306 
MERRILL. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9435 Whitford cC- 
Hutchinson, February, 1908. # 
The specimen is sterile but agrees closely with the description, with material 
from Java, and fairly well with specimens from Singapore. New to the Philip- 
pines. 
Southern India to the Malay Peninsula, Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Java, 
and Borneo. 
Diospyros curranii nom. nov. § Paralea. 
Diospyros reticulata Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 506, non Willd. nec. 
Sieber, nec Wall. 
Arbor glabra vel subglabra, 7 ad 20 m alta; ramis teretibus, griseis 
vel brunneis, glabris, vel junioribus plus minus pubescentibus ; foliis 
glabris, lanceolatis, elliptico-lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 10 ad 18 
cm longis, 2.5 ad 5 cm latis, basi acutis vel acuminatis, apice aeuminatis, 
subcoriaceis, nervis utrinque 9 ad 15, anastomosantibus, nervulis reticulis- 
que prominentibus ; floribus masculinis 4- rariter 5-meris, in cymulis 
brevibus axillaribus dispositis, staminibus circiter 18 ; floribus femineis 
axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, 4- meris, pubescentibus, calycis lobis 
ovatis, reflexis, accrescentibus ; ovario 3- vel 4-loculare ; fructibus ovoideis, 
1.5 cm longis. 
A tree 7 to 20 m high, glabrous or nearly so. Branches glabrous, 
terete, brownish or grayish, the branchlets sometimes somewhat ferrugi- 
nous-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lance- 
olate, 10 to 18 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 
shining, pale, greenish or yellowish when dry, entire, the base acute or 
somewhat acuminate, eglandular, the apex acuminate; nerves 9 to 15 
on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, rather distinct but scarcely 
more prominent than are the secondary nerves and rather dense reticula- 
tions; petioles 1.5 cm long or less, sometimes as short as 0.5 cm. Stami- 
nate flowers in short, axillary, solitary or fascicled, 1 to 2 cm long cymes, 
which are slightly pubescent. Calyx lobes 4, rarely 5, ovate to broadly 
ovate, acute or acuminate, about 1.5 mm long, with short, appressed, 
scattered, black hairs ; stamens about 18, 2-seriate, inserted on the base 
of the corolla; filaments 1 to 1.5 mm long; anthers lanceolate, acuminate, 
glabrous, nearly 2 mm long; corolla (immature) 5 mm long, the outside 
with black appressed hairs. Pistillate flowers axillary, solitary or fasci- 
cled, shortly pedicellate, the pedicels and calyx somewhat ferruginous- 
pubescent : calyx-lobes 4, nearly free, ovate, about 7 mm long, 5 mm wide, 
obtuse, subfoliaceous, the margins reflexed, the base subcordate, somewhat 
accrescent and persistent in fruit ; corolla about 6 m long, the lobes ovate, 
3 mm wide, slightly united below ; staminodes about 10; ovary narrowly 
ovoid, ferruginous-pubescent; style short, 2-cleft. Fruit ovoid, 1.5 cm 
long, when young more or less ferruginous-pubescent, ultimately glabrous, 
the calyx-lobes somewhat accrescent, their margins reflexed. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 10034 Curran, February, 1908; 
Antipolo, Merrill 1654, 2675 March, June, 1903, For. Bur. 448 Ahern’s collector, 
