10 BRAND. 
15. S. palawanensis Brand, sp. nov. 
Frutex cortice purpurco-brunneo, ramulis glabris, junioribus apice 
ferrugineis. Folia coriacea, 3-4.5 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata^ obovata vel 
oblongo-lanceolata^ utrimque glaberrima^ margine glandulosa, in apicem 
longiusculum subito producta, basi cuneata; costa supra impressa, nervi 
laterales inconspieui vel leviter prominuli; petiolus 4 mm. longus. 
Spicae axillares, simplices, sub-5-fiorae, ferrugineae, 15 mm. longae; 
calyx femigineo-tomentosuSj lobis minimis tnbo multo brevioribns; 
corolla caljce duple (?) longior; stamina ca. 15 (ex 1 flore) ; ovarium 
glabrum. Fructus junior tomentosus cylindricus. 
A shrub 2 meters high, very common on the summit of Mount Pulgar, Pala- 
wan, at an altitude of 1,300 meters above sea level, type specimen collected by 
H. M. Currauj February^ 1906, Forestry Bureau no. 3870 (unripe fruit). 
10. S. depauperata Merrill in Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. 29, (1905), 45. 
Frutex ramulis purpureis^ adpresse pilosis, junioribus ferrugineo- 
hirsutis. Folia chartacea vel fere subcoriacea, 2-4 cm. longa, 13-18 mm. 
lata, obovata vel elliptica vel oblonga, serrulata, supVa ad costam impress- 
am saepius pilosula, subtus juniora dense pilosa, adulta tantum ad 
costam ciliata, in apicem nonnunquam subfalcatum sensim producta, 
basi cuneata. Spicae fulvo-villosae, 5-10-florae, petiolo brevissimo 3-6- 
plo longiores, sed folio breviores; bracteae lanceolato-acutae ; calyx glaber, 
lobis rotundatis, parce sericeis, tubum subaequantibus ; corolla alba, 
calyce plus duplo longior; stamina ca. 25, corolla longiora; stylus glaber; 
ovarium piiosum. Fructus niger, globosus, 4 mm. longus, exocarpio 
fragili crassiusculo, semina incurva. 
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Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (5909, 6508 Elmer) June, 1904; (4333 
Merrill) October, 1905; {'1 Topping) February, 1903; (9G1 Williams) September, 
1904; [Dr. Pond) March, 1904; Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), (Mearns) 
December, 1906: District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4526 Merrill) November, 1905. 
A shrub 1.5 to 3.5 meters high, with smooth dark bro^vn bark and white 
flowers, fruit dark-purple. It occurs in the highlands of Benguet and Lepanto, 
Luzon, at altitudes of from 1,500 to 2,250 meters above the sea. 
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Var. sordida Brand, var. nov. 
Differt a tj-po pubescentia sordida, foliis latioribus, 18-34 mm. latis, 
staminibus minus numerosis (ca. 20). 
■ Type specimen from Mount Midiaas, Panay, collected by A. E. Yoder in 
^pril, 1905. 
Possibly a valid species, but the material at hand is rather imperfect. 
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