 
Arbor raiiiulis sordide ferrugineis. Folia tenuiter coriacea, 7-11 cm. 
longa, 2.5-3.5 cm. lata, forma variabilis nunc ovalia^ nunc lanceolato- 
oblonga, sub-integra^ utrimque glaberrimaj apice acuminata^ basi cuneata. 
Raeemi simplices axillares sericei 1-4-fiori, subumbellati, longitudine 
petioli; bracteae lanceolatae^ hirsutae; corolla alba, calyce sericeo 4-5-plo 
longior, paulo ultra medium comiata, lobis 5; stamina quadriserialia^ 
exteriora apice libera; ovarium triloculare vel abortu saepissime biloculare, 
villosum. Fructus ea. 11 mm. longus, niger, adpresse incano-pilosus, 
oblongo-ovoideus, disco lobos. calycinos distincte superante. 
Luzon, Province of Batuun, Mount Mariveles (3240, 3723, 3960 Merrill), 
October, January, 1903-04; (1185, 1343 Whitford) March, September, 1905; (For. 
Bur. 791 Borden) May, 1904; (For. Bur. 2619 Meyer) February, 1905; (Bur. 
Sci. 1578 Foxworthy) October, 1906: District of Lepanto, near Bnlbalasan (For. 
Bur. 5726 Klemme) November, 1906: Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4827 
Merrill) November, 1905; (For. Bur. 5033 Curran) August, 1906. Mindanao, 
Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang (For. Bur. 4699 Mearns & Hutchinson) 
May, 1906. 
A small tree 2 to 6 meters high, the trunk 1.5 to 6 centimeters in diameter, 
with white fragrant flowers, growing on rocky exposed forested ridges from 
an altitude of about 900 to about 2,500 meters above the sea, widely distributed 
in Luzon. 
Malayan Peninsula, southern China, and Borneo. 
2. S. Foxworthy! Brand, sp. nov. 
Frutex densissimus, ramulis glabris. Folia crasse coriacea, 4-6.5 cm. 
longa, 3-4 cm. lata, obovata vel fere orbicularia, utrimque glaberrima, 
intef^errima, apice rotundata vel subcordata, basi cuneata, costa supra 
impressa, nervi secundarii inconspicui; petiolus mbro-brunucus, 6 mm. 
longus. Flores. in racemis brevibus, subsexfloris ; pcdicelli et calyx 
sericei, pedicelli inferiores calyce subbreviores; corolla glabra, calyce triplo 
longior, lobis 6 vel 7, paulo supra medium coalitis; stamina usque ad 
antheras coalita, triserialia; stylus inferne pilosus; ovarium albido- 
villosum, biloculare vel abortu unilocularc. 
Represented by Nos. 552 (type) and 558 Bureau of Science, collected by F, W. 
Foxworthy on Mount Pulgar, Palawan, in Hower, March, 1906, at an altitude 
of 1,150 to 1,210 meters. 
A dense shrub with grayish bark, reaching a height of 2.5 meters, the flowers 
white or pinkish-white and with a faint odor. Probably the ovary of this species 
was originally 3-celIed, as in S. confusa and >S'. UenscheUi, as in one of the ovaries 
