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deltoid-acute, glabrous inside. Corolla with hairy lines outside, twice the length of the calyx, 

 deeply 5-lobed, subrotate, lobes spreading. Stamens about 30 ; anthers linear, pilose, with 

 long terminal apiculus; filaments short, combined at base, inserted on receptacle; ovary 0. 

 S. America, Peru (?), Monterico, 30004000 ft. alt., rare, Pearce ! 



139. DIOSPYROS PERUVIANA, sp. nov. 



D. foliis altemis, oblongis, apice acuminatis, basi subrotundis ml angustatis, coriaceis, subtus 

 pubescentibus, petiolatis ; floribus masculis aggregatis, cymosis, 5 Q-meris, calyce campanulato, 

 extus pubescente, 5 6-fido, lobis lanceolatis vel ovatis, corolld profunde lobatd, lobis rotundatis 

 patentibus, staminibus 36 45, pilosis ; floribus femineis aggregatis, subsessilibus, fructibus sub- 

 globosis, papilloso-rugosis, setosis, calyce fructifero patente, non aucto. 



Young parts underside of leaves and inflorescence ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves alternate, 

 more or less oblong, acuminate at apex, coriaceous, deep green, shining, and glabrescent except 

 the depressed veins above, pubescent beneath especially on the veins and recurved margins, 

 3 g in. long by 1^ 2 in. wide ; petioles ^ J in. long. 



<5. Flowers cymose, several together, J |in. long, crowded; cymes (excluding the flowers) 

 | | in. long ; pedicels T 1 T5 in. long ; calyx campanulate \ in. long, densely pubescent outside 

 slightly so inside, 5 6-fid, lobes ovate or lanceolate, acute; corolla deeply 5 6-lobed, ^ |in. 

 long, lobes rounded, spreading widely in full flower, much imbricated sinistrorsely in bud, each 

 with a longitudinal stripe of dense ferruginous silky hairs outside ; stamens 36 45, appearing at 

 the mouth of the open corolla, anthers linear, pilose, filaments glabrous or nearly so, combined at 

 the base ; ovary wanting. 



Var. a. Sprucei. "A. small tree, 15 feet high, not rarely pendulous at apex, with long 

 subpinnate branches, 5 or occasionally 3 or 4 together." Leaves ovate-oblong, nearly rounded 

 at base. S flowers white, scentless, about in. long. Stamens about 45. 2 flowers in sub- 

 sessile clusters. Fruit sub-spheroidal, f in. thick, f in. long, papillose-rugose, covered with 

 ferruginous setae, with remains of 4 styles at apex, yellow, rather fleshy, fruiting calyx not 

 accrescent, 7-fid, spreading, about \ in. across, bearing remains of calyx at base of fruit. 

 Tarapoto, E. Peru, in young woods, S fl. in January, 1856, fruit in October, 1855, Spruce! 

 n. 4411. 



Var. /9. ocanensis. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at base. $ flowers greenish, 

 dashed with rose-colour, about in. long. Stamens 36. New Granada, Ocana, 3500ft. alt., 

 flowers in June, Schlim ! n. 698. Perhaps a distinct species. 



140. DIOSPYROS WEDDELII, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis, oblongis, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, glabris, breviter 

 petiolatis, nervis inconspicuis ; cymis femineis puberulis, paucifloris ; fructibus globosis, verru- 

 cosis, breviter pubescentibus; seminum albumine non ruminato ; calyce fructifero parvo, 

 patente, 5-fido, utrinque puberulo, lobis ovato-deltoideis. 



Branches terete, young shoots puberulous, quickly glabrescent; bark of older branches 

 pale. Leaves alternate, oblong, obtusely acuminate at apex, alternate at base, coriaceous, 



