338 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



AN AUSTEALIAN NEW DIOSPYBOS. 

 By W. p. Hiern, M.A., F.E.S. 



At the session of the British Association, held at Melbourne 

 on August 14th, 1914, in my paper on Australian Ebcnacecs, a new 

 species, Dios2)yros loufjipes, was described. It differs from its 

 Australian allies by the comparatively greater length both of the 

 fruit-stalk and of the petiole. 



The following is a detailed description of the female plant in 

 fruit ; the male is at present unknown : — 



Diospyros longipes Hiern, sp. n. D. fruticosa vel arbores- 

 cens, novitiis ferrugineo-hirsutis, ramulis mox glabrescentibus 

 alternis erecto-patentibus duris gracilioribus fusco-cinereis tereti- 

 usculis levibus apicem versus foliosis, foliis alternis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis apice ssepius sub-obtuse acuminatis basi sub-a3qualiter vel 

 inajqualiter angustatis tenuiter coriaceis tenacibus plus plusque 

 glabratis utrinque pallidis glauco-nitidis concoloribus margine 

 integerrimis atque angustissime revolutis vix undulatis 5-10 cm. 

 longis 2-4 cm. latis, costa tenui valida expressa primum pubes- 

 cente mox glabrescente, venis lateralibus numerosis patulis tenuis- 

 simis, petiolo gracili angulari 12-25 mm. longo valido primum 

 sub-pubescente mox glabrescente. Calyce femineo profunde 4- vel 

 insequaliter 5-lobo hirsuto pubescente, in fructu late hemi- 

 sphaerico coriaceo utrinque pubescente intus basim versus polito 

 pallide luteolo-virescente ad basim fructus applicato, segmentis 

 ovato-lanceolatis 4-5 mm. longis, ovario hirsuto, fructibus soli- 

 tariis ellipsoideis flavido-pallidis paullum pilosis vel glabrescenti- 

 bus c. 15 mm. longis c. 11 mm. latis apice stylo sub-persistente 

 glabro tenui c. 4 mm. longo centrali praeditis pedunculo prope 

 apicem ramuli oriente solitario tenaci puberulo pallido c. 2 cm. 

 longo suffultis, pericarpio crustaceo-coriaceo, semine solitario 

 irregulariter oblongo-ellipsoideo pendulo c. 13 mm. longo c. 7 mm. 

 lato testa crassiuscula. 



Habitat prope oppidum " Townsville," in ditionis " Queens- 

 land " parte tropica, a cl. K. H. Cambage, F.L.S., 11 Aug. 1913, 

 lecta. 



Epharmosis. Caulis cuticula crassa ; periderma sub-epider- 

 mide. Foliorum epidermidis superee cellulse recticurve delineatae 

 c. ll-29-15'8 /x altae, cuticula crassiuscula levis ; epidermidis 

 inferae cellulse recticurve delineatae c. 6'77-ll-29 /x altae, cuticula 

 crassiuscula levis ; stomata ovalia c. 25-26 jx longa c; 19-20 /x 

 lata, ad aequilibrium epidermatis inferae aperientia ; mesophyllum 

 bifaciale c. 8-10-seriatum c. 163-226 // crassum ; cellulae pali- 

 formes vel inconstanter 2-ordinatim dispositae superiores circiter 

 4-plo longiores quam latiores inferiores circiter duplo longiores 

 quam latiores ambae dimidium mesophylli implentes, vel 1-ordi- 

 natim dispositae cum hypodermate transverse oblongis contento. 



