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MERRILL. 
ZIZYPHUS Juss. 
Zizyphus hutchinsonii sp. liov. 
Arbor glabra vel subglabra, inermis; foliis coriaceis vel subcoriaeeis, 
ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, minute crenulatis, basi valde ina- 
equilateralibus, supra nitidis, subtus plus minus glaucis, trinerviis, reti- 
culis tenuibus, obscuris; fructibus globosis, circiter 1.5 cm diametro, 
carnosis, glabris, in sicco nigris. 
A tree 15 to 25 m high, glabrous or nearly so throughout, spineless. 
Branches terete, slender, minutely lenticellate, black or nearly so when 
dry, glabrous, the growing parts sometimes slightly pubescent. Leaves 
ovate to oblong-ovate, coriaceous or subeoriaceous, 7 to 11 cm long, 3 to 
5 cm wide, glabrous, the upper surface greenish or brownish when dry, 
shining, the lower surface more or less glaucous, the margins minutely 
crenulate, the apex slightly acuminate, acumen obtuse or acute, the base 
strongly inequilateral, rounded on both sides of the midrib, or rounded 
on one side and acute on the other ; nerves three, prominent, the nervules 
and reticulations very fine, obscure, more prominent on the upper surface 
than on the lower ; petioles 6 to 8 mm long, sometimes slightly pubescent. 
Flowers unknown. Fruits globose, glabrous, black and shining when dry, 
about 1.5 cm in diameter, the pericarp fleshy, the stone bony, two- or 
three-celled; seeds brown, shining, compressed, 5 mm long. 
Basilan, Matangal Point, For. Bur. $444 Hutchinson, December, 1905, in 
forests at about 10 m altitude, said to be abundant locally and known to the 
Yacans as Toncud langit. It is also represented by For. Bur. 9265 Whitford <1 
Hutchinson, from Port Banga, District of Zamboanga, Mindanao, January, 1908. 
ELAEOOARPACE2E. 
ELAEOCARPUS Linn. 
Elaeocarpus curranii sp. nov. § Dicera. 
Arbor 15 ad 30 m alta, ramulis infloreseentiisque exceptis, glabra; 
foliis anguste obovatis vel oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice 
obtuse acuminatis apiculatisque, basi euneatis, margine valde crenato- 
serratis; racemis numerosis e axillis defoliatis, folia subaequantibus vel 
brevioribus; petalis laeeratis, basi agustatis, subglabris; staminibus cir- 
citer 12, cellulis antherae aequalibus obtusis; ovario glabro; fructibus 
ellipsoideis, circiter 2 cm longis, 1-locellatis. 
A tree 15 to 30 m high glabrous or nearly so except the young branch- 
lets and inflorescence. Branches terete, gray or brown, lenticellate, the 
young branchlets, as well as the petioles and sometimes the young leaves 
appressed-pubescent, obovate, rarely oblanceolate, 5 to 10 cm long, 1.5 
to 4 cm wide, firmly chartaceous to subc-oriaceous, usually brownish and 
somewhat shining when dry, the apex acuminate, acumen usually short, 
blunt, apiculate, sometimes minutely retuse, the base narrowed, cuneate, 
the margins strongly crenate-serrate, when young sometimes slightly 
