426 AiEKuir.L. 



D. pilosanthera Blanco. 



Camiguix, JfOOO Fenix. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 



D. maritima Blume Bijdr. (1825) G()9 ; Hiern Monog. Eben. (1873) 211. 



FiG.\, .i.iol M earns. 



Here first credited to the Philippines, but represented in our herbarium by 

 many specimens from various parts of the Archipelago; widely distributed in 

 Malaya, extending to northern Australia. 



Diospyros sabtanense Merrill sp. nov. § ErnicUunis. 



Frutex 4 ad 5 in alta ; i'oliis alternis, papyraceis, ellipticis, oblongo- 

 ellipticis, vel obovato-ellipticis, apice obtusis, basi acutis, 6 ad 13 cm 

 longis, supra nitidis; nervis iitrinque 7 vel 8; floribus femineis axillaribus, 

 sessilibus, solitariis vel binis, pubescent i bus, -i-meris, tnbo cylindraceo ; 

 staniinodiis 8; ovario ovoideo, 8-loculari, loculis 1-ovulatis. 



A shrub 4 to 5 m high. Branches and branchlets terete, brown, the 

 former glabrous, the latter some^dlat pubescent. Leaves alternate, papy- 

 raceous, elliptical, oblong-elliptical or obovate-elliptical, G to 13 cm long, 

 3.5 to 6 cm wide, the apex obtuse, the base acute, glabrous and shining 

 on the upper surface, beneath glabrous or with veiy few scattered hairs; 

 nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing, the 

 reticulations distinct, netted; petioles glabrous or slightly pubescent, 

 5 to 9 mm long. Pistillate flow^ers axillaiy, solitary or in pairs, sessile. 

 Calyx broadly funnel-shaped, pubescent, the tube short, 3 mm in diameter, 

 the lo])es 4, orjjicular, accrescent, pubescent, rounded, the margins re- 

 flexed. Corolla about 13 mm long, the tube cylindrical, about 6 mm 

 long, 4.5 mm in diameter, appressed-pubescent outside, glabrous within, 

 the lobes 4, erect in bud, in anthesis spreading, oblong-ovate or elliptical, 

 blunt, coriaceous, glabrous inside, the median portion outside appressed- 

 pubescent. Staminodes 8, about 4.5 mm long. Ovaiy ovoid, narrowed 

 above, pubescent, 8-celled, each cell 1-ovuled; styles 5, about 3 mm long. 

 Staminate flowers axillary, fascicled, sessile or subsessile, pubescent. 

 Calyx cupular, 5 mm long, the teeth 4, ovate, acute. Corolla about 10 

 111 in long. Stamens 13 to 14, unequal, 3-seriate; anthers narrowly 

 lanceolate, apieulate, glabrous, 3 to 4 in in long, tbe colls dehiscing by 

 lateral slits. Rudimentary ovary none. 



Sabtax, Bur. Sci. 3765, 37.57 F6nix, June 4, 1907, along tnoiiiitain streams, 

 the flowers yellow. N. v., Canarem. 



A species probably allied to Diospyros carthvi lliiMii, but iliircriiig from it in 

 nmny characters. 



SVM1»T.()(\\CE.K. 



SYMPLOCOS .lani. 



S. ferruginea Roxb., var. philippinensis i'-raiid. 

 Cam Kit IN. 'il.n Fenix. 



TIk* variety known only from tlie Philippines, the si)eci('s widely distributed 

 from India to southern China and Malava. 



