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BRAND. 
A large tree 20 to 32 meters high, the trunk 24 to 45 centimeters in diameter, 
with smooth, dark -gray bark, ascending or wide-spreading brandies, and vvliite or 
yellowish flowers, growing in the lower hill forests and widely distributed in 
Luzon. Common name Mahunut. 
Endemic. 
Guettarda polyandra Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845), 500, is certainly not the 
same as Symplocos polyandra, as Blanco's description does not apply to the 
above specimens nor to those which Vidal named ;S'. Yillarii, and to which he 
reduced Blanco's species as a doubtful synonym, nor to those upon which I founded 
8. polyandra in the Pflanzenreieh. If Blanco's species really belongs in Symplocos, 
it can be nothing else than .S^. oUongifolia, to which species his description 
applies fairly well. Under the circumstances it would perhaps have been better 
to have retained the name 8. Villarii for the present species, but as the name 
polyandra has been used in the Pflanzenreieh, I have here retained it lest 
the confusion become still greater. See Perkins I. c. 
6. S. ferruginea Roxb., var. philippinensis Brand, vur. nov. 
Arbor ramulis glabris. Folia coriacea, 6-12 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, 
obovata vel elliptiea, leviter uudulata vel serrata, utrimque glaberrima, 
subtus flavescentia, in apicem longiusculuni subito producta, basi cuneata; 
petiolus 1-1.5 cm. longus. Spicae ferrngineae, densiflorae, petiolo 2-3-plo 
longiores, fructiferae elongatae; calyx villosus, lobis lanceolato-acutis 
tubo longioribus ; corolla lutea; stamina ca. 60. Frnctus nigro-pur- 
purascens, 6 mm. longus, ampuUiformis. 
Lrzo.x, Province of Benguet, Sablan (6091 Elmer) April, 1904; Baguio 
{6008 Elmer) March, 1904. Dixagat (440 Ahem). Common name Libas-lihas. 
A small tree about 6 meters high, branching from near the base, -densely 
branched above, with thin, smooth, brown or light gray or whitish bark, the fruit 
green when fresh, becoming black in drying. The plant grows along streams 
in the islands of Luzon and Dinagat. It differs from Malayan and Chinese 
specimens of 8, ferruginea in its smaller leaves, more branched inflorescence, and 
more numerous stamens. 
7. S. Ahernii Brand sp. nov. 
Arbor, rarius fnitex, ramulis glabris, purpureo-brunneis. ' Polia co- 
riacea, 8-9.5 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, elliptica, repando-serrulata, utrim- 
que glaberrima, in apicem longum saepius subfalcatum subito producta, 
basi cuneata; costa supra impressa; petiolus 1-1.5 cm. longus. Spicae 
axillares et terminales, paniculatae, albido-sericae, petiolo 4-6-plo long- 
iores, fructiferae elongatae; bracteae late ovatac, obtusae vel cuspidatae; 
calycis tubus glaber, lobi sericei, rotimdati, ,tubo sublongiores : corolla 
alba, rarius lutea, calyce duplo longior; stamina ca. 50, corollam aequan- 
tia; stylus et ovarium glabri. Pructus 7-8 mm. longus, ovoideo-ampu- 
lliformis, niger, lobis calycinis discum comose superaixtibus, semen valde 
incur vum. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River (1157, 1196 Whitford) March, 1905; 
(For. Bur. 1511 Ahern's collector) July-August, 1904; (For. Bur. 2647 Meyer) 
February 1905: Province of Benguet, Baguio (For. TJur. 4917 Curran) August 
1006: Province of Rizal (For. Bur. 3175 Ahern's collector) July, 190.5 Min- 
danao, Province of Misamis, Mount Mnlirdang (For. Bur. 457/ Alearns and 
Hutvhinson) May, 1906. 
