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about 8 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower 
surface, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; 
petioles 4 mm long or less. Flowers not seen. Fruits axillary, 
solitary, sessile, the calyx accrescent, ferruginous-pilose, the lobes 
4, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 8 mm long and 5 mm wide. 
Young fruits ovoid, brown when dry, acute or apiculate, spar- 
ingly covered with long, rather weak, brown, subappressed or 
somewhat spreading hairs, apparently 1-celled and 1-seeded. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Patlao, Camalaniugan, For. Bur. 23278 
Velasco, October 18, 1914, on slopes, altitude about 100 meters. 
A species well characterized by its solitary, axillary, sessile, pointed fruits, 
and especially by the long hairs on the young fruits, calyces, and younger 
vegetative parts. It is closely allied to Diospyros eriantha Champ, of south- 
ern China and Formosa, but differs in its larger more numerously nerved 
leaves which are rounded at the base. 
DIOSPYROS TAYABENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor, ramulis junioribus et inflorescentiis dense subferrug- 
ineo-pubescentibus ; foliis ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, in sic- 
citate brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 16 cm longis, chartaceis ad 
subcoriaceis, acuminatis, subtus leviter pubescentibus, basi ro- 
tundatis vel leviter decurrento-acuminatis, subtus utrinque 
glandulis 1 ad 3 distinctis instructis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
10 ad 12, perspicuis, arcuato-anastamosantibus ; floribus $ axilla- 
ribus, fasciculatis, circiter 1.5 cm longis, uniformiter dense 
ferrugineo-pubescentibus, calycis lobis anguste oblongis, 6 mm 
longis et 2 mm latis; staminibus 10, antheris lineari-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, 3 mm longis. 
A tree, 20 meters high fide Ramos, the branches and branch- 
lets terete, dark-brown, smooth, the former glabrous, the 
latter uniformly and densely ferruginous-pubescent with short 
hairs. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, chartaceous to subco- 
riaceous, brown and shining when dry, the lower surface a little 
paler than the upper, 10 to 16 cm long, 4.5 to 7.5 cm wide, 
the apex with a broad, obtuse, short acumen, the base rounded 
and usually somewhat decurrent-acuminate, beneath with from 
1 to 3, black, rather conspicuous glands on each side of the mid- 
rib, the upper surface glabrous, the lower sparingly ferruginous- 
pubescent especially on the midrib, nerves, and reticulations; 
lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
spreading, somewhat curved, arched-anastomosing, the reticu- 
lations lax; petioles rather stout, pubescent, brown, 5 to 8 mm 
long. Staminate flowers axillary, fascicled, numerous, greenish- 
white, crowded, about 1.5 cm long, all parts of the inflorescence 
