NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 307 



April, 1904, Bur. Sci. 2192 Ramos, March, 1907: Province of Tayabas, Guina- 

 yangan, Merrill 2029; Lucban, Elmer 92^1 (type) ; Atimonan, For. Bur. 6623 

 Reyes, For. Bur. 1029 Jt, 10662 Curran: Province of Camarines, Mount Isarog, 

 For. Bur. 10Jf52 Curran: Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. 5165 Bridges. Marin- 

 DUQUE, For. Bur. 12182 Rosenbluth. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, 

 Mrs. Clemens, June, 1906: District of Davao, Santa Cruz, Williams 2861. 



In the above description the chief additions to that given by Mr. Elmer are 

 of the staminate and pistillate flowers, as the type of the species, Elmer 92^1, 

 was with fruit only, although nearly all the above specimens have long been 

 available for description. Many of the specimens cited above have abnormal, 

 much-branched, often leafy inflorescences, probably due to the work of some 

 insect : these abnormal inflorescences apparently never bear normal flowers. 

 Similar ones are found in Canarium, the form of C. villosum described by Engler 

 as C. luxurians var. monstrosum, and in some species of Eugenia. 



Local names given for this species are Malagaitmon, Alinao, Anang, Bolongeta, 

 Panigilman, and Bagnito, many of which are also applied to other species of the 

 genus, although of the above, Malagaitmon seems to be rather consistently applied 

 to the present species. 



Diospyros everettii sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra vel subglabra; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, sub- 

 coriaceis, in sicco brunneis, usque ad 15 cm longis, apice acuminatis, basi 

 late rotundatis subcordatisque, nervis utrinque circiter 10, ascendentibus, 

 anastomosantibus, reticulis laxis; floribus femineis fasciculatis, axillari- 

 bus, sessilibus, 4-meris, circiter 22 mm longis, calycis lobis lanceolatis; 

 staminodeis glabris, 4; ovario dense hirsute. 



A tree glabrous or subglabrous. Branches dark-colored, glabrous. 

 Leaves alternate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, brownish 

 when dry especially beneath, the upper surface dull, the lower slightly 

 shining, glabrous, the apex acuminate, the base rather broad, rounded 

 and subcordate, 8 to 15 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide; nerves about 10 on 

 each side of the midrib, ascending, attenuate-anastomosing, the reticula- 

 tions lax; petioles stout, about 3 mm long. Pistillate flowers axillary, 

 sessile, fascicled, just before opening 22 mm long. Calyx cleft nearly to 

 the base into four, lanceolate, spreading, acute or acuminate lobes 7 to 8 

 mm long, 2.5 mm wide, their margins slightly ciliate. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, the tube cylindric, 9 mm long, 4 mm thick below and slightly 

 contracted above, inside glabrous, outside with very few long hairs; lobes 

 4, spreading, elliptic-oblong, 12 mm long, 6 mm wide. Staminodes 4, 

 their filaments 2.5 mm long, the anther-like portion 1.5 mm long, 

 glabrous. Ovary densely covered with very stiff, 2 to 3 mm long, brown- 

 ish hairs ; style stout, cylindric, 6 mm long, pubescent, 4-cleft at the apex. 

 The ovary is apparently 8- or 10-celled. 



Negros, Mount Silay, For. Bur. 7261 Everett, May 9, 1907, in ridge forests at 

 an altitude of about 650 m. 



A species apparently belonging to the section Ermellinus, and is well charac- 

 terized by its leaves being rounded and subcordate at the base, and by its 

 comparatively large, axillary, fascicled, 4-merous flowers, and the very numerous, 

 stiff, brown hairs that entirely cover the ovary. 



