32 BRAND. 
Ramuli glabri. Petiolua ca. 3 cm longus. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Bauco, in forests, altitude 1650 m above sea 
level, Father M. Vanoverhergk 1300, June-July, 1911. 
A tree, 6 m high, now discovered by the American botanists for the 
first time. 
6. 8. floridissima Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 35, var. serrata Brand 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot 108. 
Descriptio aucta : 
Arbor 10 m altus, ramulis atropurpureis glabris. Folia ten- 
uiter coriacea, 10 ad 13 cm longa, 4 ad 7 cm lata, ovalia vel 
elliptica, grosse serrata, utrinque glabra, in apicem brevem 
subito producta, basi nunc rotundata, nunc cuneata; petiolis ca* 
2 cm longus. Paniculae puberulae, petiolo 4- ad 6-plo longiores, 
pedicellis calycem acquantibus vel superantibus ; bracteae mini- 
mae; calyx dense ferrugineus, lobis rotundato-triangularibus 
tubum aequantibus ; corolla calyce duplo longior, 5-partita, extus 
sericea; stamina ca. 60; stylus glaber, calyce triplo longior; ova- 
rium dense sericeum. Fructus nigro-brunneus ca. 10 mm longus, 
ampuUiformis. 
Additional material : Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 
12015 Ramos, August, 1910. 
The leaves are less serrate than in the type; a form connecting typical iS. 
fioridissirna with the variety. 
5. 8. polyandra Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 36. 
Additional material: Luzon, Province of Pangasinan^ For. Bur, ISItSO 
Medina, February, 1909, the timber used in house construction. 
8. 8. fcrruglnea Roxb. var. philippinensls Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 
(1908) Bot. 6. 
Additional material: Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Baguio, Elmer 8761, 
March, 1907: Province of Laguna, Cavinti, Loher 6231; San Antonio, Bur, 
Sd, 10995 Ramos, August, 1910 (a tree 12 m high, with white flowers) : 
Province of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur, S219U Alvarez, December, 1910. Mar- 
INduque, Mount Tayubao, altitude 600 m above sea level, For. Bur. 12168 
Rosenhluth, April, 1908, tree 8 m high, diameter 15 cm, common name 
hochoc. 
This is the first Symplocos to be found on Marinduque Island. Known 
otherwise from Luzon and from Dinagat. 
9. S- Ahernll Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 6. 
Additional material: Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 12717 
Fhiix, November-December, 1910, in flower, common name ckaniusiu: Prov- 
ince of Tayabas, Lacban, Elmer 7908, May, 1907. 
13. 8. Loherl Brand sp. nov. 
Arbor (?) glaberrima. Folia ad apices ramulorum congesta, 
subcoriacea, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 6 ad 7 cm lonea, 1.5 
