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Diospyros foveo-reticulata sp. nov. 
Arbor inflorescentiis fructibusque exceptis glabra, circiter 20 m alia ; 
foliis subcoriaceis vel coriaceis, oblongis, elliptico-oblongis vel oblongo- 
lanceolatis, usque ad 30 cm longis, utrinque nitidis, dense foveo-retieu- 
latis, subtus pallidioribus, basi 2-glandulosis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 
rariter rotundatis; fructibus axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, ovoideis 
vel subglobosis, 8- vel 10-locellatis junioribus 2 ad 2.5 cm diametro, palli- 
dis, ferrugineo-pubescentibus, pericarpio coriaceo; calycis lobis 4, reflexis, 
ovatis, crassis, acutis vel obtusis, utrinque ferrugineo-pubescentibus, 
circiter 8 mm longis. 
A glabrous tree, except the inflorescence and fruits, about 20 m high. 
Branches dark-colored, terete, the branchlets paler, sometimes yellowish, 
glabrous or minutely puberulent. Leaves alternate, subcoriaceous or 
coriaceous, oblong, elliptic-oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, rather pale when 
dry, frequently yellowish, 15 to 30 cm long, 4 to 9 cm wide, glabrous, 
shining on both surfaces and densely foveolate-reticulate, the apex short- 
acuminate, the base acute, sometimes rounded, the lower surface near 
the base with a rather prominent gland on each side of the midrib; 
primary lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, indistinct, 
faintly anastomosing; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Fruit (immature) 
axillary, solitary, ovoid or subglobose, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter, pale, the 
pericarp crustaceous, thin, deciduously ferruginous-pubescent, 8- or 10- 
celled, the calyx persistent, accrescent, 4-lobed, the tube very short, the 
lobes very thick, crustaceo-coriaceous, ovate, reflexed, about 8 mm long 
and nearly as wide, acute or obtuse, densely ferruginous-pubescent on 
both sides. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Pasacao, Aliern 29, 278 (type), 790, January 
to June, 1902, the last two with immature fruits; Lupi, For. Bur. 10780 Curran, 
July, iG08, sterile. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 
9062 Wf lit ford & Hutchinson, December, 1907 ; San Ramon, Hallier s. n., Feb- 
ruary, 1904, with immature fruits. 
This species is well characterized by its densely foveolate-reticulate leaves 
which are prominently 2-glandular on the lower surface near the base, and by 
its thickned, ovate, reflexed, 4-lobed calyx which is densely ferruginous-pubescent, 
as are the young fruits. The plants under Ahern’s name, cited- above, were 
erroneously distributed as Diospyros discolor, to which the present species is not 
closely allied. It is known in the Camarines as Alahan, and at Port Banga as 
Palo negro. The section is undeterminable from the material available. 
Diospyros inclusa sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, circiter 15 m alta; foliis coriaceis vel subcoriaceis, 
oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis, glabris, nitidis, apice breviter obtuse acumi- 
natis, basi acutis, circiter 9 cm longis, eglandulosis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 7, vix distinctis, reticulato-anastomosantibus ; fructibus axillari- 
bus, solitariis, pedunculatis, depresso-globosis, nigris, apiculatis, glabris 
vel parce adpresso-hirsutis, 1 cm diametro, circiter 8-locellatis, calyce 
accrescente, ellipsoideo, crasso, lenticellato, nigro, glabro, breviter 4- vel 
5-lobato inclusis. 
