ADDITIONAL PHILIPPINE SYMPLOCACE^, I. 109 



ca. 60; stylus glaber, calyce triplo longior; ovarium dense sericeum. 

 Fructus mini non visus. 



Luzon, Province of Bulacan, Angat, For. Bur. 1113ft Aguilar, March, April, 

 1908. 



This variety is an intermediate form connecting Symplocos patens and S. 

 floridissima. 



6. S. polyandra Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 36. 



Additional material : Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 2181 Ramos, March, 

 1 907. 



7. Symplocos Hutchinsonii Brand sp. nor. 



Arbor 6 m alta, ramulis glabris, atro-purpureis, rugoso-striatis, niten- 

 tibus. Folia chartacea, 7-9 cm longa, 3-4 cm lata, elliptica, repando- 

 serrata, utrinque glaberrima et opaca, supra (in sicco) atrato-, subtus 

 incano-viridia, breviter et obtuse apiculata, basi cuneata, costa supra 

 impressa ; petiolus 10-14 mm longus, saepe curvatus. Paniculae glabrae, 

 divaricatae, petiolo ca. 6-plo longiores, terminales et subterminales, 

 pedicellis calycem subaequantibus ; calyx glaber, lobis ovalibus, flavescen- 

 tibus, tubo duplo longioribus; corolla glabra, 5-partita, calyce duplo 

 longior; stamina ca. 50; stylus glaber, calyce subduplo longior; ovarium 

 glabrum. Fructus mihi non visus. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 6551 Hutchinson, March, 1907, 

 altitude about 5 m above sea level. 



8. S. ferruginea Roxb. var. philippinensis Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 6. 



Additional material: Luzon, Province of Laguna, For. Bur. 10167 Curran, 

 March, 1908. 



9. S. Ahernii Brand 1. c. 



Additional material : Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bur. Sci. 34f f 2 Mearns, July, 

 1907. Mindoro, Mount Malasumbu, For. Bur. 8590 Alerritt, January, 1908. 



11. S. oblongifolia (C. Presl) Eolfe in Journ. Bot, 23 (1885) 214. 

 Additional material : Luzon, Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 831(0 Curran 



& Merritt, December, 1907. 



12. Symplocos imperial is Brand sp. now 



Arbor, ramulis glabris, purpureo-brunneis, rugoso-striatis. Folia ad 

 apices ramulorum comose congesta, tenuiter coriacea, 5-7 cm longa, 2-3 

 cm lata, oblongo-elliptica, leviter serrulato-undulata, utrinque glaberrima 

 et (in sicco) viridia, in apicem longiusculum subito producta, basi 

 cuneata, costa supra leviter impressa; petiolus recurvatus, 15-20 mm 

 longus, colore ramulorum. Flores mihi non visi. Inflorescentiae fruc- 

 tiferae terminales, congestae, glabrae, petiolo 3— 1-plo longiores, pedicellis 

 fructu brevioribus. Fructus laete brunneus, ovoideus, glaber, ca. 7 mm 

 longus, trilocularis, lobis calycinis brevibus, rotundato-triangularibus, 

 parce sericeis coronatus. 



Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. ^133 Fe"nix, June-July, 1907. 



