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132. DIOSPYROS HISPIDA, Alph. DC. Prodr. VIIL p. 236. n. 68 (1844). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus vel ovali-oblongis, apice cuspidatis vel acuminatis, basi scepius 

 obtusis, subcoriaceis, subtus ferrugineo-hispidis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus masculis 2 4-m's, 

 breviter cymosis, 4-meris, calyce hispido, 4c-partito, lobis lanceolatis, corolld profunde lobatd, 

 lobis oblongis, staminibus 18 24, subcequalibus, glabris, ovarii rudimento pubescente; floribus 

 femineis 4 5-meris ; fructibus solitariis, gldbosis, dense ferrugineo-hispidis, carnosis, 8-locula- 

 ribus ; calyce fructifero 4 5-partito, patente, lobis lanceolatis. 



Miq. in Mart. FL Bras. vil. (Eben.) p. 4. n. 2 (1856). 



An arborescent shrub or tree, 10 30 feet high, with shoots underside of leaves and 

 inflorescence ferruginous-hispid; branches spreading. Leaves oval or oval-oblong, cuspidate 

 or acuminate, usually obtuse at base sometimes narrowed or in subcordate, subcoriaceous, 

 alternate, 2 5 in. long by 1 2 in. wide, darker and pubescent-velutinous above ; petioles 

 | in. long, hairy. 



tJ . Flowers f in. long, in 2 4-flowered distant or usually contiguous cymes (\ f in. 

 long) ; pedicels -fo \ in. long. Calyx f \ in. long, ferruginous-hispid on both sides, 4-partite, 

 with lanceolate lobes. Corolla green, deeply 4-lobed, pubescent along longitudinal stripes ; lobes 

 oblong, somewhat narrowed at apex. Stamens 18 24, subequal, some or all in pairs, glabrous; 

 anthers linear; filaments short. Ovary rudimentary, globose, hairy. 



9 . Flowers few together, in short cymes, tetramerous or pentamerous. Fruit solitary, 

 on pedicels -^ \ in. long, densely ferruginous-hispid, globose, pointed at apex, about 1 in. 

 in diameter, fleshy, 8-ceiled, 8-seeded. Fruiting calyx 4 5-partite, spreading, 1J in. across; 

 lobes lanceolate. Seeds 8, oblong, compressed, \ in. long. 



Brazil, between Goiaveira and Corrego de Jeragua, Burchett ! 7437, f fl. Aug., tree 

 20 30 ft. high, corolla green ; between Corrego-fundo and P6rto-Real, Burchell ! 8396, in 

 young fruit, November, tree 20 ft. high; Gozaz, 10ft. high, Burchett! 6994; Minas Geraes, 

 Claussen! 478. 



133. DIOSPTROS GOUDOTII, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis, ovato-oblongis, apice acuminatis, basi subcordatis, subsessilibus, sub- 

 membranaceis, suprA glabrescentibus, subtus puberulis; fructibus globosis, solitariis, axillaribus, 

 pedunculatis, papilloso-verrucosis, pilis aspersis, calyce patente, 5-lobo, non aucto. 



Young parts tawny- or ferruginous-pubescent ; shoots terete, puberulous, glabrescent. 

 Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, widest near the middle, submembranous, acuminate at apex, 

 subcordate at base, subsessile, glabrescent and dark green above with conspicuously de- 

 pressed veins, puberulous and reddish brown below at least on veins, 6 10 in. long by 

 2 4 in. wide ; petioles % in. long, ferruginous-pubescent. Fruit globose about 1 in. in 

 diameter, scattered with pilose hairs, ferruginous-pilose at apex where is base of broken 

 style ; papillose-verrucose. Fruiting calyx not accrescent, hairy on both sides, spreading, 

 in. across, with 5 ovate or lanceolate lobes J in. long. Fruiting peduncle f | in. long, 

 ferruginous hispid-pubescent, thick, erect-patent, axillary, solitary, 1-fruited ; bracts at base 

 of peduncle, ovate, imbricated, caducous, ranging up to J in. long, 

 New Granada, Muzo, Goudot! No. 3. 



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