SYMPLOCACEzR OF THE I'lUIJl'I'INK ISLANDS. 9 
flavesccns, 5-10 mm. longus. Spicae densiflorac petiolo 3-4-pl.) longio- 
res; flores plenmiqiie sessiles, iufimi iaterdum brevitor pcdiccllnti; brac- 
teae ovatae tubo calyeis aequilongae ; corolla alba, calyce plus duplo 
longior; stamina ca. 20, corolla siiblongiora; stylus et ovarium glabri. 
Fructus 8 mm. longus, ovoideus, niger, lobis calyeis coronatus. 
A shrub 1 to G meters high with white fragrant flowers, growing on Mount 
Banaiao Provinces of Tayabas and Laguna, hvzos, on steep forested slopes from 
IGOO to 2,000 motors above the sea, Lueban (902 ^yhiiford) Ootol)or, 1901; 
Majayjay (Bur. Sci. 2113, 2389, 2391 Foxworthy) March, 1907. 
13 S. luzoniensis Kolfe in Jouru. Bot. 24 (1880), 348; Brand in Pflan.enreich 
6 (1901), 61. 8. montana Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886), 179. 
Frutex ramulis rufo-setosis. Folia 4-7 cm. longa, 1.5-2.5 cm. lata, 
lanceolata vel oWougo-lanceolata, crenato-serrata vel serrata, praeter ner- 
vum medium setosum glabra; spicae villosae, 4-5-florae, petiolo 2-3-plo 
lon-iores; bracteae lanccolatae, villosae; calyeis lobi lanceolati; corolla 
non satis iiota; ovarium glabrum. Fructus junior ovoideus, calyce coro- 
natus, glaber, rugosus. 
A species not yet rediscovered by the American botanists, the type Ix^i'ig ^™'» 
Mount Banajao, Province of Tayabas, Luzon, growing at an altitude of 2,000 
meters. With some hesitation I refer also to this species, the type of winch I 
</ have not seen, a specimen collected by VUm (no. 2141) on the Caraballo Moun- 
^ tains Province of Nueva Ecija, Luzon. It differs from the speces as described, 
in its miiiutelv denticulate leaves and villous young fruit, and may prove 
• to be a distinct species or a variety, when more material is available for 
comparison 
14. S. Merrilliana Brand, sp. nov. 
Arbor ramulis apice pilosis. Folia cbartacea, 5-7.5 cm. longa,, 2-Z.o 
cm lata, elliptic^ vel oblonga, utrimque glaberrima, repando-serrata, in 
apicem lon<rum plcrumque subfalcatum subito producta, basi cuneata; 
costa supra impressa ; petiolus 5 mm. longus. Spicae sericeae, axillares, 
simplices, multiflorae, petiolo 4-8-plo longiores; bracteae ovato-acutae, 
sericeae calyeis tub uni occultantes; calyx glaber, lobis oblongis paree 
sericeis, tubo aequilongis; corolla alba, calyce plus duplo long.or, sta- 
mina ca. 17 corolla vix longiora; stylus ad basin pilosus; ovarium sen- 
ccum Fructus ovoideo-globosus, 5 mm. longus, in sicco brunneo-flaves- 
cens granulatus, lobis calycinis discum comose occultantibus. 
oCpe specimen no. 2415 Bureau of Science, collected by F. W. Foxu:orlky, 
on Mount Banajao, Province of Laguna, LfZOX, along trail to top of mountain 
TsOO to 2,200 meters above the sea, also no. 876 Forestry Bureau, collected by 
ir Klnnme, same locality, June, 1904. 
A tree 3 to 5 meters high, the trunk about 10 centimeters in diameter t e 
flower/ white It is related to B. lancifolia, and so considered by Mem l,= but 
^::!^afrom that specic» by its longer inflorescence^ |ess numerous stamens, 
the hairy base .,f the style, and by the color of the dno.l fruit. 
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^This Journ. 1 (lOOU), Hot. ^"^uppl 17G. 
