334 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
acuminatis, vel subrotundatis, eglandulosis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 9, tenuibus, haud prominentibus; inflorescentiis ¢ 
axillaribus, solitariis; pedunculatis, circiter 2 cm longis, 3-floris; 
floribus 5-meris, calycibus cylindraceis, 6 mm longis, leviter 
5-dentatis; corolla extus dense pubescens; staminibus 10. 
A small tree, glabrous except the flowers. Branches and 
branchlets slender, terete, smooth, the latter black, the former 
black when dry. Leaves oblong, subcoriaceous, 12 to 23 cm long, 
4 to 9 cm wide, the apex distinctly acuminate, the acumen blunt, 
the base acute, somewhat decurrent-acuminate, or somewhat 
rounded, eglandular, the upper surface very smooth and strongly 
shining when dry, the lower surface of nearly the same color 
but duller; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, 
slender, not prominent, loosely anastomosing, the reticulations 
not prominent, lax; petioles about 8 mm long. Male inflores- 
cences axillary, solitary, about 2 cm long, the peduncles 5 to 10 
mm long, each bearing three, subumbellately arranged, pedicelled 
flowers, ebracteolate. Male flowers 5-merous, their pedicels 
pubescent, 2 to 3 mm long, the calyx, in bud, cylindric, black 
when dry, slightly pubescent, about 6 mm long, 2 to 2.5 mm in 
diameter, the base obtuse, somewhat narrowed, the apex trun- 
cate and slightly 5-toothed, the teeth acute, 0.5 mm long or less. 
Corolla (in young bud) narrower than the calyx, externally 
densely gray-pubescent, the tube apparently short, the lobes 
elongated, imbricate. Stamens 10, in two series, the anthers 
lanceolate, acuminate, up to 3 mm long (immature). Female 
flowers and fruit not seen. 
BALABAC, Cape Melville, Bur. Sci. 15652 Fénixz, July 18, 1912, along trails 
at low altitudes. 
A species well characterized by its 3-flowered, peduncled, solitary inflores- 
cences, and its cylindric and truncate, obscurely 5-toothed calyces. It is 
apparently allied to the Malayan Diospyros truncata Zoll. & Mor., but has 
a peduncled, not fasciculate inflorescence, and quite differently shaped leaves. 
DIOSPYROS FASCICULIFLORA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva subtus foliis junioribus ramulis floribusque ex- 
ceptis glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis chartaceis vel 
subcoriaceis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 20 cm 
longis, utrinque angustatis, acuminatis; nervis lateralibus cir- 
citer 12, subtus valde prominentibus, arcuato-anastamosantibus, 
reticulis laxis, distinctis; floribus 4-meris, ferrugineo-pubescen- 
tibus, solitariis vel fasciculatis in axillis defoliatis vel in ramis 
infra foliis, calycibus post anthesis brevibus, rotatis, circiter 12 
mm diametro; ovario 4-loculare, dense hirsuto; fructibus 4-locel- 
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