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A glabrous tree about 15 m high. Branches terete, light-gray, glab- 
rous, shining, somewhat striate when dry, the branc-hlets dark-colored, 
their tips slightly pubescent. Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong 
or elliptic-oblong, glabrous, shining on both surfaces, 7 to 10 cm long, 
3 to 4.5 cm wide, the apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base acute, 
eglandular ; primary lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, 
not very distinct, irregular, anastomosing, the secondary ones and reticula- 
tions nearly as prominent; petioles black, glabrous, about 6 mm long. 
Flowers unknown. Fruits axillary, solitary, on stout, 3 to 4 mm long 
peduncles which are usually spreading, sometimes recurved, quite inclosed 
by the accrescent calyx, including the calyx ellipsoid or ovoid, 1.5 to 2 
cm long. Calyx black, glabrous, shining, lenticellate, thickly crustaceous, 
inside pubescent, the apex shortly and obscurely 4- or 5-lobed, the opening 
at the top about 6 mm in diameter. Fruit free from the calyx except at 
the base, depressed-globose, black, shining, glabrous or with few appressed 
hairs, about 1 cm in diameter, apex apiculate, usually 8-celled. 
Masbate, Aroroy, Whitford 1682, October, 1906, on hillsides at an altitude of 
about 240 m. Locally known as Bantolinao. 
A most characteristic species, recognizable by its accrescent, ellipsoid or 
ovoid, crustaceous, lenticellate calyx which entirely incloses the fruit, except for 
the small opening at the apex. The section is uncertain, as flowers are necessary 
to determine it. 
Diospyros mindanaensis sp. nov. § Melonia. 
Arbor glabra 15 ad 25 m alta; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 
coriaceis vel subcoriaceis, glabris, nitidis, apice aeuminatis, basi rotun- 
datis, acutis vel leviter aeuminatis, usque ad 25 cm longis; floribus 
femineis racemosis, racemis axillaribus, paucifloris, calycibus breviter 
4-dentatis ; fructibus globosis, vel depresso-globosis, circiter 4 cm diametro, 
4-locellatis, glabris, nitidis, calycibus accrescentibus persistentibus, crasse 
coriaceis, reflexis, tubo acuminate 4-angulato, breviter 4-dentato; semini- 
bus osseis, albumine ruminato. 
A glabrous or subglabrous tree, 15 to 25 m high. Branches terete, 
glabrous, dark-gray. Leaves alternate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong 
or oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 25 cm lohg, 4 to 8 cm wide, glabrous, the 
upper surface shining, the lower somewhat paler, dull, apex acuminate, 
base rounded, acute or sometimes slightly acuminate, eglandular; nerves 
10 to 13 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct beneath, somewhat 
arched-ascending, anastomosing, the secondary nerves distinct, the re- 
ticulations fairly dense; petioles stout, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Pistillate 
flowers 4-merous, in axillary, solitary, few-flowered racemes, the racemes 
(when young), about 2 cm long, glabrous or with few, scattered, appressed 
hairs. Calyx cup-shaped, shortly 4-toothed. Fruit globose or depressed- 
globose, 3 to 4.5 cm in diameter, glabrous, shining, yellowish when 
mature, the pericarp crustaceous, thick, 8-celled, 8-seeded, the seeds 
ellipsoid, somewhat compressed, 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, brown outside, 
