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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1915 
DIOSPYROS PONCEI sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 9 m alta, ramulis junioribus dense adpresse 
subferrugineo-hirsutis, foliis junioribus subtus obscure adpresse 
pubescentibus, fructibus subglobosis, extus densissime ferrugi- 
neo-hirsutis, junioribus circiter 2 cm diametro; foliis oblongis ad 
oblongo-lanceolatis, coriaceis, usque ad 9 cm longis, in siccitate 
pallidis, nitidis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, 
apice acutis vel breviter acuminatis, nervis lateralibus obscuris ; 
sepalis persistentibus, orbiculari-ovatis, circiter 6 mm diametro, 
adpresse hirsutis. 
A tree about 9 m high, the branches terete, glabrous, wrinkled, 
dark gray, the younger ones reddish-brown, smooth, the growing 
parts densely appressed ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 9 cm long, 1.4 to 2.8 cm wide, 
subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the acute or 
somewhat acuminate apex, eglandular, the upper surface pale 
olivaceous when dry, shining, glabrous, or the midrib in the 
lower part somewhat appressed-pubescent with pale, shining 
hairs, the lower surface paler than the upper, when young spar- 
ingly appressed-pubescent with pale hairs, when mature quite 
glabrous ; lateral nerves slender, obscure, ascending, the primary 
ones about 12 on each side of the midrib, scarcely more distinct 
than are the secondary ones and the reticulations ; petioles 5 mm 
long or less, appressed-hirsute when young, becoming glabrous 
in age. Flowers not seen. Fruits globose, the young ones about 
2 cm in diameter, axillary, sessile or subsessile, solitary, the 
pericarp very densely hirsute with ferruginous or fulvous hairs. 
Sepals persistent, plane, coriaceous, orbicular-ovate, about 6 mm 
in diameter, rounded, outside rather densely appressed-hirsute 
with pale or ferruginous hairs. 
Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Combot, For. Bur. 22842 Ponce, August 
28, 1914, on semiopen slopes, altitude about 15 meters, locally known as 
Human. 
A species in many characters resembling the common Diospyros discolor 
Willd., and probably belonging in the same section as Willdenow’s species. 
It differs remarkably, however, in its very much smaller, entirely differently 
shaped leaves which are quite glabrous on both surfaces when mature. 
DIOSPYROS CAMARINENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 25 m alta, floribus exceptis glabra; foliis char- 
taceis, oblongis, usque ad 27 cm longis, breviter acuminatis, 
basi acutis vel subacutis, in siccitate nitidis, nigricantibus, nervis 
utrinque 12 ad 14, subtus distinctis, reticulis laxis; floribus axil- 
laribus, fasciculatis, 4-meris, extus pubescentibus, calycis lobis 
erectis, acuminatis, corolla inflata; ovario 8-loculare; fructibus 
