X. c. 5 Merrill: Philippine Plants, XII 335 



The above new name is necessary for this species as the one previously 

 selected was preoccupied. 



ARDISIA KEITHLEYI nom. nov. 



Ardisia oblongifolia Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 219, 

 non King & Gamble, 1905. 

 Dedicated to Lieutenant Keithley in whose honor Camp Keithley was 

 named. The new name is necessary as the original specific name was 

 preoccupied. 



EBENACEAE 



DIOSPYROS Linnaeus 



DIOSPYROS ALVAREZII sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 15 m alta, glabra vel subglabra, ramulis tenui- 

 bus, leviter puberulis vel subglabris; foliis chartaceis, oblongo- 

 ellipticis ad oblongis, usque ad 16 cm longis, utrinque subaequal- 

 iter angustatis, basi acutis, eglandulosis, apice acutis vel obscure 

 acuminatis, nitidis, pallidis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, tenuibus, 

 prominentibus, reticulis laxis ; floribus axillaribus, ut videtur soli- 

 tariis vel binis, pedicellatis 4-meris ; f ructibus depresso-globosis, 

 junioribus 1.3 cm diametro, pubescentibus, 8-locellatis, calycibus 

 persistentibus, coriaceis, tubo circiter 1.5 cm diametro, lobis 

 late ovatis, 1.5 cm longis, reflexis. 



A tree about 15 m high, nearly glabrous except the fruits 

 (flowers unknown). Branches terete, very slender, the branch- 

 lets sometimes minutely puberulent. Leaves chartaceous, pale 

 when dry, oblong-elliptic to oblong, 10 to 16 cm long, 4 to 7 cm 

 wide, shining, subequally narrowed to the acute, eglandular base 

 and to the acute or somewhat acuminate apex; lateral nerves 5 

 or 6 on each side of the midrib, distinct, slender, rather prom- 

 inent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 6 to 8 mm 

 long. Flowers 4-merous, axillary, apparently solitary or in pairs, 

 the pedicels, in fruit, minutely puberulent, 1.5 cm long or less. 

 Young fruits depressed-globose, about 1.3 cm in diameter, 

 grayish-pubescent with short, appressed hairs, apiculate; per- 

 sistent calyx large and prominent, thickly chartaceous, externally 

 more or less puberulent, the tube very shallow, up to 1.5 cm in 

 diameter, 4-angled, the angles rather sharp, the lobes sharply 

 reflexed, broadly ovate, obtuse, up to 1.5 cm long, more or less 

 plicate when dry ; fruit 8-celled. 



Luzon, Province of Camarines, Lanot, For. Bur. 21U17 Alvarez, May 

 12, 1914, forested slopes at about sea level, locally known as bantolinao. 



A species well characterized by its chartaceous, distantly but rather 

 prominently nerved leaves, and especially by its prominent, accrescent, 

 persistent, reflexed calyx which in young fruit is sharply 4-angled. 



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