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mm long. Stamens about 50, obscurely pentadelphous, the fila- 
ments glabrous, 3 to 7 mm long. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26515 Ramos 
& Edano, September 6, 1916, in forests, altitude at least 400 meters. 
It is very curious that two very distinct species of Symplocos should be 
collected on the same mountain both aberrent within the genus in their 
3-lobed calyces. The present species is immediately distinguishable from 
Symplocos obovatifolia Merr. in numerous characters, notably in its entirely 
differently shaped leaves; its sparse ciliate indumentum; and its spicately 
arranged flowers. 
SYMPLOCOS ELLIPTIFOLIA sp. nov. § Bobua, Lodhra. 
Frutex circiter 3 mm altus, ramulis junioribus foliis subtus ad 
costa et inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis subcoriaceis, ellip- 
ticis, usque ad 4 cm longis, utrinque acutis vel apice subobtusis 
minutissime apiculatisque, margine crenato-serrulatis, nervis 
utrinque 5 vel 6, distinctis, anastomosantibus; spicis axillaribus, 
pubescentibus, solitariis, 1 ad 1.5 em longis, circiter 10 floris; 
calycibus tubo glabro, lobis ovatis, obtusis, margine ciliatis; 
petalis elliptico-ovatis, circiter 3 mm longis; staminibus cir- 
citer 60, obscure pentadelphis. 
A shrub about 3 m high, glabrous except the ferrugineous-pu- 
bescent young branchlets, inflorescences, and the sparsely pubes- 
cent midrib on the lower surface of the leaves. Branches terete, 
smooth, dark reddish-brown. Leaves elliptic, subcoriaceous, 3_ 
to 4 cm long, 1.4 to 2.4 em wide, subequally narrowed to the acute 
base and the acute or subobtuse and minutely apiculate apex, 
margins crenate-serrulate, the upper surface brownish-olivaceous 
when dry, shining, the lower surface paler, yellowish-green, the 
midrib slightly impressed on the upper surface; lateral nerves 
5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, anastomosing, 
these and the rather lax reticulations subequally prominent on 
both surfaces, the midrib slightly pubescent on the lower surface. 
Spikes axillary, solitary, up to 1.5 cm long, about 10-flowered, 
appressed ferrugineous-pubescent; bracteoles ovate, pubescent, 
obtuse, about 1 mm long. Calyx-tube glabrous, cylindric, slightly 
enlarged upward, about 2 mm long, the lobes 5, ovate, 2 mm long, 
their margins ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Petals elliptic-ovate, 
rounded, 3 to 3.5 mm long. Stamens about 60, obscurely penta- 
delphous. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26512 Ramos 
& Edatio, September 6, 1916, in forests, altitude at least 300 meters. 
This species somewhat resembles Symplocos inconspicua Brand, but has 
very differently shaped, fewer-nerved leaves, and differs also in its ciliate 
calyx-segments. From Symplocos vidalii Rolfe (S. luzoniensis Brand, non 
