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15 or more, hypogynous or at base of corolla, more or less combined at base by their 

 hairy filaments ; anthers linear, apiculate, glabrous. Ovary 0. 



9. Fruit poisonous; reported to intoxicate fish; "even the crocodile it causes to rush 

 from the water hurriedly." Flowers sweet-scented. By rubbing the bark and leaves on 

 eruptions, it is said that the latter disappear. 



Local names Canomoi, Canomai. 



Philippine Islands, Cuming ! 1829, Blanco. 



90. DIOSPYROS BIFLORA, Blanco, FL Filipin. p. 303 (1837). 



D. foliis alternis, lanceolatis, glabris, subcoriaceis, breviter petiolatis; floribus masculis 

 axillaribus, binis, calyce campanulato, 3 4-lobo, corolld carnosd campanulato-oUongd, 4-lobd, 

 staminibus 17 30, corollce basi insertis, filamentis brevissimis lanuginosis, ovarii rudimento 

 pubescente. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. p. 237. n. 76 (1844). 



A tree of 30 feet high. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, quite glabrous, entire, subcoriaceous, 

 with only 2 glands at the base below; petioles very short and without glands. 



$ . Flowers axillary, 2 together, with a strong smell. Calyx campanulate, 3 4-lobed. 

 Corolla fleshy, double the length of the calyx, inflated in the middle and narrowed above, 

 forming a throat, with 4 reflexed lobes. Stamens 17 30, inserted on the corolla and not 

 reaching the throat ; filaments very short, woolly ; anthers very long. Ovary hairy ; style 

 very short ; stigma and fruit wanting. 



Philippine Islands, Blanco, Tagatog name Talang ; flowers in June. 



91. DIOSPYROS (?) PARVIFOLIA, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis, obovatis, apice rotundatis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, glabrescentibus, nitidis, 

 parvis, breviter petiolatis, venis inconspicuis ; floribus masculis solitariis, subsessilibus, axilla- 

 ribus, pubescentibus, calyce campanulato, trilobo, corolld 4<-Jidd, staminibus 12, glabris, corollce 

 basi insertis, biserialibus, antheris apice dehiscentibus, ovarii rudimento ferrugineo-hirsuto. 



Branches cinereous, at about 30, the younger ones rufous-hispid at first, subsequently 

 whitish-hairy, ultimately glabrate. Leaves alternate, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded at 

 apex, cuneate at base, hairy beneath when quite young, quickly glabrescent, coriaceous, 

 with margins just reflexed, without conspicuous veins, shining, J fin. long by Jin. 

 wide, including petiole ^5 j^in. long. 



<J . Bracts rufous-hairy, ovate or lanceolate ; flowers solitary, subsessile, rufous-hairy, 

 axillary ; calyx -fa \ in. long, campanulate, 3-lobed, rufous-hairy on both sides, lobes depth 

 of calyx, rounded; corolla openly campanulate, covered with silky ferruginous hairs out- 

 side, glabrous within, in. long (when straightened), 4-fid with reflexed and somewhat 

 emarginate lobes ; stamens 12 Z glabrous, inserted at or near base of tube of corolla, in 

 2 rows, distinct, the inner ones at a lower level, filaments ^5 ^in. long; anthers ^in. 

 long, dehiscing laterally by apical pores; ovary rudimentary, represented by a bunch of 

 ferruginous hairs. 



Madagascar ! 



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