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6. Folia pleraque minus quam 4 cm longa. 
7, Folia utrinque glaberrima 25. S. palawanensis 
7. Folia plus minus pilosa 26. S. depauperata 
1. Symplocos confusa Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 88. 
Additional material: Negros, Province of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete, 
Cuernos Mountains, Elmer 9532, May, 1908; Canlaon Volcano, mossy forest 
on ridges, Merrill 6990, April, 1910. 
In these specimen the corolla is somewhat more hairy, than is usually 
the case. The species is now known from the Islands of Luzon, Negros, 
and Mindanao. 
3. S. imbricata Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 108. 
Descriptio aucta: 
Frutex vel arbor 3 ad 9 m alta, ramulis purpureis vel atro- 
purpureis, glabris. Folia crasse coriacea, ramulis adpressa et 
imbricata, 5 ad 6 cqji longa, 2.5 ad 4 cm lata, ovata vel late 
ovata, serrato-dentata, utrinque glaberrima, in apicem bTevem 
subito producta, basi leviter cuneata vel truncata, costa supra 
impressa; petiolus 5 ad 10 mm longus. Spicae terminales et 
subterminales, compositae, glabriusculae, juniores densae, vetus- 
tiores laxiflores, petiolo multo longiores, fructiferae incrassatae 
et elongatae; bractae 3, ovato-rotundatae, sericae, calycem oc- 
cultantes ; calycis tubus brevissimus, glaber, lobi rotundati, 
obtusi, sericei, tubo multo longiores, post deflorationem supra 
ovarium glabrum convergentes ; corolla alba vel lutea, glabra; 
stamina 50 ad 60; stylus glaber, calyce duplo longior. Fructus 
niger, ovato-ampulliformis, 10 ad 12 mm longus, valde rugosus, 
glaber, trilocularis, sed loculis binis plus minus abortientibus ; 
lobi calycini discum comose superantes. 
Additional material: Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Mount Pulog, altitude 
2500 m above sea level, Merrill 658i, May, 1909, with mature fruit. For. Bur. 
18091 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke, January, 1909; Mount Ugo, Bur. Sci. 
5715 Maximo Ramos, December, 1908, in flower: Bontoc Subprovince, Banco, 
in forests, 1650 m above sea level Father M. Vanoverbergh lOOU, Feb.-Mar., 
1911. 
4. S. patens C. Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1831) 61, forma 1 eupatens Brand 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 5. 
Additional material: Luzon, Province of Abra, For. Bur. 1U57U Darling, 
February, 1909; Baco, 10 m above sea level. For. Bur. 14668a Darling, 
February, 1909. 
The specimen first cited has flowers less silky than is usual, and is a 
connecting form between S. patens and S. polyandra. 
Forma 2 ciliata (C. Presl) Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 5 
(S. ciliata C. Pres! 1. c.) 
