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Rolfe) it differs in its shorter, more numerously flowered ialces and ovate, 
not lanceolate, bracteoles and calyx-segments. 
' SYMPLOCOS RAMOSII sp. nov. § Bobua. 
Arbor, ramulis junioribus et inflorescentiis ferrugineo-pubes- 
centibus exceptis glabra; foliis oblongo-ellipticis ad elliptico- 
ovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, chartaceis, apice perspicue acu- 
minatis ad subcaudato-acuminatis, basi acutis, margine obscure 
crenulato-dentatis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12; inflorescentiis axilla- 
ribus pseudo-terminalibusque, elongatis, parce ramosis, ramulis 
plerumque 1 ad 3, usque ad 10 cm longis; fioribus 5-meris, sessi- 
libus, numerosis, circiter 8 mm diametro. 
A tree, glabrous except the ferruginous-pubescent younger 
branchlets and the inflorescences. Branches and older parts of 
the branchlets brown, smooth, terete. Leaves scattered, char- 
taceous, oblong-elliptic to elliptic-ovate, subequally narrowed at 
both base and apex, the base acute, the apex rather prominently 
acuminate, sometimes subcaudate-acuminate, margins crenate- 
dentate, the teeth not prominent, when dry yellowish-green or 
greenish-olivaceous, of the same color on both surfaces, shining; 
lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, rather slender 
but prominent on the lower surface, anastomosing; petioles 1.3 
to 2 em long, blackish when dry. Inflorescences elongated, axil- 
lary and pseudo-terminal, up to 12 cm in length, rather densely 
appressed-ferruginous-pubescent with short hairs, the branches 
few, usually 1 to 3, up to 10 cm in length. Flowers 5-merous, 
numerous, spicately arranged, white, about 8 mm in diameter, 
the subtending bracteoles three, broadly ovate, pubescent, obtuse 
to subacute, about 1.5 mm long. Sepals-5, broadly orbicular- 
ovate, obtuse, pubescent, 1.5 mm long. Petals elliptic to elliptic- 
- ovate, rounded, about 3 mm long. Stamens about 40, obscurely 
pentadelphous, their filaments 3 to 5 mm long. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 23801 Ramos, October 
18, 1915, on open hillsides at medium altitudes. 
The alliance of this species is apparently with Symplocos ahernii Brand, 
from which it differs in numerous characters, notably in its greatly elon- 
gated spikes. 
ERICACEAE 
VACCINIUM Linnaeus 
VACCINIUM MYRTOIDES (Blume) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1859) 1062. 
Thibaudia mytoides Blume Bijdr. (1826) 861. 
Vaccinium villarit Vid. Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 166; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 374. 
The type of Blume’s species was from the Moluccas: “in cacumine 
montium ignivomorum insularum Moluccarum”, and all published descrip- 
