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ets and forests along the seashore, occurring also inland. Along or near 

 the seashore from Java to New Guinea, Samoa, and tropical Australia. 

 Diospyros kusanoi Hayata, as represented' by a specimen from Botel To- 

 bago, collected by Kanehira and Sasaki, is referable here. 



Local names: Kalumai (S. L. Bis.) ; kanomai (Pang., Tag., Bik.) ; kano- 

 mas (P. Bis.); kanumai (Ilk., Tag., Bik., Kuy., P. Bis., Chab.) ; malatinta 

 (Pamp.) ; marumangkal (Tag.); tauag (Tagb.). 



DIOSPYROS MINDANAENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 

 309. 

 Diospyros rosenbluthii Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1504. 



Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines), Samar, Sibuyan, Leyte, Biliran, 

 Panay, Negros, Mindanao (Agusan, Lanao, Zamboanga), Basilan, repre- 

 sented by numerous collections. In primary forests at low altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



Local names: Amaga (S. L. Bis.) ; anang (Tag.) ; ata-ata (S. L. Bis., 

 P. Bis.) ; bantolinau (Bik.) ; bolongeta (Tag.) ; bolongita (Sul.) ; hinlahata 

 (P. Bis.) ; itom-itom (Lan.) ; itum-itum (Lan., C. Bis.) ; kamagon (Bik., 

 P. Bis., Sul.) ; makoyabas (P. Bis.) ; malagaitman (Tag.) ; sobsoban 

 (Mbo.) ; tamil-lalaki (Lan.); ugau (Bik.). 



DIOSPYROS MONTANA Roxb. PI. Coromandel 1 (1795) 37, t. 48; Hiern 

 in Trans. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 12 (1873) 220; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 310. 



Luzon (Nueva Ecija), B. S. 5266 McGregor. In thickets or forests at 

 low altitudes. 



Var. PARVA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 310. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), F. B. 1-3953 Merritt & Darling. On rocky slopes 

 at low altitudes. The variety endemic, the species extending from India 

 to tropical Australia. 



Local name: Antinagan (Ilk.). 



DIOSPYROS MULTI FLORA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 303; Hiern in Trans. 



Cambr. Philos. Soc. 12 (1873) 216; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 



126; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 31, t. 63, f. D, Phan. Cuming. 



Philip. (1885) 124, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 178; Merr. Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 303. 

 Diospyros lotus Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 210, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 29, 



non Linn. 

 Diospyros canomoi A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 237; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 114. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Sur, Union, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Pam- 

 panga, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas), Leyte, Mindanao (Zamboanga), Mer- 

 rill 279^, Sp. Blancoanae 536, Phil. PL 388, 1825, Elmer 5742, B. S. 18327 

 Otanes, 1418, 22378 Ramos, F. B. 844-5 Curran, 22063 Villamil, 3132 Ahern's 

 collector. In thickets, secondary and primary forests at low and medium 

 altiudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Kanomai (Ilk.); kanomoi (Tag.); kanumai (Ilk., Tag.); 

 maratampui (Ilk.). 



Diospyros multiflora Wall. (1831) is a nomen nudum and does not in- 

 validate Blanco's specific name. 



