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DIOSPYROS PONCEI sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 9 m alta, ramulis junioribus dense adpresse 

 subferrugineo-hirsutis, foliis junioribus subtus obscure adpresse 

 pubescentibus, fructibus subglobosis, extus densissime ferrugi- 

 neo-hirsutis, junioribus circiter 2 cm diametro; foliis oblongis ad 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, coriaceis, usque ad 9 cm longis, in siccitate 

 pallidis, nitidis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, 

 apice acutis vel breviter acuminatis, nervis lateralibus obscuris ; 

 sepalis persistentibus, orbiculari-ovatis, circiter 6 mm diametro, 

 adpresse hirsutis. 



A tree about 9 m high, the branches terete, glabrous, wrinkled, 

 dark gray, the younger ones reddish-brown, smooth, the growing 

 parts densely appressed ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 9 cm long, 1.4 to 2.8 cm wide, 

 subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the acute or 

 somewhat acuminate apex, eglandular, the upper surface pale 

 olivaceous when dry, shining, glabrous, or the midrib in the 

 lower part somewhat appressed-pubescent with pale, shining 

 hairs, the lower surface paler than the upper, when young spar- 

 ingly appressed-pubescent with pale hairs, when mature quite 

 glabrous ; lateral nerves slender, obscure, ascending, the primary 

 ones about 12 on each side of the midrib, scarcely more distinct 

 than are the secondary ones and the reticulations ; petioles 5 mm 

 long or less, appressed-hirsute when young, becoming glabrous 

 in age. Flowers not seen. Fruits globose, the young ones about 

 2 cm in diameter, axillary, sessile or subsessile, solitary, the 

 pericarp very densely hirsute with ferruginous or fulvous hairs. 

 Sepals persistent, plane, coriaceous, orbicular-ovate, about 6 mm 

 in diameter, rounded, outside rather densely appressed-hirsute 

 with pale or ferruginous hairs. 



Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Combot, For. Bur. 228^2 Ponce, August 

 28, 1914, on semiopen slopes, altitude about 15 meters, locally known as 

 ituman. 



A species in many characters resembling the common Diospyros discolor 

 Willd., and probably belonging in the same section as Willdenow's species. 

 It differs remarkably, however, in its very much smaller, entirely differently 

 shaped leaves which are quite glabrous on both surfaces when mature. 



DIOSPYROS CAMARINENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 25 m alta, floribus exceptis glabra ; foliis char- 

 taceis, oblongis, usque ad 27 cm longis, breviter acuminatis, 

 basi acutis vel subacutis, in siccitate nitidis, nigricantibus, nervis 

 utrinque 12 ad 14, subtus distinctis, reticulis laxis; floribus axil- 

 laribus, fasciculatis, 4-meris, extus pubescentibus, calycis lobis 

 erectis, acuminatis, corolla inflata; ovario 8-loculare; fructibus 



