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apex shortly acuminate, base narrowed, acute or somewhat 
decurrent; lateral nerves 12 to 14 on each side of the midrib, 
very prominent on the lower surface, slightly curved, obscurely 
anastomosing near the margin, the reticulations distinct ; petioles 
2 to 3 cm long, pubescent. Flowers on the branches below the 
leaves, fascicled, in young fruit the pedicels rather stout, ap- 
pressed pale- or ferruginous-pubescent, about 8 mm long. Sepals 
suborbicular, coriaceous, rounded, about 5 mm in diameter. Im- 
mature fruits glabrous, wrinkled, shining, dark-colored when 
dry, subglobose to ellipsoid or obovoid, at least 2 cm in length, 
apparently soft and fleshy. 
Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Mount Lalao, Bur. Sci. 23^15 Ramos, 
August 10, 1915, in forests near the summit of the mountain. 
Quite different from the other known Philippine species, well charac- 
terized by its rather large leaves which are densely appressed-pubescent 
beneath with ferruginous-golden hairs. It may be as closely allied to 
Sideroxylon foxworthyi Elm. as to any other species, but its indumentum 
is entirely different in color and in character from that of the latter 
species. 
EBENACEAE 
DIOSPYROS Linnaeus 
DIOSPYROS ULO sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 15 m alta, glabra vel subglabra, ramis ramulis- 
que tenuibus teretibus ; foliis chartaceis, oblongis, pallidis, usque 
ad 12 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, acuminatis, 
basi acutis, nervis utrinque 6 vel 7, tenuibus ; fructibus globosis, 
in siccitate crustaceis, circiter 5 cm diametro, extus leviter ad- 
presse pubescentibus, calycis persistentibus, circiter 1.5 cm 
diametro; seminibus 8, brunneis, 2.5 cm longis, albumine 
aequabile. 
A tree about 15 m high, glabrous or nearly so (flowers not 
seen), the branches and branchlets slender, terete, light-gray. 
Leaves chartaceous, rather pale when dry, slightly shining, 
oblong, 7 to 12 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide, subequally narrowed 
to the acute base and to the acuminate apex, eglandular ; lateral 
nerves 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, slender, anastomosing, 
the reticulations slender, lax; petioles 3 to 4 mm long. Fruits 
globose, about 5 cm in diameter, 8-celled, 8-seeded, black when 
dry, pericarp crustaceous, with subpersistent scattered, ap- 
pressed, short, grayish hairs. Seeds about 2.5 cm long, brown, 
triangular in cross section, the albumen uniform, very hard. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Luzon, Lal-lo, For. Bur. 232^3 Barros, 
July 21, 1914, in forests at an altitude of about 30 meters; locally known 
as ulo. 
