LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. VII. Manila, P. L, August 1, 1914. Art. 109. 
NEW SYMPLOCOS FROM MINDANAO 
by 
A. D. E. Elmer 
Symplocos apoensis Elm. n. sp. 
Tree of small size; twigs terete, glabrous. Leaves alter- 
natingly scattered along the branchlet., horizontally spread- 
ing, flat or the abruptly acute to acuminate apex recurved, 
base broadly obtuse or subcuneate, glabrous, curing dull green 
on both sides, edges entire, the larger blades 12.5 cm long 
by 7 cm wide, obovate to subelliptic or obovately oblong, 
- frequently only one half as large; midvein stoutly ridged beneath, 
plainly channelled along the upper side, dark brown in the 
dry state; lateral. pairs 6 to 9, oblique, coarsely branched 
and faintly united toward their ends, cross bars and reticula- 
tions likewise coarse and faint; petiole glabrous, 1 cm long, 
grooved along the upper side. Flowers not seen. Infrutescence 
terminal or from the uppermost leaf axils, from a few to 10 cm 
long, puberulent, few branched from above the middle; pedicels 
finely pubescent, 5 mm long, scattered along the branchlets, the 
basal portion thickened; fruit less than 1 em long, 6 mm 
thick below the middle, ovoidly globose, green when fresh, 
russet brown in the dry state, irregularly rugose when dry, 
with the 5 dentate calyx te.th persistent and finely ciliate 
along the edges. 
Type specimen number 11961, 4. D. E. Elmer, Todaya 
(Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, October, 1909. 
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