NEW OK NOTEWOUTHY PHlLiri'lXE PLANTS, VJI. o09 



A glabrous tree about 15 ni high. I^raueh(>s terete, light-gray, glab- 

 rous, shining, somewhat striate when di'v, the branehh't^ dark-eolorecl, 

 their tips slightly pubescent. Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaeeous, oblong 

 or elliptic-oblong, glabrous, shining on both surfaces, 7 to 10 cm long, 

 3 to 4.5 cm wide, the apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base acute, 

 eglandular; primary lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, 

 not ver}' distinct, irregular, anastomosing, the secondary ones and reticula- 

 tions nearly as prominent; petioles black, glabrous, about G mm long. 

 Flowers unknown. Fruits axillary, solitary, on stout, 3 to 4 mm long 

 peduncles which are usually spreading, sometimes recurved, quite inclosed 

 by the accrescent calyx, including the calyx ellipsoid or ovoid, 1.5 to 3 

 cm long. Calyx black, glabrous, shining, lenticellate, thickly crustaceous, 

 inside pubescent, the apex shortly and obscurely 4- or 5-lobed, the opening 

 at the top about 6 mm in diameter. Fruit free from the calyx except at 

 the base, depressed-globose^ black, shining, glabrous or with few appressed 

 hairs, about 1 cm in diameter, apex apiculate, usually 8-celled. 



INIasbate, Aroroy, Whitford 1682, October, 1906, on hillsides at an altitude of 

 about 240 m. Locally known as Bantolinao. 



A most characteristic species, i-ecognizable by its accrescent, ellipsoid or 

 ovoid, crustaceous, lenticellate calyx which entirely incloses the fruit, except for 

 the small opening at the apex. The section is uncertain, as flowers are necessary 

 to determine it. 



Diospyros mindanaensis sp. nov. § Melonia. 



Arbor gla])ra 15 ad 25 m alta ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 coriaceis vel subcoriaceis, glabris, nitidis, apice acuminatis, basi rotun- 

 datis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, usque ad 25 cm longis; floribus 

 femineis racemosis, racemis axillaribus, paucifloris, calj^cibus breviter 

 4-dentatis : f ructibus globosis, vel depresso-globosis, circiter 4 cm diametro, 

 4-locellatis, glabris, nitidis, calyeibus accrescentibus persistentil)us, crasse 

 coriaceis, reflexis, tubo acuminate 4-angulato, breviter 4-dentato: semini- 

 bus osseis, albumine ruminato. 



A glabrous or subglabrous tree, 15 to 25 m high. Branches terete, 

 glabrous, dark-gray. Leaves alternate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 25 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, glal)rous, the 

 upper surface shining, the lower somewhat paler, dull, apex acuminate, 

 base rounded, acute or sometimes slightly acuminate, eglandular; nerves 

 10 to 13 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct beneath, somewhat 

 arched-ascending, anastomosing, the secondary nerves distinct, the re- 

 ticulations fairly dense ; petioles stout, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Pistillate 

 flowers 4-merous, in axillary, solitary, few-flowered racemes, the racemes 

 (when young), about 2 cm long, glabrous or with few, scattered, appressed 

 hairs. Calyx cup-sliaped, shortly 4-toothed. Fruit globose or depressed- 

 globose, 3 to 4.5 cm in diameter, glabrous, shining, yellowish when 

 mature, the pericarp crustaceous, thick, 8-celled, 8-seeded, the seeds 

 ellipsoid, somewhat compressed, 2 cm long. 1.5 cm wide, brown outside. 



