296 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 19?3 



DIOSPYROS VELASCOI Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 46. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Rizal), F. B. 23278 Velasco,, 27079 Bernardo, B. S. 

 29387 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests at low and medium altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



Local name: Kalantoya (Ibn.). 



DIOSPYROS WHiTFORDII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 311. 



Mindanao (Surigao, Zamboanga), F. B. 9019 Whitford & Hutchinson, 

 484. Hutchinson, 21648 Sherfese, Ccnabre, & Ponce, 21882 Villamil. In 

 primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Kamagong (Sul., Chab.) ; mahuyan (C. Bis.). 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Diospyros CUNALON A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 237; Hiern in Trans. Cambr. 

 Philos. Soc. 12 (1873) 197; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 126; Merr. 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 304. 

 Cunalon Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 304, ed. 2 (1845) 212, ed. 3, 2 

 (1878) 31. 



A species of uncertain status, based on Blanco's imperfect description 

 of Cunalon. 



Diospyros dictyoneura Hiern; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 126. 



DIOSPYROS embryopteris Pers. ; F.-Vill. op. cit. 127. 



Diospyros horsfieldii Hiern; F.-Vill. op. cit. 126. 



Diospyros kaki Linn, f.; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 211, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 29; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 126; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 303. 



Blanco apparently had specimens of this species, but they were from a 

 cultivated tree. This Chinese species now occurs in the Philippines only 

 as a recently introduced one in the Mountain Province. 



Diospyros lanceaefolia Roxb.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 126. 



Diospyros malacapai A. DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 237; Hiern in Trans. Cambr. 

 Philos. Soc. 12 (1873) 247; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 127; Merr. 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 303. 

 Malacapai Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 302, ed. 2 (1845) 210, ed. 3, 2 

 (1878) 27. 



This is unrecognizable with certainty beyond the genus; Blanco's de- 

 scription of Malacapai on which the binomial is based is very imperfect. 



Diospyros polyalthoides Korth.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 126. 



SYMPLOCACEAE 



1. SYMPLOCOS Jacquin 



SYMPLOCOS ACUMINATISSIMA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 (1916) 

 Bot. 31. 



Luzon (Sorsogon), Leyte, Wenzel 888, B. S. 23333, 23690 Ramos. In 

 forests at and above 500 m altitude. Endemic. 



