SYMPLOCACE^ OF TTTR PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
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A tree 8 to 15 m. high, the trunk 25 to 75 contimeters in diameter, growing 
on densely forested slopes at an altitiide of from 900 tu 1,SOO nieteTs above the 
sea, differing from S. ferruginea var. pMUppinensis in its leaves, which are green 
beneath when dry, and in its inllorescence. Common names: Qudic (Province of 
Bengnet) ; Banatong hahdye (Province of Bataan) ; Tayom-iayom (Province of 
Rizal ) . 
8. S. adenophylla Wall. var. Merrittii Brand, var. nov. 
Arbor vel frutex ramulis ferrugineis vel saepe glabratis. Folia coria- 
cea, 4-9 cm. longa, 15-35 mm. lata, elliptica vel obovata, glandulosa, 
utrimque glaberrima, in apicem loiigissimum subito protraeta, basi cune- 
ata; petiolus 10-15 mm. longus. Inflorescentiae sordide velutinae, petiolo 
duplo longiores, floribus subsessilibus ; cal}^;: sordide velutimis, lobis laii- 
ceolato-acutis tubo multo brevioribus; corolla calyce duplo longior; 
stamina ca. 25; ovarium glabrum. Fructus laete brunueus, glaber, 8-9 
mm. longus, ellipsoideus, lobis calycinis disco adpressis. 
MiNDORO, Mount Hakon (For. Bur. 4400, 4428, 4440, 4447, collected by M. L. 
Merritt) June, 1900; (5752 Merrill) November, 1900. 8. adenophylla Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907), Bot., 298. 
A shrub or small tree 2 to 3 meters high, the trunk 4 to 5 centimeters in 
diameter, with yellowish buds. It grows on ridges in dense thickets at an al- 
titude of from 1,500 to 2,450 meters above the sea, differing from Malayan 
specimens of the species in its broader leaves and somewhat larger fruit. 
9 S. oblongifolia (C, Presl) Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885), 214; Vidal Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885), 124; Brand in Pflanzenreich, 6 (1901), 55; Merrill 
in Philip. Journ. Sci., 1 (1906), Suppl. 115. Carlea oblongifolia C. Presl 
Epim. Bot. (1851), 217. 
apice parce et breviter pilosis. Folia ad apicem ramo- 
nim dense conferta, 12-19 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, oblonga, integerrima, 
ntrimqne glaberrima, obtnsa, basi cuneata. Spicae puberulae, multiflo- 
rae, petiolo 4-6-plo longiores; bracteae miiiiuiae, subacquales, lanceo- 
lato-acutae; calycis tubus ferrugineus, lobi glabrati rotundati tubum 
subaequantes; corolla calyce 4-plo longior; stamina ca. 60, corolla sub- 
longiora; ovarium glabrum. Fructus 8 mm. longus, brumieus, glaber, 
cylindricus, trilocularis, lobis calycinis discum patenter superantibus. 
Luzon Province of Bataan, Lamao Biver (For. Bur. 199 Barnes) January, 
1904- (For Bur. 1223, 1246 Borden) June, 1904; (For. Bur. 2606 Meyer) 
February, 1905; (133 Wkitford) May, 1904; ilariveles (For. Bur. 757 Ahern)^ 
J-umary 1902; Bur. Sci. (1G51 Foxworthy) October, 1906; (For. Bur 020. 
rurra^) February, 1907- Guimakas (For. Bur. 269 Gammill) January, 1904; 
X Bur oi:^^--'^) ^-"-y' '"''-^ *^^^- ^"^■- ''f- f; 'i.r^""' '•"*;' 
1906. CULION (577 Merrill) December, 1902; without locality (10^4 Cum^ny) 
^^ Tlree^to 25 meters high, 15 to 40 centimeters in diameter, with straight 
trunk and full, goblet-shaped top, with gray smooth bark and reddish wood; 
Svers white and slightly fragrant; fruit green when fresh, brown when dried 
t ;: Inli^iekets a;d Jpen dry forests from slightly above sea level (8 meters 
to an altitude of 700 meters, the timber being somewhat utilized locally for 
ramulis 
