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acuminatis, vel subrotundatis, eglandulosis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 9, tenuibus, haud prominentibus ; inflorescentiis $ 

 axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, circiter 2 cm longis, 3-floris; 

 floribus 5-meris, calycibiis cylindraceis, 6 mm longis, leviter 

 5-dentatis; corolla extus dense pubescens; staminibus 10. 



A small tree, glabrous except the flowers. Branches and 

 branchlets slender, terete, smooth, the latter black, the former 

 black when dry. Leaves oblong, subcoriaceous, 12 to 23 cm long, 

 4 to 9 cm wide, the apex distinctly acuminate, the acumen blunt, 

 the base acute, somewhat decurrent-acuminate, or somewhat 

 rounded, eglandular, the upper surface very smooth and strongly 

 shining when dry, the lower surface of nearly the same color 

 but duller; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 slender, not prominent, loosely anastomosing, the reticulations 

 not prominent, lax; petioles about 8 mm long. Male inflores- 

 cences axillary, solitary, about 2 cm long, the peduncles 5 to 10 

 mm long, each bearing three, subumbellately arranged, pedicelled 

 flowers, ebracteolate. Male flowers 5-merous, their pedicels 

 pubescent, 2 to 3 mm long, the calyx, in bud, cylindric, black 

 when dry, slightly pubescent, about 6 mm long, 2 to 2.5 mm in 

 diameter, the base obtuse, somewhat narrowed, the apex trun- 

 cate and slightly 5-toothed, the teeth acute, 0.5 mm long or less. 

 Corolla (in young bud) narrower than the calyx, externally 

 densely gray-pubescent, the tube apparently short, the lobes 

 elongated, imbricate. Stamens 10, in two series, the anthers 

 lanceolate, acuminate, up to 3 mm long (immature). Female 

 flowers and fruit not seen. 



Balabac, Cape Melville, Bur. Sci. 15652 Fenix, July 18, 1912, along trails 

 at low altitudes. 



A species well characterized by its 3-flowered, peduncled, solitary inflores- 

 cences, and its cylindric and truncate, obscurely 5-toothed calyces. It is 

 apparently allied to the Malayan Diospyros truncata ZoU. & Mor., but has 

 a peduncled, not fasciculate inflorescence, and quite differently shaped leaves. 



DIOSPYROS FASCICULIFLORA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva subtus foliis junioribus ramulis floribusque ex- 

 ceptis glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis chartaceis vel 

 subcoriaceis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 20 cm 

 longis, utrinque angustatis, acuminatis; nervis lateralibus cir- 

 citer 12, subtus valde prominentibus, arcuato-anastamosantibus, 

 reticulis laxis, distinctis; floribus 4-meris, ferrugineo-pubescen- 

 tibus, solitariis vel fasciculatis in axillis defoliatis vel in ramis 

 infra foliis, calycibus post anthesis brevibus, rotatis, circiter 12 

 mm diametro ; ovario 4-loculare, dense hirsuto ; fructibus 4-locel- 



