288 MERRILL. 



2IZYPHUS JuM. 



Zizyphus hutchinsonii sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra vel subglabra, inermia; foliis coriaceis vol Bubcoriaceis, 

 ovatia vel oblongo-ovatia, aeuminatis, minute crenulatis, baai valde ina- 

 equilateralibua, supra nitidis subtus plus minus glaucis, trinerviia, reti- 

 culifl tenuibus, obecuria; fructibns globoaia, circiter 1.5 cm diametro, 

 carnosis, glabris, in Bicco nigris. 



A tree 15 to 25 m high, glabrous or nearly so throughout, spineless. 

 Branches terete, slender, minutely lenticellate, black or nearly so when 

 (I iy. glabrous, the growing parts sometimes slightly pubescent. Leaves 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, 7 to 11 cm long, 3 to 

 5 em wide, glabrous, the upper surface greenish or brownish when dry, 

 shining, the lower surface more or less glaucous, the margins minutely 

 crenulate, the apex slightly acuminate, acumen obtuse or acute, the base 

 strongly inequilateral, rounded on both Bides of the midrib, or rounded 

 on one side and acute on the other: nerves three, prominent, the nervules 

 and reticulations very fine, obscure, more prominent on the upper surface 

 than on the lower; petioles 6 to 8 mm long, sometimes slightly pubescent. 

 Flowers unknown. Fruits globose, glabrous, black and shining when dry. 

 about 1.5 cm in diameter, the pericarp fleshy, the stone bony, two- or 

 three-celled; seeds brown, shining, compressed, 5 mm long. 



Basilan, Matangal Point, For. Bur. 3J f U Hutchinson, December, 1(105, in 

 forests at about 10 m altitude, said to be abundant locally and known to the 

 Yacans m Toncud 1-angit. It is also represented by For. Bur. 9265 Wh it ford 4 

 Hutchinson, from Port Banga, District of Zamboanga, Mindanao, January. 1008. 



ELAEOCABPACRaE. 



ELAEOCARPUS Linn. 



Elaeocarpus curranii sp. nov. § Dicera. 



Arbor 15 ad 30 m alta, ramulis infloreacentiisque exceptis, glabra; 

 foliis anguste obovatis vel oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice 

 obtuse acuminatis apiculatisque, basi cuneatis, margine valde crenato- 

 serratis; racemis numerosis e axillis defoliatis, folia subaoquantibus vel 

 brevioribus; petalis laceratia, basi agustatis. subglabris; staminibna cir- 

 citer 12, cellulis antherae aeqnalibus obtusis: ovario glabra; fructibns 

 ellipsoideis, circiter 2 cm longis. 1-locellatis. 



A tree 15 to 30 m high glabrous or nearly so except the young branch- 

 lets and inflorescence. Branches terete, gray or brown, lenticellate, the 

 young branchlets, as well as the petioles and sometimes the young leaves 

 appressed-pubescent, obovate, rarely obianceolate, 5 to 10 cm long, 1.5 

 to 4 cm wide, (irmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous. usually brownish and 

 somewhat shining when dry, the apex acuminate, acumen usually short, 

 blind, apiculate, sometimes minutely refuse, the base narrowed, cuneate, 

 the margins strongly crenate-serrate. when young sometimes slightly 



