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BBENAOE^E. 



DIOSPYROS Linn. 

 Diospyros ahernii sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra inflorescentiis fructibusque exceptis; minis pallidis, 

 griseis vel brunneis; foliia Bubcoriaceia, oblongis, 16 ad 20 cm longis, 

 apice acuminatis, basi acutis vel Leviter acuminatis, in sicco brunneis, 

 atrinque nitidis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, prominentibus, anastomosan- 

 tibus, nervis reticulisque densis, validis; inflorescentiis femineis axilla- 

 rit)iis, racemosis, pubescentibus ; fructibusut videtur globosis, circiter 5 cm 

 diametro, obtusis vel apiculatis, extus densiaaime ferrugineo-velutinis vel 

 pubescentibus, calycis lobia 4, accrescentibus, plus minus connatis, dense 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus, pat u I is vel reflexis, \i\ imbricatis, acuminatis, 

 1 ad 1.5 cm longis. 



A tree, glabrous except the infloresence. Branches usually pale, light- 

 gray or brownish, glabrous, the ultimate branchlets sometimes somewhat 

 ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong, 16 to 20 cm long, 

 4.5 to ? cm wide, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, usually brown 

 when dry, tbe apex distinctly acuminate, base acute or somewhat acu- 

 minate; nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing, 

 the secondary nerves and reticulations distinct, close. Flowers unknown, 

 but the pistillate inflorescence axillary, racemose, densely pubescent, the 

 racemes in fruit 1.5 to ;5 cm Long, usually bearing but one or two fruits, 

 the pedicels stout, ahout .") mm long. Fruit apparently globose, about 

 5 cm in diameter, rounded or apiculate, outside densely ferruginous- 

 velvety when young, pubescent when old, about 5-celled. Calyx per- 

 sistent, accrescent, spreading in young fruits, reflexed in mature ones, 

 3 to -I cm in diameter, 4-lobed, the lobes united for the lower third, ovate. 

 coriaceous, acuminate, 1 to 1.5 cm long, densely ferruginous-pubescent. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3071 .[hern's collector, May. 

 1906; Pilea, Bur. 8c*. 8298 Ramos, June, L907, both with Immature fruits: 

 Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 9110, May. 1907, distributed as Diospyros 

 discolor W'illd. 



A very distinct species, possibly allied to It. discolor W'illd.. hut at once distin- 

 guished by its glabrous leaves and its connate acuminate calyx lobes which are 

 not at all imbricate but spreading or reflexed. while its general appearance is 

 quite different from W'ildciiow's species. The specimen collected by Elmer prob- 

 ably had nearly mature fruits, but the sheet before me has only some fragments 

 of the fruit, so that it is impossible to give a full description at the present 

 time. It is known in Eliza] Province as Talong-gubat. 



Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Iliern Bdonog. Eben. (1S7.'5) 218. 



Leuoo&ylutn bturifoliutn, Blume Bijdr. (1826) 1100; Choisy Mhii. Ternstr. 

 (1866) 43, /. :i; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1858) 1050. 



Diospi/ros mioropkfflla Bedd. 1c. PI. Ind. Or. (1871) 27, /. t38; Clarke in Hook 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3 (1882) 559; King & Gamble in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 74 2 

 (1906) 210. 



