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ON A NEW SPECIP:S AND A NEW VARIETY OF DIOSPYHOS.* 



])y \V. P. HiERX, M.A., F.R.S. 



(Communicated by J. II. Maiden, F.R.S.) 



DiOSPYROS AUSTROCALEDONICA^ ll.SJJ. 



Aibor (ut videtur) novitiis infrueteseentiaque et c. exeeptis glabiiuseula, 

 nimulis teretibus fuscis minute glanduloso-puberulis subnitidis foliosis, intei- 

 nodiis 18 — 28 mm. longis, foliis ovali-oblongis apiee obtusis non vel vix acuraina- 

 tis interdum late emarginatis basi leviter ciineatis firmitu coriaeeis sub-eoneolori- 

 bus utrinque sordide viridibus alternis integris 7 — 22 cm. longis 3 — 7.5 cm. latis 

 margine angnste revolutis costii \alida .sui>er sulcata intra prominente con- 

 spicua concoloie \el basini versus t'usciore venis, lateralibus alternis utrinque 

 circiter decern patulo-ascendentibus sub-tenuibus concoloribus reticulatione etiam 

 tenui coneoloreque petiolo robusto fusco 9 — 15 mm. longo plus minus patulo, 

 frnctibus sub-globosis vel late splieroiileis breviter pubescentibus 20 — 25 mm 

 diam. solitariis 8? — loculatis, pedunculis fructiferis axillaribus solitariis 3 — 5 

 mm. longis patulis |)ubcrulis calyce t'ructit'ero 4 — 5 tido 3 — 4 cm. diam. tu>)o 

 plerumque scutelliforrai ceterum reflexo extus puberulo intus sericeo — tomen- 

 tello dure eoriaceo 18 — 22 mm. diam. lobis patulo-reflexis coriaeeis puberulis 

 ovato-rotundatis 1 — 1.5 cm. longis 1 — 1.75 cm. latis infra plus minus concavis 

 saepius undatis, seminibns ])luribus 14 — 17 mm. longis 7 — 8 mm. latis 4 mm. 

 crassis testa tenue albuniine albido equabili copioso cartilagineo. Embryon 6.5 

 mm. longum radicula sub-cylindracea 4.5 nun. longa 0.5 — 1 mm. lata. Cotyledoni- 

 bus ovalibus 2 mm. longis 1.5 mm. latis. 



7/a&.— New Caledonia. Bale dn sud. (-oil. Le Boucher. 1903, No. 1529. 



Differs from D. Oleri Hiern., by the size of the leaves, length of the ]>etioles, 

 etc. 



Diosi'VROs SAMoKKsis, A. Gray var. ovata, n.vai'. 



Plerumque glabrata, novitiis )5uberulis, ramulis sul)-graoilibus fuscis alternis 

 foliosis apiee minute puberulis, internodiis 7 — 30 mm. longis, foliis alternis 

 ovatis vel ovato-ellipticis apiee breviter obtusiusculis vel vix acuminatis basi 



• [We owe to Mr. Hiern, of Barnstaple Manor, Devon, England, a well-known mono- 

 C^vaph on the Ebeitaceiie, and the specimens herein described were forwarded to the 

 National Herbarium of New South Wales, and transmitted by nie for Mr. Hiern' s con- 

 sideration.— J. H.M.-] 



