ix, c, 4 Merrill: Plantae W enzelianae, II 383 
the midrib and nerves, the lateral nerves 6 on each side of the 
midrib, impressed on the upper surface, very prominent on the 
lower, looped-anastomosing, the reticulations lax, rather pro- 
minent; petioles 5 mm long or less. Flowers white, rather 
crowded in axillary, short racemes, the whole inflorescence 1.5 
cm long or less, pubescent. Calyx-lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, 
about 1.5 mm long. Petals glabrous, elliptic-ovate, rounded, 
3 mm long. Stamens about 25, their filaments nearly free, gla- 
brous, 3 to 4 mm long. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit ovoid, glabrous, 
green, about 8 mm long, crowned by the persistent calyx-tube 
and teeth. 
Leyte, Dagami and Jaro, in forests, altitude about 500 meters, C. A. 
Wenzel 552 (type), 736, February 6 and May 25, 1914. 
A species resembling- and apparently allied to the Malayan Symplocos 
fasciculata Zoll. but its flowers in short, crowded, fascicled, axillary racemes, 
not in true fascicles. 
SYMPLOCOS MEGABOTRYS sp. nov. § Bobua. 
Arbor circiter 25 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; foliis 
subcoriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 20 cm longis, nitidis, 
acuminatis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, margine crenatis, nervis 
utrinque 8 vel 9 ; paniculis folia aequantibus, axillaribus termin- 
alibusque, partibus junioribus pubescentibus ; sepalis petalisque 
pubescentibus, staminibus circiter 100, ovario 3-loculare. 
A tree about 25 m high entirely glabrous except the inflor- 
escence. Branches and branchlets terete, reddish-brown, smooth, 
glabrous. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 13 to 20 cm 
long, 5 to 8 cm wide, shining, brown or yellowish-green when 
dry, the apex acuminate, base acute to rounded, margins crenate ; 
lateral nerves 8 or 9 on each side of the midrib, prominent; 
petioles 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Flowers in ample panicles, the 
panicles axillary and terminal, numerous, as long as the leaves, 
the branches up to 12 cm in length, the younger parts appressed 
cinereous-pubescent, the bracteoles oblong, pubescent, 3 to 4 mm 
long. Calyx 3 mm in diameter, pubescent, the lobes broadly- 
ovate, obtuse, about 1.5 mm long. Petals elliptic-oblong, rounded, 
4.5 mm long, pubescent on both surfaces. Stamens about 100, 
somewhat pentadelphous, glabrous. Ovary 3-celled. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 298, June 30, 1913, in forests. 
The specimens are in young flower with numerous immature buds some- 
what crowded near the ends of the branchlets, and few mature flowers. The 
species is most closely allied to Symplocos patens Presl and S. floridissima 
Brand, but is readily distinguished from both by its numerous, unusually 
long panicles and glabrous branchlets. 
