SYMPLOCAGEiE OF TIIE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
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fiavescens, 5-10 mm. longus. Spicae densiflorae petiolo 3-4-plo longio- 
res; flores plerumque sessiles, infimi mterdum breviter pedicellati; brac- 
teae ovatae t.ubo calycis aequilongae; corolla alba, calyce plus duplo 
longi or ; stamina ca. 20, corolla sublongiora; stylus et ovarium glabri. 
Fructus 8 mm. longus, ovoideus, niger, lobis calycis coronatus. 
A shrub 1 to G meters high with white fragrant flowers, growing on Mount 
Banajao, Provinces of Tayabas and Laguna, Luzon, on steep forested slopes from 
1,600 to 2,000 meters above the sea, Lucban (962 Whitford) October, 1901? 
Majayjay (Bur. Sci. 2113, 2389, 2391 Foxworthy ) March, 1907. 
13. S. luzoniensis Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 24 (1886), 348; Brand in Pflanzenreich 
6 (1901), 61. >S'. montana Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886), 179. 
Frutex ramulis rufo-setosis. Folia 4-7 cm. longa, 1.5-2. 5 cm. lata, 
lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, crenato-serrata vel serrata, praeter ner- 
vum medium setosum glabra; spicae villosae, 4-5-florae, petiolo 2-3-plo 
longiores; bracteae lanceolatae, villosae; calycis lobi lanceolati; corolla 
non satis nota; ovarium glabrum. Fructus junior ovoideus, calyce coro- 
natus, glaber, rugosus. 
A species not yet rediscovered by the American botanists, the type being from 
Mount Banajao, Province of Tayabas, Luzon, growing at an altitude of 2,000 
meters. With some hesitation I refer also to this species, the type of which I 
have not seen, a specimen collected by Vidal (no. 2141) on the Caraballo Moun- 
tains, Province of Nueva Ecija, Luzon. It differs from the species as described, 
in its minutely denticulate leaves and villous young fruit, and may prove 
to be a distinct species or a variety, when more material is available for 
comparison. 
14. S. Merrilliana Brand, sp. nov. 
Arbor ramulis apice pilosis. F iia chartacea, 5-7.5 cm. longa, 2-2.5 
cm. lata, elliptica vel oblonga, utrimque glaberrima, repando-serrata, in 
apicem longum plerumque subfalcatum subito producta, basi cuneata; 
costa supra impressa; petiolus 5 mm. longus. Spicae sericeae, axillares, 
simplices, multiflorae, petiolo 4-8-plo longiores; bracteae ovato-acutae, 
sericeae, calycis tubum occultantes; calyx glaber, lobis oblongis parce 
sericeis, tubo aequilongis ; corolla alba, calyce plus duplo longior, sta- 
mina ca. 17 corolla vix longiora; stylus ad basin pilosus; ovarium seri- 
ceum. Fructus ovoideo-globosus, 5 mm. longus, in sicco brunneo-flaves- 
cens, granulatus, lobis calycinis discum comose occultantibus. 
Type specimen no. 2415 Bureau of Science, collected by F. IF. Fox worthy, 
on Mount Banajao, Province of Laguna, Luzon, along trail to top of mountain, 
1,500 to 2,200 meters above the sea, also no. 876 Forestry Bureau, collected by 
IF. Elemme, same locality, June, 1904. 
A tree 3 to 5 meters high, the trunk about 10 centimeters in diameter, the 
flowers white. It is related to S. lancifolia, and so considered by Merrill, 3 but 
distinguished from that species by its longer inflorescence, less numerous stamens, 
the hairy base of the style, and by the color of the dried fruit. 
3 This Journ. 1 (1906), Bot. Suppl. 176. 
