ADDITIONAL PHILIPPINE SYMPLOCACEAE, II. 
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ad 2 cm lata, integerrima, breviter et sensim apiculata, basi in 
petiolum vix 1 cm longum, flavidum, subalatum, sensim et valde 
attenuata, costa supra impressa et caniculata, subtus prominula, 
flavida. Flores ignoti, in axillis foliorum sessiles, ad 5 fasci- 
culati (ex fructibus junioribus). Fructus oblongo-cylindricus, 
laete brunneus, ca. 10 mm longus, lobis calycinis flavescentibus 
discum occulantibus. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Angilog, Loher 6192, March, 1906. 
This is the first Syniplocos with fasciculate flowers to be found in the 
Philippines. Its closest ally seems to be Symplocos congesta Benth., of 
southern China. The number of Symplocos species with fasciculate flowers 
is not great. 
14. S. frag pans Elmer, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 508. 
Ramuli glabri purpurascentes. Folia juniora chartacea, vet- 
ustiora subcoriacea, elliptica vel oblonga, 4.5 ad 6.5 cm longa, 
1.5 ad 2.5 cm lata, integerrima, utrinque glaberrima, in apicem 
longiusculum subito producta, basi cuneata, costa supra impressa, 
subtus prominula, flavida, petiolus 5 ad 8 mm longus, purpuras- 
cens, baud alatus. Inflorescentiae minutissime et adpresse hir- 
tellae, petiolo multo longiores, laxiflorae; pedicelli calyce multo 
longiores; bracteae lanceolatae, hirtellae; calyx minimus hirtel- 
lus, lobis ovatis tubo subbrevioribus ; corolla glabra calyce duplo 
longior; stamina ca. 50; stylus claviformis, crassiusculis, cum 
ovario hirtellus. Fructus mihi non visus. 
Negros, Dumaguete, Cuernos Mountains, Elmer 9873, April, 1908. 
The description is taken from the specimen preserved in the Delessert 
Herbarium. 
17. S. Whitfordii Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 8. 
Additional material: Luzon, without locality, Loher 6199: Province of 
Laguna, Mount Banajao, Loher 6201, 6207: Province of Tayabas, Lucban, 
Elmer 7U87, May, 1906, distributed as S. laneifolia; same locality, Elmer 
7850, 9103: Benguet Subprovince, Mount Tonglon, altitude 1800 m above 
sea level, Merrill 8005, May, 1911, a tree 6 to 8 m high. Negros, Canlaon 
Volcano, Merrill 7031, Phil. PI. 239 Merrill, April, 1910, growing at an 
altitude of 2100 m above sea level. 
18. S. purpurascens Brand sp. nov. 
Symplos Cumingiana Brand in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 110, 
non Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 58. 
Glaberrima. Ramuli teretes purpurascentes. Folia coriacea, 
elliptica vel oblonga, 4.5 ad 6 cm longa, 2 ad 2.5 cm lata, breviter 
et obtuse apiculata, basi sensim in petiolum subalatam, purpuras- 
centem, 5 ad 10 mm longum attenuata, integerrima, utrinque 
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