2320 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY " [Vor. VII, Arr. 109 
Only one small tree was found in humid forests at 4250 
feet altitude on the Talon side of the mountain after which it 
is named. ‘‘Bolabogon’’ is the Bagobo name. | 
My number 14073 from mount Urdaneta is nearer related 
to Symplocos floridissima, serrata Brand than is the new species 
here proposed. : 
Symplocos minutiflora Elm. n. sp. 
Small though erect tree; stem 1 dm thick, 5 m high 
or higher, terete, somewhat crooked, branched from the mid- 
dle; main branches erect, ultimately numerously rebranched; 
wood soft, sappy white; bark greenish except the smooth 
brown surface; twigs lax, ascending, terete, reddish brown, 
relatively short, straight and puberulent at the young apical 
portion, quite numerous. Bud  braets less than 5 mm in 
length, strongly imbrieate and twisted, glabrous above, ap- 
pressed pubescent on the outer side, acuminately pointed ; 
leaves numerous alternate, similarly disposed as the branch- 
lets, subcoriaceous, conduplicate and with the acuminate apex 
recurved, base obtuse or subacute, entire, smooth on the 
_ upper side, subequally green on both sides, curing yellowish 
green especially the younger ones, the average ones 8 cm 
long and 2.5 cm wide at the middle, oblongish or the 
smaller ones broadly lanceolate; petiole 3 to 5 mm long, 
yellowish green, glabrous, caniculate along the upper side; 
. midvein glabrous, yellow in the dry state, ridged beneath, 
sunken along the upper side; lateral nerves faint, 5 to 7 
pairs, the basal ones oblique, the others subdivaricate, spar- 
ingly branched, their ends archingly united 4 mm_ below 
the edge, reticulations coarse and obscure. Inflvrescent spikes 
greenish, ascending, solitary or in pairs, lateral and from the 
leaf axils, puberulent, 1.5 to 2 em long, angular especial- 
ly toward the distal end, unbranched; flowers minute, caducous, 
odorless, alternatingly scattered but more crowded toward 
apex, leaving scars after falling; pedicel with an involucral 
3-bracteate 1.5 mm long cup, thick, minutely puberulent, 
subtended by a stout blunt bract; the involucral segments 
broadly triangular, finely ciliate along the edges, persistent; 
calyx elongated, cup shaped, 1.75 mm long, 1.25 mm wide. 
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