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about 8 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower 

 surface, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; 

 petioles 4 mm long or less. Flowers not seen. Fruits axillary, 

 solitary, sessile, the calyx accrescent, ferruginous-pilose, the lobes 

 4, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 8 mm long and 5 mm wide. 

 Young fruits ovoid, brown when dry, acute or apiculate, spar- 

 ingl;^ covered with long, rather weak, brown, subappressed or 

 somewhat spreading hairs, apparently 1-celled and 1-seeded. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Patlao, Camalaniugan, For. Bur. 2S278 

 Velasco, October 18, 1914, on slopes, altitude about 100 meters. 



A species well characterized by its solitary, axillary, sessile, pointed fruits, 

 and especially by the long hairs on the young fruits, calyces, and younger 

 vegetative parts. It is closely allied to Diospyros eriantha Champ, of south- 

 ern China and Formosa, but differs in its larger more numerously nerved 

 leaves which are rounded at the base. 



DIOSPYROS TAYABENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor, ramulis junioribus et inflorescentiis dense subferrug- 

 ineo-pubescentibus ; foliis ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, in sic- 

 citate brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 16 cm longis, chartaceis ad 

 subcoriaceis, acuminatis, subtus leviter pubescentibus, basi ro- 

 tundatis vel leviter decurrento-acuminatis, subtus utrinque 

 glandulis 1 ad 3 distinctis instructis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 10 ad 12, perspicuis, arcuato-anastamosantibus ; floribus $ axilla- 

 ribus, fasciculatis, circiter 1.5 cm longis, uniformiter dense 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus, calycis lobis anguste oblongis, 6 mm 

 longis et 2 mm latis; staminibus 10, antheris lineari-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis, 3 mm longis. 



A tree, 20 meters high fide Ramos, the branches and branch- 

 lets terete, dark-brown, smooth, the former glabrous, the 

 latter uniformly and densely ferruginous-pubescent with short 

 hairs. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, chartaceous to subco- 

 riaceous, brown and shining when dry, the lower surface a little 

 paler than the upper, 10 to 16 cm long, 4.5 to 7.5 cm wide, 

 the apex with a broad, obtuse, short acumen, the base rounded 

 and usually somewhat decurrent-acuminate, beneath with from 

 1 to 3, black, rather conspicuous glands on each side of the mid- 

 rib, the upper surface glabrous, the lower sparingly ferruginous- 

 pubescent especially on the midrib, nerves, and reticulations; 

 lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 spreading, somewhat curved, arched-anastomosing, the reticu- 

 lations lax; petioles rather stout, pubescent, brown, 5 to 8 mm 

 long. Staminate flowers axillary, fascicled, numerous, greenish- 

 white, crowded, about 1.5 cm long, all parts of the inflorescence 



