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BRAND. 
A large tree 20 to 32 meters high, the trunk 24 to 45 centimeters in diameter, 
with smooth, dark-gray bark, ascending or wide-spreading branches, and white or 
yellowish flowers, growing in the lower hill forests and widely distributed in 
Luzon. Common name Mahunut. 
Endemic. 
Guettarda polyandra Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845), 500, is certainly not the 
same as 8ymplocos polyandra, as Blanco’s description does not apply to the 
above specimens nor to those which Vidal named 8 . Villarii, and to which he 
reduced Blanco’s species as a doubtful synonym, nor to those upon which I founded 
8. polyandra in the Pflanzenreich. If Blanco’s species really belongs in Symplocos, 
it can be nothing else than 8. oblongifolia, to which species his description 
applies fairly well. Under the circumstances it would perhaps have been better 
to have retained the name 8. Villarii for the present species, but as the name 
polyandra lias been used in the Pflanzenreich, I have here retained it lest 
the confusion become still greater. See Perkins l. c. 
6. S. ferruginea Roxb., var. ph i i i ppi nensis Brand, var. nov. 
Arbor ramulis glabris. Folia coriacea, 6-12 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, 
obovata vel elliptica, leviter undulata vel serrata, utrimque glaberrima, 
subtus tlavescentia, in apicem longiusculum subito prochieta, basi cuneata ; 
petiolus 1-1.5 cm. longus. Spicae ferrugineae, densiflorae, petiolo 2-3-plo 
longiores, fructiferae elongatae; calyx villosus, lobis lanceolato-acutis 
tubo longioribus; corolla lutea; stamina ca. 60. Fructus nigro-pur- 
purascens, 6 mm. longus, ampulliformis. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan (6091 Elmer ) April, 1904; Baguio 
(6008 Elmer) March, 1904. Dinagat (440 Ahern). Common name Libas-libas. 
A small tree about 6 meters high, branching from near the base, densely 
branched above, with thin, smooth, brown or light gray or whitish bark, the fruit 
green when fresh, becoming black in drying. The plant grows along streams 
in the islands of Luzon and Dinagat. It differs from Malayan and Chinese 
specimens of 8. ferruginea in its smaller leaves, more branched inflorescence, and 
more numerous stamens. 
7. S. Ahernii Brand sp. nov. 
Arbor, rarius frutex, ramulis glabris, purpureo-brunneis. Folia co- 
riacea, 8-9.5 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, elliptica, repando-serrulata, utrim- 
que glaberrima, in apicem longum saepius subfalcatum subito producta, 
basi cuneata; costa supra impressa; petiolus 1-1.5 cm. longus. Spicae 
axillares et terminal es, paniculatae, albido-sericae, petiolo 4-6-plo long- 
iores, fructiferae elongatae; bracteae late ovatae, obtusae vel cuspidatae; 
calycis tubus glaber, lobi sericei, rotunclati, tubo sublongiores : corolla 
alba, rarius lutea, calyce duplo longior; stamina ca. 50, corollam aequan- 
tia; stylus et ovarium glabri. Fructus 7-8 mm. longus, ovoideo-ampu- 
lliformis, niger, lobis calycinis discum comose superantibus, semen valde 
incurvum. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River (1157, 1196 Whitford) March, 1905; 
(For. Bur. 1511 Ahern’s collector) July-August, 1904; (For. Bur. 2647 Meyer) 
February 1905: Province of Benguet, Baguio (For. Bur. 4917 Curran) August, 
1906: Province of Rizal (For. Bur. 3175 Ahern’s collector) July, 1905. Min- 
danao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang (For. Bur. 4571 M earns and 
Hutchinson) May, 1906. 
