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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, 
crenato-serrata, utrinque glaberrima, supra in sicco atro-viridia et (vetus- 
tiora) nitentia, subtus viridia vel albida, opaea, breviter apiculata, subito 
in petiolum contracta; costa supra impressa; petiolus subalatus, 6-10 
mm longus, colore ferrugineo. Flores niihi 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 rotundatis glabris 
comose coronatus. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 9188 Whitford & Hutchinson, 
January, 1908, in dipterocarp forests at 50 m 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. 8251i Curran & Merritt, December, 1907, altitude 1,500 m. 
1(3. S. Whitfordii Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 8. 
Additional material: Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Banajao, Bur. Sci. 
6067 Rohinson, March, 1908; For. Bur. 7890 Curran & 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 
interne 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 Rohinson, March, 1908; For. Bur. 7867 Curran & Merritt, November, 1907. 
The color of the ripe fruit in the latter specimen is black, not “brunneo-flaves- 
cens;” the black exoearp is so deciduous that it is rarely preserved in dried 
specimens. 
