110 BRAND. 



14. Symplocos peninsularis Brand sp. nov. 



Arbor, ramulis .glabris, purpureo-brunneis, angulatis, striatis. Folia 

 juniora chartacea, vetustiora coriacea, 6-7 cm longa, 3-4 cm lata, obovata, 

 erenato-serrata, utrinque glaberrima, supra in sicco atro-viridia et (vetus- 

 tiora) nitentia, subtus viridia vel albida, opaca, breviter apiculata, subito 



111 petiolum contracta; costa supra impressa; petiolus subalatus, 6-10 

 mm longus, colore ferrugineo. Flores mihi non. visi. Inflorescentiae 

 fructiferae axillares, petiolo 2-3-plo longiores, fructus paucos gerentes; 

 pedicelli fructibus longiores. Fructus dilute brunneus, ovoideo-globosus, 

 glaber, ca. 7 mm longus, trilocularis, lobis calycinis rotuudatis glabris 

 comose coronatus. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 9188 Whitford d Hutchinson, 

 January, 1908, in dipterocarp forests at 50 ni above sea level. 



15. S. Cumingiana Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 58. 



A tree 5 m high and not uncommon in Luzon, now rediscovered by the American 

 botanists for the first time on Mount Tapulao, Province of Zambales, Luzon, For. 

 Bur. 825Jf Curran d Merritt, December, 1907, altitude 1,500 m. 



16. S. Whitfordii Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 8. 

 Additional material: Luzox, Province of Laguna, Mount Banajao, Bur. Sci. 



6067 Robinson, March, 1908; For. Bur. 7890 Curran d Merritt, November, 1907, 

 altitude 2,250 m. 



17. Symplocos inconspicua Brand sp. nov. 



Frutex 4 m alta, ramis atratis, glabris, ramulis ad basin sordide-, ad 

 apicem ferrugineo-hirsutis. Folia chartacea (vetustissima tenuiter coria- 

 cea), 5-7 cm longa, 1.5-2.5 cm lata, oblongo-elliptica, serrato-dentata, 

 supra glabra, subtus ad costam pilosa, utrinque (in sicco) viridia, in 

 apicem mucronatum sensim producta, basi subrotundata vel leviter 

 cuneata; costa supra impressa; petiolus 2—3 mm longus, ferrugineo-hirsu- 

 tus. Spicae axillares, breves, simplices, petiolo ca. 5-plo longiores, aureo- 

 sericae, ca. 7-florae; bracteae rotundato-acutae, sericeae; calyx glaber, 

 lobis rotundatis, glabris, flavidis, tubum aequantibus; corolla glabra, 

 calyce plus duplo longior, 5-partita; stamina 20 (ex unico flore), corollam 

 aequantia vel vix superantia; ovarium circum styli basin sericeum, stylus 

 inferne parce sericeus, superne glaber, calyce plus duplo longior. Fruc- 

 tus inconspicuus, vix 2.5 mm in diametro, globosus, glaber, viridi-brun- 

 neus, abortu unilocularis, monospermus, bracteis persistentibus suffultus, 

 lobis calycinis pro fructu magnis comose coronatus. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, Bur. Sci. 5022 Ramos, December, 

 1907 (type) ; same locality, For. Bur. 8093 Curran & Merritt, December, 1907, 

 altitude 1,400 to 1,700 m. 



19. S. Merrill iana Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 9. 



Additional material: Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Banajao, Bur. Sci. 

 6081 Robinson, March, 1908; For. Bur. 11867 Curran d Merritt, November, 1907. 

 The color of the ripe fruit in the latter specimen is black, not "brunneo -fiaves- 

 cens;" the black exocarp is so deciduous that it is rarely preserved in dried 

 specimens. 



