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nitida, costa utrinque purpurascens, supra impressa, subtus pro- 
minula, nervi secundarii in foliis junioribus purpurascentes, in 
vetustioribus flavidi. Inflorescentia spicatae, petiolo 2- ad 4-plo 
longiores, pauci- et laxiflorae; bracteae minimae, ovato-triangu- 
lares ; calyx glaber, lobis rotundatis tubo subbrevioribus ; corolla 
glabra, calyce triplo longior; stamina (ex unico flore) 45; stylus 
crassiusculus, claviformis ; ovarium glabrum. Fructus mihi non 
visus. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 825i Curran 
& Merritt, December, 1907, altitude 1500 ni. 
19. S. curtiflora Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 509. 
Frutex glaber, ramulis purpurascentibus, apice viridescenti- 
bus. Folia chartacea, 5 ad 7 cm longa, 2 ad 3 cm lata, oblonga 
vel elliptica, integerrima, in apicem longiusculum subito pro- 
ducta, basi cuneata, costa subtus prominula, flavida, petiolus ca. 
1 cm longus. Inflorescentiae spicatae, breves, petiolo baud vel 
vix longiores, densiflorae, sericeae ; calyx glaber, lobis rotundatis 
tubum aequantibus; corolla (alabastra tantum vidi) videtur cal- 
yce triplo longior, glabra; stamina ca. 35 (?); stylus glaber. 
Fructus viridis globosus, glaber, ca. 4 mm in diametro; lobis 
calycinis brevissimis coronatus. 
Negros, Dumaguete, Cuernos Mountains, Elmer 9802, April, 1908 ; Mount 
Marapara, altitude 1200 m above sea level. For. Bur. 13624 Curran & Fox- 
worthy, September, 1909. 
20. S. Cumingiana Brand in Pflanzenreich 6 (1901) 58. 
S. angularis Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 510. 
Frutex 2 m altus, ramulis glabris. Folia 6 ad 17 cm longa, 2.5 
ad ^.5 cm lata, valde variabilia, elliptica vel oblonga, leviter undu- 
lata vel serrata, utrinque glaberrima, breviter apiculata in petio- 
lum nunc brevissimum nunc longiorem flavidum sensim attenuata. 
Spicae puberulae, 5- ad 10-florae; bracteae sericeae, lanceolato- 
acutae; calycis tubus subglaber, lobi rotundati sericei; corolla 
alba, calyce duplo longior; stamina ca. 25; ovarium glabrum. 
Fructus 9 ad 11 mm longus, dilute brunneus vel atroviridis, 
glaber, rugosus, cylindricus, trilocularis, exocarpio tenui. 
Additional material: Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Baguio, Williams 1308, 
August, 1904, Elmer 8736, 8554, 8695, March, 1907, For. Bur. 13497 Ramos, 
May, 1911 ; Bur. Sci. 2521 Meams, April, 1907. Negros, Cuernos Mountains, 
Elmer 10324, June, 1908, distributed as S. ferruginea; Canlaon Volcano, 
Phil. PI. 244 Merrill, April, 1910, distributed as S. curtiflora. 
