158 > AET, 19. — C. H AY ATA : 



Styraceae. 

 Sytiiplocos Linn. 



Symplocos confusa Brand, iu Engl. Pfl-reicli, IV. -242, Symploc. 

 p. 88. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, ad 7000 ped. alt., Oct. 1906, (No. 

 2006), et ad 8000 ped. alt., leg. T. Kawakami et U. Moki, Nov. 

 1906, (No. 1785). 



DisTEiB. The Philippine islands. 



The above cited description of Mr. Brand is not very clear and 

 even wanting of any account about fruits. It is, therefore, most 

 desirable to give some additional account about tliis plant. 



Frutices? ramulis pubescentibus badio-fuscis. Folia ad 

 apices ramorum approximata alterna breve petiolata ovata 

 vel oblonga utrinque obtusa vel apice obtuse acuminata 7 cm. 

 longa 3 cm. lata raargine intégra rarius obscure crenata supra 

 costis impressis venulis obscuris, subtus promincntibus petiolis 

 circ. 5 mm. longis intus basi hirtelUs. Flores ad axillas 

 foliorum ramulorum superiorum solitarii vel 2-3 racemoso-fascicu- 

 lati breve pedicellati, bracteis minutis. Calyx per anthesin cam- 

 panulatus basi pedicellum abeuns pubescens 3 mm. longus 

 obscure 5-lobus, lobis latis truncatis. Corolla cylindraceo-cam- 

 panulata 1 cm. longa 5 -loba, lobis patentibus oblongis apice 

 rotundatis crassiusculis. Stamina numerosa co-seriata coroUae 

 tubo adnata, exterioribus longioribus filamentis complanatis apice 

 abrupte angustis fere usque ad medium in tubum coalitis, antheris 

 brevibus facie dorsoque minute papillosis, locuHs parallelis longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium apice pilosum semi-inferius 2- 

 loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, ovulis pendulis ex angulo superiore. 



