SYMPLOCACEJE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
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FORMAE. 
Folia subtus ad eostam tantum pilosa forma 1, eu-patens 
Folia subtus glaberrima . forma 2, ciliata 
Folia subtus ubique ferrugineo-liirta.. forma 3, Elmeri 
Forma 1, eu-patens Brand. S. patens C. Presl, sensu strictissimo. 
Luzon (152 Uaenke) , type of Symplocos patens Presl. Province of Rizal 
(For. Bur. 2670 Ahern’s collector) January, 1905; (Bur. Sei. 2080 Ramos ) 
February, 1907. 
Forma 2, ciliata (C. Presl) Brand. S. ciliata C. Presl, l. c. 
Luzon (153 Uaenjce) . 
This form has not as yet been rediscovered by the American botanists. 
Forma 3, Elmeri Brand. >S'. Elmeri Brand in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. 1, (1904), 
36; Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1, (1906), Suppl. 115. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Tanay (2356 Merrill) May, 1903: Province of 
Bataan, Mount Mariveles (1333 Whit forcl) May, 1905, (For. Bur. 2718 Borden) 
February, 1905. 
A large tree reaching a height of 30 meters and the trunk a diameter of 55 
centimeters, with white fragrant flowers, growing on forested slopes and ridges 
from 150 to 600 m. above the sea in Rizal and Bataan provinces, Luzon. Common 
names, according to Presl, barangaa and rigangaian ; byas babaye according 
to H. N. Whitford. Fruit green, brown when dried. 
Endemic. 
4. S. floridissima Brand in Pflanzenreich, 6 (1901), 35. 
Arbor (?) ramulis ferrugineis vel glabratis. Folia tenuiter coriacea, 
10-12 cm. longa, 3-5.5 cm. lata, ovalia vel elliptiea, integerrima, utrimque 
glabra, in apicem longum sensim producta. Panienlae ferrugineo-hirtae 
petiolo longinsculo 4— 6-plo longiores, pedicellis calycem siibaequantibus ; 
bracteae parvae lanceolatae; calyx dense ferrugineus, lobis tri angularibus 
tubum snbaequantibns. 
Luzon, Province of Albay (1305 Cuming) 1836-40, a species not as yet redis- 
covered by the American botanists. 
5. S. polyandra Brand in Pflanzenreich, 6 (1901), 36; Perkins Frag. FI. Philip. 
1 (1904), 37 ; Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1, (1906), Suppl. 115. S. Villarii 
Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886), 178. /S’, pseudo-spicata Vidal, l. c., 179. 
Arbor ramulis glabris. Folia coriacea, valde variabilia, 8-15 cm. 
longa, 3-4.5 cm. lata, oblonga vel elliptiea, serrata vel subintegerrima, 
utrimque glaberrima, apiculata, basi cuneata. Paniculae tomentosae, 
dein glabratae, petiolo 1.5-2. 5 cm. longo 4-6-plo longiores, floribus nunc 
sgssilibus nunc pedicellatis ; bracteae minimae; ealycis lobi triangulares 
tubo subaequilongi ; corolla calyce triplo longior ; stamina ca. 100, corolla 
subbreviora ; ovarium pilosiusculum. Fructus 8-10 mm. longus, ovoideo- 
ampulliformis, glaber, viridis vel laete brunneus, exocarpio crassiusculo 
fragili, lobis discum superantibus, semen incurvum. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo (1697 Merrill) March, 1903; Bosoboso 
(For. Bur. 1114, 1974, 2662, 3253 Ahern’s collector) June, January, August, 1905 
(Bur. Sci. 1489 Ramos) Sept., 1906: Province of Tayabas, Pagbilao, (1949 
Merrill) April, 1903: Province of Bataan, Lamao River (For. Bur. 76, 176 
Barnes) January, 1904: (For. But. 1925 Borden), September, 1904: Province of 
Zambales, Subic (Eallier ) , January, 1904. 
