304 ^^^ Philippine Journal of Science i»2o 



A species, prominently characterized by its numerous, long, 

 spreading hairs, closely allied to Diospyros everettii Merr., one 

 that has the same type of indumentum. The present species 

 differs from the latter in its much thinner, more-numerously 

 nerved leaves and in the much more conspicuous and denser 

 indumentum which is found on the branchlets, petioles, both 

 surfaces of the leaves, and the flowers, while in D. everettii the 

 hairs are few in number and are practically confined to the 

 branchlets and flowers. 



LOGANIACEAE 



GENIOSTOMA Forster 

 GENIOSTOMA LANCILIMBUM sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, glabra, ramis teretibus, tenuibus; foliis lan- 

 ceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 7 ad 10 cm longis, utrinque angus- 

 tatis, basi acutis, apice caudato-acuminatis, chartaceis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 7, reticulis subobsoletis ; floribus axillaribus, 

 solitariis, pedicellatis ; f ructibus subglobosis, 6 ad 8 mm diametro. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree, 3 to 4 m high, the branches 

 and branchlets terete, slender, the former grayish, the latter 

 often black when dry. Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 7 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, narrowed below to the acute 

 base and above to the slender, caudate-acuminate apex, char- 

 taceous, shining, olivaceous or black when dry, the midrib dis- 

 tinct: lateral nerves slender, indistinct, usually about 7 on each 

 side of the midrib, obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations 

 obsolete or nearly so; petioles 3 to 6 cm long. Flowers white, 

 axillary, solitaiy, their pedicels about 5 mm long. Calyx 2.5 to 3 

 mm in diameter, the lobes 5, glabrous, broadly triangular-ovate, 

 acute, about 1 mm long, their margins very obscurely ciliate. 

 Corolla-tube 3 mm long, the lobes reflexed, oblong-ovate, 2 mm 

 long, the throat densely villous inside. Fruits subglobose, black 

 when dry, 6 to 8 mm in diameter. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Libacao, Bur. Sci. 35332 (type). 

 353H Martelino & Edano, May 28, 1919, in open forests at low 

 altitudes. 



In its axillary, solitary flowers this species is apparently 

 allied to Geniostoma lo'ngipes Merr., but is radically different 

 from that species in its vegetative and other characters. 



GENIOSTOMA RAMOSII sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, 3 m altus, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; 

 foliis membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, 10 ad 13 cm longis, bre- 

 viter acuminatis, basi rotundatis et leviter decurrentibus, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 8, tenuibus, distinctis; floribus fasciculatis. 



