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BRAND. 
15. S. palawanensis Brand, sp. nov. 
Frutex cortice purpureo-brunneo, ramulis glabris, junioribus apice 
ferrugineis. Folia coriacea, 3 — i.5 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, obovata vel 
oblongo-lanceolata, utrimque glaberrima, margine glandulosa, in apicem 
longinscnlum subito producta, basi cnneata; costa supra impressa, nervi 
laterales inconspicui vel leviter prominuli ; petiolus 4 mm. longus. 
Spicae axillares, simplices, sub-5-florae, ferrugineae, 15 mm. longae; 
calyx ferrugineo-tomentosus, lobis minimis tubo multo brevioribus; 
corolla calyce duplo ( ?) longior; stamina ca. 15 (ex 1 flore) ; ovarium 
glabrum. Fructus junior tomentosus cvlindricus. 
A shrub 2 meters high, very common on the summit of Mount Pulgar, Pala- 
wan, at an altitude of 1,300 meters above sea level, type specimen collected by 
H. M. Curran, February, 1906, Forestry Bureau no. 3870 (unripe fruit). 
10. S. depauperata Merrill in Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. 29, (1905), 45. 
Frutex ramulis purpureis, adpresse pilosis, junioribus ferrugineo- 
hirsutis. Folia chartacea vel fere subcoriacea, 2-4 cm. longa, 13-18 mm. 
lata, obovata vel elliptiea vel oblonga, serrulata, supra ad costarn impress- 
am saepius pilosula, subtus juniora dense pilosa, adulta tantum ad’ 
costarn ciliata, in apicem nonnunquam subfalcatum sensim producta, 
basi cuneata. Spicae fulvo-villosae, 5-10-florae, petiolo brevissimo 3-6- 
plo longiores, seel folio breviores ; bracteae lanceolato-acutae ; calyx glaber, 
lobis rotundatis, parce sericeis, tub run subaequantibus ; corolla alba, 
calyce plus duplo longior ; stamina ca. 25, corolla longiora ; stylus glaber ; 
ovarium pilosum. Fructus niger, globosus, 4 mm. longus, exocarpio 
fragili crassiusculo, semina incurva. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (5909, 6508 Elmer) June, 1904; (4333 
Merrill) October, 1905; (10 Topping) February, 1903; (961 Williams) September, 
1904; (Dr. Pond) March, 1904; Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), ( M earns ) 
December, 1906: District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4526 Merrill) 'November, 1905. 
A shrub 1.5 to 3.5 meters high, with smooth dark-brown bark and white 
flowers, fruit dark-purple. It occurs in the highlands of Benguet and Lepanto, 
Luzon, at altitudes of from 1,500 to 2,250 meters above the sea. 
Var. sordida Brand, var. nov. 
Differ! a typo pubescentia sordida, foliis latioribus, 18-24 mm. latis, 
staminibus minus numerosis (ca. 20). 
Type specimen from Mount Midiaas, Panay, collected by A. E. Yoder in 
April, 1905. 
Possibly a valid species, but the material at hand is rather imperfect. 
