288 MERRILL. 



ZIZYPHUS Jiiss. 



Zizyphus hutchinsonii sp. nov. 



Arlior ^^labra vcl sal)>r]al)ra. ineniiis; foliis coriac-cis vcl sulx-oriacei?J. 

 ovatis \v\ ohlongo-ovatis. acuniiiiatis. ininute eivnulatis, hasi valdc ina- 

 c't|uilatfralil)U.<. supra nitidis, siihtus j)lus minus >;laucis. trinci-viis, reti- 

 culis tcnuiltus. obseuris : fruclilms glol)osis. circitcr 1..") cm dianictro. 

 carnosis. *rlHbris, in sicco nigris. 



A tree 15 to 25 m liigli, glabrous or nearly so tbrongliout. spineless. 

 Ki-anclies terete, slender, minutely lentieellate, black or nearly so wben 

 dry. glabrous, the growing parts sometimes slightly pubescent. Leaves 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, T to 11 cm long, '■] to 

 5 cm wide, glabrous, the up])er surface greenish or brownish when dry, 

 shining, the lower surface moi-e or less glaucous, the margins minutely 

 c-renidate, the apex slightly acuminate, acumen obtuse or acute, the base 

 strongly inecjuilateral, rounded on both sides of tlie midi-ib. oi- I'oumh'd 

 on one side and acute on the other; nei'ves three, prominent, the nervules 

 and reticulations very fine, obscui'e, more prominent on the upper sui'face 

 than on the lower; petioles (i to 8 mm long, sometimes slightly pubescent. 

 Flowers unknown. Fniits globose, glabrous, black and shining when dry, 

 about 1.5 cm in diameter, the pericarp fleshy, the stone Ixmy. two- or 

 three-celled; seeds brown, shining, compressed, 5 nnn long. 



Basilan, Matano-al Point. For. Bur. S't^i'i Hutchinson. Dccoiiilu'r, lOO."), in 

 forests at about 10 m altitude, said to be abundant locally and known to the 

 Yacans as Toncud langit. It is also represented by For. Bur. !).i6o Wliilford tG 

 HutrltinKon. from Port Banjja. District of Zaniboanj;;a. ^Mindanao, January. I'.tOS. 



ELAEOCARPUS Linn. 



Elaeocarpus curranif sj). nov. § Diccra. 



.\ib(ir 15 ad ;>(> m alta. ramulis inllorcsccnl iisfpie exceplis, glabra; 

 foliis angiiste <)bo\atis ncI oblongo-obovatis, uscpic ad 1(> cm longis, apice 

 obtuse acuminatis apiculatis(|Ue. basi cuneatis, nuirgine \alde crenato- 

 serratis; racemis numerosis e axillis defoliatis, folia subaequantibus vel 

 brc\ioribus ; petaiis lacciatis. Iiasi agustatis, subglabris; staminibus cir- 

 cilcr ]'!. ccllulis nnthciac ac(pialibus obtusis; ovario glabi'o ; fructibus 

 cllipsoidcis, cii-citci' '! cm longis. 1-loeellatis. 



A ti'ce 15 to ;i<> m high glabrous or m-ai'ly so except the young bi'anch- 

 lets and inHoresccncc l^)i-anclics leivte, gray oi- brown, lentieellate. the 

 young branchlets. as well as the pt-tioles and sonielimes the young leaves 

 a|)|»ressed-pubescent. obovate. rai'elv oblanceolatc. 5 to in cin long. 1.5 

 to -I cm wide, lirudv cliaitaeeons to subcoriaceous. usually bidwnisli and 

 somewhat shining when (lr\. tbe apex acuminate, acumen usually sluu't, 

 blunt, apiculate. s(tmetiiucs minutely refuse, the base narrowed, cuneate, 

 the mai'gius sti'onirlv creiuite-serrale. wben \iuing souu'tiiues sligbtlv 



