sy:mplocack.to of the i»itii.ii'pink islands. 5 
FORMAE. 
Folia subtus ad costam tantum pilosa forma 1, eu-paims 
Folia subtus glaberrima forma 2, ciliata 
Folia subtus ubique ferrugiueo-hirta , forma 3, Elmeri 
Forma 1, eu-patens Brand. 8. patens C. Presl, sensu strictissimo. 
Luzo>- (152 IJaenl-e), type of ^t/mplooos patens Presl. Province of Rizal 
(For. Bur. 2676 Ahern's collector) January, 1005; (Bur. Sci. 20S0 Ramos) 
February, 1907. 
Forma 2, ciliata (C. Presl) Brand. S. ciliata C. Presl, I. c, 
Luzon (153 ffctenfce). 
This form lias not as yet been rediscovered by the American botanists. 
Forma 3, Elmeri Brand, fi. Elmeri Brand 'in Perk. Fraj?. Fl. Pliilip. 1, (1904), 
3G; :Merrill in Philip, -tourn. Sci. 1, (1900), Suppl. 115. 
Luzox, Province of Kizal, Tanay (235G Merrill) May, 1003: Province of 
Bataan, Mount Mariveles (1333 Whiffard) May, 1905, (For. Bur. 2718 Borden) 
February, 1905, 
A large tree reaching a heiglit of 30 meters and the trunk a diameter of 55 
centimeters, with white fragrant flowers, growing on forested slopes and ridges 
from 150 to 000 m. above the sea in Rizal and Bataan provinces, Luzon. Common 
names, according to Presl, haranyaa and rigangaian; hijns hahaye according 
to H. N. Whitford. Fruit green, bn.wn when dried. 
Endemic. 
4. S. floridissima Brand in Pllanzenreich, 6 (1901), 35. 
Arbor ( ?) ramulis ferrugineis vel glabratis. Folia tenuiter ooriacea, 
10-12 em. longa, 3-5.5 em. lata, ovalia vel elliptica, intogerrima, utrimque 
glabra, in apiccm longirm sensim producta. Panieulae fernigineo-hirtae 
petiolo longiusculo 4~(j-plo longiores, pedieoUis ealycem subaequantibus ; 
bracteao parvae laneeolatae; calyx dense fernigineus, lobis triangiilaribiis 
tubum subaequautibus. 
Luzon, Province of Albay (1305 Cuming) 183G-40, a species not as yet redis- 
covered by the American botanists. 
5. 8. polyandra Brand in Pflanzenreieh, 6 (1901), 36; Perkins Frag. Fl. Philip. 
1 (1904), 37; Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1, (1900), Suppl. 115. Sf. ViUarii 
Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886), 178. S. pseudo-spicata Vidal, I. c, 179. 
Arbor ramulis glabris. Folia coriacea, valde variabilia, 8-15 cm. 
longa, 3^.5 cm. lata, oblonga vel elliptica, serrata vel subintegerrima, 
utrimque glaberrima, apiculata, basi cuneata. Panieulae tomentosae, 
dein glabratae, petiolo 1.5-2.5 cm. longo 1-G-plo longiores, floribus nunc 
sessilfbus nunc pedicellatis ; braeteae niininiae; ealycis lobi triangulares 
tubo subaequilongi ; corolla calycc triplo longior; stamina ca. 100, corolla 
subbreviora; ovarium pilosiusculum. Fructus 8-10 mm. longus, ovoideo- 
ampullifonnis, glaber, viridis vel laete brunneus, exocarpio crassiusculo 
frn^ili, lobis diseum supeiantibus, semen ineurvum. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo (1697 Merrill) March, 1003; Bosoboso 
(For Bur. 1114, 1974, 2662, 3253 Ahern's collector) June, January, August, 1005 
(Bur. Sci. 1489 Ramos) Sept., 190G: Province of Tayabas, Pagbilao, (1949 
Men ill) Vpril 1903: Province of Bataan, Lamao Kiver (For. Bur. 70, 176 
Barnes) January, 1904: (For. Bur. 1925 Tforde^i), September, 1904: Province of 
Zambales, Subic [llallier), January, 1904. 
