SYMPL0CACE2E OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
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CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM. 
I. Seetio Cordyloblaste (Moritzi) Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL, 2 (1876), 
669; Brand in Pflanzenreich, 6 (1901), 88. Genus Cordyloblaste Moritzi in Bot. 
Zeitg., 6 (1848), 606. 
Stamina monadelpliia, in tubum longnm fere risque ad antheras 
connata; filamenta complanata; tubus stamineus tubo corollae coalitus. 
1. Sympiocos confusa Brand in Pflanzenreich, 6 (1901), 88; Merrill in Philip. 
Journ. Sci., 1 (1906), Suppl. 115. 8. Henschelii Benth. et Hook. f. ex Clarke 
in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Inch, 3 (1882), 588, syn. excl. 
Arbor ramulis sordide ferrugineis. Folia tenuiter coriacea, 7-11 cm. 
longa, 2. 5-3. 5 cm. lata, forma variabili, nunc ovalia, nunc laneeolato- 
oblonga, sub-integra, utrimque glaberrima, apice acuminata, basi cuneata. 
Raeemi simplices axillares sericei 1-4-flori, subumbellati, longitudine 
petioli ; bracteae lanceolatae, hirsutae ; corolla alba, calyce sericeo 4-5-plo 
longior, paulo ultra medium connata, lobis 5 ; stamina quadriserialia, 
exteriora apice libera ; ovarium triloculare vel abortu saepissime bilocnlare, 
villosum. Fructus ca. 11 mm. longus, niger, adpresse incano-pilosus, 
oblongo-ovoideus, disco lobos ealycinos distincte superante. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (3240, 3723, 3960 Merrill), 
October, January, 1903-04; (1185, 1343 Whitford) March, September, 1905; (For. 
Bur. 791 Borden ) May, 1904; (For. Bur. 2619 Meyer ) February, 1905; (Bur. 
Sci. -1578 Foxicorthy) October, 1906: District of Lepanto, near Balbalasan (For. 
Bur. 5726 Klemnie) November, 1906: Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4827 
Merrill) November, 1905; (For. Bur. 5033 Curran) August, 1906. Mindanao, 
Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang (For. Bur. 4699 Mearns & Hutchinson) 
May, 1906. 
A small tree 2 to 6 meters high, the trunk 1.5 to 6 centimeters in diameter, 
with white fragrant flowers, growing on rocky exposed forested ridges from 
an altitude of about 900 to about 2,500 meters above the sea, widely distributed 
in Luzon. 
Malayan Peninsula, southern China, and Borneo. 
2. S. Foxworthyi Brand, sp. nov. 
Frutex densissimus, ramulis glabris. Folia crasse coriacea, F-6.5 cm. 
longa, 3-4 cm. lata, obovata vel fere orbicularia, utrimque glaberrima, 
integerrima, apice rotundata vel subcordata, basi cuneata, costa supra 
impressa, nervi secundarii inconspicui; petiolus rubro-brunneus, 6 mm. 
longus. Flores in racemis brevibus, subsexfloris ; pedicelli et calyx 
sericei, pedicelli inferiores calyce subbreviores ; corolla glabra, calyce triplo 
longior, lobis 6 vel 7, paulo supra medium coalitis; stamina usque ad 
antheras coalita, triserialia; stylus inferne pilosus; ovarium albido- 
villosum, biloculare vel abortu uniloculare. 
Represented by Nos. 552 (type) and 558 Bureau of Science, collected by F. W. 
Foxwortliy on Mount Pulgar, Palawan, in flower, March, 1906, at an altitude 
of 1,150 to 1,210 meters. 
A dense shrub with grayish bark, reaching a height of 2.5 meters, the flowers 
white or pinkish-white and with a faint odor. Probably the ovary of this species 
was originally 3-celled, as in 8. confusa and S. Henschelii, as in one of the ovaries 
