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BRAND, 
Ramuli glabri. Petiolus ca. 3 cm longus. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Bauco, in forests, altitude 1650 ra above sea 
level. Father M. Vanoverbergh 1300, June-July, 1911. 
A tree, 6 m high, now discovered by the American botanists for the 
first time. 
5. 8. florid issima Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 35, var. serrata Brand 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 108. 
Descriptio aucta : 
Arbor 10 m altus, ramulis atropurpureis glabris. Folia ten- 
uiter coriacea, 10 ad 13 cm longa, 4 ad 7 cm lata, ovalia vel 
elliptica, grosse serrata, utrinque glabra, in apicem brevem 
subito producta, basi nunc rotundata, nunc cuneata; petiolis ca. 
2 cm longus. Paniculae puberulae, petiolo 4- ad 6-plo longiores, 
pedicellis calycem acquantibus vel superantibus; bracteae mini- 
mae ;s- calyx dense ferrugineus, lobis rorimdato-triangularibus 
tubum aequantibus ; corolla calyce duplo longior, 5-partita, extus 
sericea ; stamina ca. 60 ; stylus glaber, calyce triplo longior ; ova- 
rium dense sericeum. Fructus nigro-brunneus ca. 10 mm longus, 
ampulliformis. 
Additional material: Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 
12015 Ramos, August, 1910. 
The leaves are less serrate than in the type; a form connecting typical S. 
floridissima with the variety. 
5. S. polyandra Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 36. 
Additional material: Luzon, Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. ISiSO 
Medina, February, 1909, the timber used in house construction. 
8. S. ferruginea Roxb. var. philippinensis Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 
(1908) Bot. 6. 
Additional material: Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Baguio, Elmer 8761, 
March, 1907 : Province of Laguna, Cavinti, Loher 6231 ; San Antonio, Bur. 
Sci. 10995 Ramos, August, 1910 (a tree 12 m high, with white flowers) : 
Province of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur. 221 9 i Alvarez, December, 1910. Mar- 
INDUQUE, Mount Tayubao, altitude 600 m above sea level. For. Bur. 12168 
Rosenbluth, April, 1908, tree 8 m high, diameter 15 cm, common name 
bocboc. 
This is the first Syrnplocos to be found on Marinduque Island. Known 
otherwise from Luzon and from Dinagat. 
9. S. Ahernii Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 6. 
Additional material: Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Sablan, Bur. Sci. 12717 
F&nix, November-December, 1910, in flower, common name chaniusiu: Prov- 
ince of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 7908, May, 1907. 
13. S. Loher I Brand sp. nov. 
Arbor (?) glaberrima. Folia ad apices ramulorum congesta, 
subcoriacea, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 6 ad 7 cm longa, 1.5 
