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MERRILL. 



Diospyros foveo-reticulata sp. now 



Arbor inflorescentiis fructibusque exceptis glabra, circiter 80 m aha: 

 loins subcoriaceis vel coriaceis, oblongis, elkpticc-oblongis ve\ oblongo- 

 Lanceolatis, usque ad 30 cm longis, atrinque nitidis, don^v foveo-reticu- 

 latis, sul.tus pallidiorjbus, basi 2-glandulosis, acuminatia, baai acutis, 

 rariter rotundatis; fmctibus axillaribua, solitariis, pedunculatis, ovoideie 

 vel subglobosis, 8- vel 10-locellatis junioribus 2 ad 2.B cm diametro, palli- 

 dis. fermgmeo-pubescentibus, pericarpio coriaceo; calycis loin's I. reflexia, 

 ovatis, crassis, acutis vel obtusis, atrinque ferrugineo-pubeseentibus, 

 circiter 8 nun longis. 



A glabrous tree, except the inflorescence and fruits, about 20 m high. 

 Branches dark-colored, terete, the branchlets paler, sometimes yellowish, 

 glabrous or minutely puberulent. Leaves alternate, Bubcoriaceous or 

 coriaceous, oblong, elliptic-oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, rather pale when 

 dry, frequently yellowish, 15 to 30 cm long, 1 to 9 cm wide glabrous, 

 shining on both surfaces and densdv foveolate-reticulate, ffie apex short- 

 acuminate, the base, acute, sometimes rounded, the lower surface near 

 the base with a rather prominent gland on each side of the midrib; 

 primary lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, indistinct. 

 faintly anastomosing; petioles | to 1.5 em long, Fruit (immature) 

 axillary, solitary, ovoid or subglobose, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter, pale, the 

 pericarp crustaceous, thin, deciduousl y ferruginous-pubescent, 8- or 10- 

 celled, the calyx persistent, accrescent, t-lobed, the tube very short, the 



lobes very thick, erustaceo-coriaeeous, ovate, rellexed, about <S mm long 

 and nearly as wide, acute or obtuse, densely ferruginous-pubescent on 



both sides. 



Luzon, Province of Camarines, Pasacao, Ahem 29, 278 (type), 190, January 

 to June, 1!»02. the last two with immature fruits; Lupi, For. Bur. 10180 Curran, 

 July, i908, sterile. Mindanao. District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 

 9062 Whitford <(• Hutchinson, December, I «)07 ; S;ui Ramon, HaUier a, //.. Feb- 

 ruary, 1904, with immature fruits. 



This species is well characterized by its densely foveolate-reticulate leaves 

 which are prominently 2-glandular on the lower surface near the base, and l>v 

 its thickned, ovate, reflexed, 4-lobed calyx which is densely ferruginous-pubescent, 

 as are the young fruits. The plants under Aliern's name, cited above, were 

 erroneously distributed as DiotpffTOa discolor, to which the present species is not 

 closely allied. It is known in the Camarines as Alalnnt, and at Port Bang! as 

 Palo negro. The section is undeterminable from the material available. 



Diospyros inclusa sp. now 



Arbor glabra, circiter 15 m alta ; foliis coriaceis vel subcormeeis. 

 oblongis \el elliptico-oblongis, glabris, nitidis, apice breviter obtuse acumi- 

 natis, basi acutis, circiter 9 cm longis, eglandulosis, nervis atrinque 

 circiter 7, vix distinctis, reticulato-anastomosantibus ; fmctibus axillari- 

 bus, solitariis, pedunculatis. depresso-globosis, nigiis, apiculatis, glabris 

 vel paree adpresso-hirsutis, 1 cm diametro, circiter 8-locellatis, calyce 

 accrescente, ellipsoideo, crasso, lenticellato, nigro, glabra, breviter t- vel 

 5-lobato iiudusis. 



