508 LEAFLETS OF Parurpretnr BOTANY [Vor. II, ART. 24 
acute or rounded at the apex, 4 mm. long, nearly as broad, 
saucer shaped; corolla urceolate, 1 cm. long, 7 mm. thick, 
glabrous, subpendulous, pale white below the middle, pink 
toward the apex, deciduous; segments 4, strongly recurved, 
broadly rounded, finely ciliate on the margins, constricted 
at the base; stamens 16, included, strict, in 2 opposite se- 
ries, all inserted upon the basal portion of the corolla; fila- 
ments whitish, 1 mm. long, flattened, glabrous; anthers dull 
brown, 4 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide at the base, gradually 
tapering to a fine apex, the middle portion of each side 
strigose, dehiscing laterally; ovary flat, yellowish, slightly 
hairy, surrounded by 8 blunt and glabrous appendages; fruits 
not seen. 
Type specimen 9722, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuer- 
nos Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, April, 
1908. 
A very remarkable species, only rarely represented in 
dense humid woods at 4250 feet. Apparently it belongs to 
the section Danzleria, and its leaves are suggestive of Bridelia 
species. Called by the Visayan woodsman, “‘Gisok-bayi.” 
SYMPLOCACEJE. 
SYMPLOCOS Linn. 
Symplocos fragrans Elm. n. sp. 
Strict tree, 5 to 7 m. high; wood soft, whitish, odor- 
less; bark smooth, mottled, green beneath the epidermis; 
branches very numerous, lax, brown. Leaves equally dull 
green on both sides, turning lighter green while curing, char- 
taceous, tips recurved, broadly lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 
margins entire and with a minutely involute callous edge, al- 
ternate, about 1 cm. apart, base obtuse, apex more or less 
abruptly acuminate, variable in size, the average blade 6 em. 
long by 2.5 em. wide across the middle, glabrous; petiole 
5 to 10 mm. long, subglabrous, grooved along the upper 
side; midnerve yellowish green in the dry state and prom- 
inent beneath, the 8 to 5 lateral pairs slightly more prom- 
inent than the coarse reticulation. Inflorescence a simple 
. . raceme, 2 to 3 cm. long, solitary or 2 to 3 from the same 
