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lobes somewhat spreading, oblong-ovate, shortly and abruptly 
acuminate, about 8 cm wide, the central lobe oblong-obovate, 
about 20 cm long and as wide as the lateral ones, the sinuses 
rounded, 3 to 4 cm wide at this distance above the base of the 
lobes; petioles 18 to 22 cm long, the lower part with numerous, 
spirally arranged crests, the crests prominently pectinate, the 
laciniae slender, filiform, up to 1 cm in length, similar but smaller 
crests scattered along the petiole in the lower one-half or two- 
thirds, the upper crests reduced to few lacinae. Umbels ter- 
minal, peduncled, the peduncle about 3 cm long, glabrous. Pri- 
mary branches of the inflorescence about 15, crowded, about 4 
cm long, sparingly furfuraceous, the subtending bracts lanceo- 
late to oblong-lanceolate, about 1.5 cm long. Heads dense, about 
1 cm in diameter. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28752 Ramos & 
Edano, May, 1917, without data. 
This species in many respects resembles Boerlagiodendron pectinatum 
Merr., from which it is readily distinguished by its thinner, 3-lobed leaves 
which are not acute at the base; its longer petioles with the pectinate 
crests scattered along the lower one-half to two-thirds; its much longer 
bracts; and larger heads. From the species with 3-lobed leaves it is at 
once distinguishable by its prominently pectinate crests. 
EBENACEAE 
DIOSPYROS Linnaeus 
DiOSPYROS VELASCOI sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 5 m alta, ramulis foliis junioribus subtus ad 
costa nervisque calycibus et fructibus pills longis ferrugineis 
vestitis; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 16 cm longis, 
breviter petiolatis, basi late rotundatis, apice acute acuminatis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 8, subtus valde prominentibus, anasto- 
mosantibus; fructibus axillaribus, solitariis, sessilibus, ovoideis, 
junioribus circiter 12 mm longis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, 
acutis, pilis longis sparsis vestitis, ut videtur 1-locellatis, monos- 
permis. 
A small tree about 5 m high, the young branchlets, younger 
leaves on the midrib and lateral nerves, petioles, calyces, and 
young fruits ciliate-pubescent with long ferruginous hairs, the 
older parts glabrous or nearly so. Older branches terete, smooth, 
glabrous, sparingly lenticellete, slender. Leaves ovate to oblong- 
ovate, chartaceous, brittle when dry, brown, shining, the lower 
surface paler than the upper, 8 to 18 cm long, 2.5 to 7.5 cm wide, 
base broadly rounded, apex acutely acuminate; lateral nerves 
