NEW 01 NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 309 



A glabrous tree about 1.") m high. Branches terete, light-gray, glab- 



rous, shining, somewhat striate when dry, the branchlets dark-colored, 

 their tips slightly pubeseent. Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong 

 or elliptic-oblong, glabrous, shining on both surfaces, 7 to 10 em long, 

 'A to 4.5 em wide, the apex shortly anil obtusely acuminate, the base acute, 

 eglandular; primary lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, 

 not very distinct, irregular, anastomosing, the secondary ones and reticula- 

 tions nearly as prominent; petioles black, glabrous, about <> mm long. 

 Flowers unknown. Fruits axillary, solitary, on stout, 'A to 4 mm long 

 peduncles which are usually spreading, sometimes recurved, quite inclosed 

 by the accrescent calyx, including the calyx ellipsoid or ovoid, 1.5 to 2 

 cm long. Calyx black, glabrous, shining, lentieellate, thickly crustaceous, 

 inside pubescent, the apex shortly anil obscurely 4- or 5-lobed, the opening 

 at the top about (> nun in diameter. Fruit free from the calyx except at 

 the base, depressed-globose, black, shining, glabrous or with few appressed 

 hairs, about 1 cm in diameter, apex apiculate, usually 8-celled. 



Masbate, Aroroy, Whit ford HiS.i, October, 1906, on hillsides at an altitude of 

 about "240 in. Locally known as BcntoliruiO. 



A most characteristic species, recognizable by its accrescent, ellipsoid or 

 ovoid, crustaceous, lentieellate calyx which entirely incloses the fruit, except for 

 the small opening at the apex. The section is uncertain, as flowers are necessary 



to determine it. 



Diospyros mindanaensis sp. now S Meloma. 



Arbor glabra 15 ad 25 m aha; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 



coriaceis vel subeoriaeeis, glabris, nitidis, apice acuminatis, basi rotun- 

 datis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, usque ad 85 cm longis; floribus 

 femineis racemosis, racemis axillaribus, paucifloris, calycibus breviter 



4-dentatis ; 1'ructihus globosis, vel depresso-globosis, eirciter 4 cm diametro, 

 4-locellatis, glabris, nitidis, calycibus accrescentihus persistentibus, crasse 

 coriaceis, reflex is, tubo acuminate 4-angulato, breviter 4-dentato: semini- 

 bus osseis. alhumine ruminato. 



A glabrous or suhglahrous tree, 15 to 25 m high. Branches terete, 

 glabrous, dark-gray. Leaves alternate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 25 cm long, 4 to N cm wide, glabrous, the 

 upper surface shining, the lower somewhat paler, dull, apex acuminate, 

 base rounded, acute or sometimes slightly acuminate, eglandular: nerves 

 10 to 13 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct beneath, somewhat 

 arched-ascending, anastomosing, the secondary nerves distinct, the re- 

 ticulations fairly dense; petioles stout, 1 to 1.5 em long. Pistillate 

 flowers 4-nierous, in axillary, solitary, few-flowered racemes, the racemes 

 (when young), about 2 em long, glabrous or with few, scattered, appressed 

 hairs. Calyx eup-shaped, shortly 4-toothed. Fruit globose or depressed- 

 globose, 3 to 4.5 cm in diameter, glabrous, shining, yellowish when 

 mature, the pericarp crustaceous, thick, 8-celled, 8-seeded, the seeds 

 ellipsoid, somewhat compressed. 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, brown outside, 



