EBENACE.E. 



Diospyros nitida sp. nov. 



A small tree 5 to 10 m. hiyli, witli alternate, lanceolate, acuminate leaves, 

 very black and shining when dry, and axillary fascicled or short, dense, 

 cymose inflorescence. Branches grayish, striate, more or less pubescent, the 

 branchlets slender, black, usually rather densely pubescent. Leaves 5 to 8 

 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. wide, submembranous, glabrous, very shiny above, 

 rather dull and slightly pubescent beneath, especially on the midrib, the 

 apex rather slender acuminate, the acumen blunt, the base acute; nerves 

 obscure; petioles 4 to 5 mm. long, pubescent. Fascicles 4 to 8 flowered. 

 Flowers 4-merous, white. Calyx 2 mm. long, slightly pubescent, 4-lobed, 

 the lobes broadly ovate, 1 mm. long, the margins ciliate. Corolla 4 mm. 

 long, urceolate, the lobes ovate, acute, 2 mrn. long. Stamens 16, unequal, 

 all on the receptacle or at the base of the corolla, glabrous or minutely 

 puberulous, the anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Ovary glabrous. 

 Fruit somewhat fleshy, globose, black, shiny and more or less wrinkled 

 when dry, 10 to 12 mm. in diameter, 4-celled, each cell with one seed. 

 Seeds 6 mm. long, brown, reticulate, the albumen not ruminated, the fruit- 

 ing calyx about 1 cm. in diameter, the lobes spreading, elliptical-ovate, 

 romided. 



Specimens examined: Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo (1737 Merrill), 

 March 1903 (fruit) ; Province of Zambales, Botolan (2976 Merrill), June, 

 1903 (fruit); Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (6713 Elmer), No- 

 vember, 1904 (flower). Guimaras Island (230 Gammill), January, 1904 

 (fruit). 



A small tree in open thickets. T., Canaluni, Catclana; V., Manofjarom. 



OLEACE.ai:. 



Fraxinus philippinensis sp. nov. ^ Ornus. 



A small tree with 3 to 4 jugate leaves, the leaflets entire, 5 cm. long or 

 less, and hermaphrodite flowers, the samara 3 cm. long, retuse. Branches 

 gray, glabrous, the ultimate branchlets somewhat pubescent. Leaves 10 

 to 15 cm. long, the rhachis slightly pubescent, becoming glabrous; leaflets 

 7 to 9, glabrous, svibcoriaceous, lanceolate to ovate lanceolate, 2 to 5 cm. 

 long, 0.8 to 1.5 cm. wide, somewhat inequilateral, the base acute, tapering 

 above to the acuminate apex; nerves obscure, 9 to 10 on each side of the 

 midrib; petiolules 3 to 9 mm. long. Panicles terminal and axillary, numer- 

 ous, many flowered, pubescent, 8 to 10 cm. long. Flowers white, 3.5 mm. 

 long, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm. long, slender, the bracts lanceolate, 2 mm. 

 long. Calyx cup shaped, 1 mm. long, obscurely toothed. Petals 4, free, 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide. Stamens 2, the anthers 

 nearly 3 mnj- long. Ovary small, glabrous. Style slender, short. Samara 



3 cm. long, glandular below but not pubescent, the seed bearing portion 6 

 to 8 mm. long, terete, margined above by the decurrcnt wing, the wing 



4 to 5 mm. wide, narrowed below and slightly above, the apex retuse. 

 Province of Rizal, Luzon, Tanay (2274 iMerriU), May, 1903 (flower); 



