30<S MERKir.L. 



Diospyros foveo-reticulata sp. nov. 



Arl)()r iiiflorosc-entiis i'ructibus(|iic t-xccptis glabra, cirfitt'i- 'io m aha: 

 foliis subeoriaceis vol coriaeeis, oblougis, elliptico-oblougis vel obluiigu- 

 lauceolatis, usque ad 30 em longis, utrin(|ue nitidis, dense I'oveo-retieu- 

 latis, pubtus pallidioribus. .basi 2-glandulosis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 raritcr niiniKhitis : t'nictil)iis a.xilhiribus, solitai'iis. peduueulatis, ovoideis 

 vel subglol)osis, 8- vel lU-loeellatis junioribus 2 ad 2.5 cm diametro, palli- 

 dis, feri'ugiueo-pubescentibus, pericarpio eoriaceo; ealycis lobis 4, reflexis, 

 ovatis, erassis, aeutis vel obtusis, uti'inque J'errugine<)-pul)eseentibus, 

 eireiter 8 mm longis. 



A glabrous tree, except the iullorescence and fruits. al)Out 2n m high. 

 Branches dai'k-colored, terete, the branchlets paler, sometimes yellowish, 

 glabrous or minutely puberulent. Leaves alternate, subcoriaceous or 

 coriaceous. ol)long, elliptic-oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, rather pale when 

 dry, freijiiciitly yellowish, 15 to 30 cm long, 4 to 9 cm wide, glabrous, 

 shining on l)oth surfaces and densely foveolate-reticulate. the apex short- 

 acuminate, the base acute, sometinu^s I'ounded. the lower surface near 

 the base with a rather pioniiju'iit gland on each side of the midrib; 

 prinuiry lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of tlie midril). indistinct, 

 faintly anastomosing; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Fruit (immature) 

 axillarv, solitary, ovoid or subglobose, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter, pale, the 

 pericarp crustaceous, thin, deciduously ferruginous-pubescent, 8- or lo- 

 celled, the calyx persistent, accrescent, 1-lobed, the tube very sliort, tlie 

 lobes very thick, crustaceo-coriaceous, ovate, reflexed, about 8 mm long 

 and nearly as wide, acute or obtuse, (h'usely r('rruginous-])ul)('si-eiit on 

 both sides. 



Luzox, Provinc-e of Cainaiiiief^, I'asufuo, Aticrn 2!>, 27S (tyi'c). t!">. .laiuiaiy 

 to June, 1902, the last two with immature fruits; Lupi, For. Bur. J0780 C'nrran, 

 .July. i!)08, sterile. Mindanao, District of Zamboar><ja, Port Banga, For. Jiiir. 

 :iil(!.> Whit ford t6 Hutchinson, Uecemhcr, l!t07; San Kanioii. Ihillicr .s. «., Feb- 

 ruary, 1004, with immature fruits. 



Tliis species is well cliaractcri/.cd In its densely foveolat«-reticulate leaves 

 which arc prominently 2-jilaii(liilar (ni tlic lower surface near the base, and by 

 its thicknc(l. ovate, reflexed. t Inhcd calw wliich is (h-nsdy ferruginous-pubescent, 

 as are the young fr\iits. The phuits under Alicni's name, cited above, were 

 crnmeousiy distributed as DioNpiiioy (lisc<il<,r. l(< wliich the pre.sent species is not 

 closely allied. It is known in the Camarines as .[luhini. and at Port Panga as 

 I'alo iirf/ro. The section is undeterminal)le from the matciial available. 



Diospyros inclusa >|i. imv. 



Arbor glabra, eireiter 15 m alta: foliis coriaceis vel subcoriaceis, 

 oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis, glabris, nitidis, apice brcviter obtuse aciuui- 

 natis, basi aeutis, eireiter 9 cm longis, eglandulosis, nervis utrin.|uc 

 eireiter 7. vi\ distinctis, reticulato-amistomosiintibns : fiuctibus axilhiri- 

 bus, solitariis, ])eduncuhitis. dcprcsso-globosis, nigris, a|»iculatis, glabris 

 vel parce adpresso-hiisutis. 1 cm diametro, eireiter 8-locellatis, ealyee 

 aecrescente, ellipsoidco. crasso, lenticdlato. nigro. glidu-o. hrrvilcr I- vel 

 5-l()b;itn inclusis. 



