306 . MERRILL. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9.'/35 Whitford d 

 Hutchinson, February, 1908. 



The specimen is sterile but agrees closely with the description, with material 

 from Java, and fairly Avell with specimens from Singapore. New to the Philip- 

 jnnes. 



Southern India to the Malay Peninsula, Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Java, 

 and Borneo. 



Diospyros curranii nom. nov. § Paralea. 



Diospyros reticulata Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 506, non Willd. nee. 

 Sieber, nee Wall. 



Arbor glabra vel subglabra, 7 ad 20 m alta; ramis teretibus, griseis 

 vel brimneis, glabris, vel junioribus plus minus pubescentibus ; foliis 

 glabris, lanceolatis, elliptico-lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 10 ad 18 

 cm longis, 2.5 ad 5 cm latis, basi acutis vel acuminatis^ apice acuminatis, 

 subcoriaceis, nervis utrinque 9 ad 15, anastomosantibus, nervulis reticulis- 

 que promiuentibus; floribus masculinis 4- rariter 5-meris, in cymulis 

 brevibus axillaribus dispositis, staminibus circiter 18 ; floribus femineis 

 axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, 4- meris, pubescentibus, calycis lobis 

 ovatis, reflexis, accrescentibus ; ovario 3- vel 4-loculare; fructibus ovoideis, 

 1.5 cm longis. 



A tree 7 to 20 m high, glabrous or nearly so. Branches glabrous, 

 terete, brownish or grayish, the branchlets sometimes somewhat ferrugi- 

 nous-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lance- 

 olate, 10 to 18 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 

 shining, pale, greenish or yellowish when dry, entire, the base acute or 

 somewhat acuminate, eglandular, the apex acuminate; nerves 9 to 15 

 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, rather distinct but scarcely 

 more prominent than are the secondary nerves and rather dense reticula- 

 tions; petioles 1.5 cm long or less, sometimes as short as 0.5 cm. Stami- 

 nate flowers in short, axillary, solitary or fascicled, 1 to 2 cm long cymes, 

 which are slightly pubescent. Calyx lobes 4, rarely 5, ovate to broadly 

 ovate, acute or acuminate, about 1.5 mm long, with short, appressed, 

 scattered, black hairs; stamens about 18, 2-seriate, inserted on the base 

 of the corolla; filaments 1 to 1.5 mm long; anthers lanceolate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, nearly 2 mm long; corolla (immature) 5 mm long, the outside 

 with black appressed hairs. Pistillate flowers axillary, solitary or fasci- 

 cled, shortly pedicellate, the pedicels and calyx somewhat ferruginous- 

 pubescent : calyx-lobes 4, nearly free, ovate, about 7 mm long, 5 mm wide, 

 obtuse, subfoliaceous, the margins reflexed, the base subcordate, somewhat 

 accrescent and persistent in fruit; corolla about 6 m long, the lobes ovate, 

 3 mm wide, slightly united below; staminodes about 10; ovary narrowly 

 ovoid, ferruginous-pubescent; style short, 2-cleft. Fruit ovoid, ].o cm 

 long, when young more or less ferruginous-pubescent, ultimately glabrous, 

 the calyx-lobes somewhat accrescent, their margins reflexed. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. lOOSJf Curran, February, 1908; 

 Antipole, Merrill 1654, 2675 March, Juno, 190.3, For. Bur. /f',S Ahern's collector, 



