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curvato-ascendentibus, anastomosantibus, reticulis laxis, prominentibus, 
elevatis; petiolo crasso, 1 ad 1.5 cm longo; fmctibus ovoideis vel depresso- 
globosis, solitariis vel binis in axillis defoliatis, in sicco nigris, glabris, 
nitidis, 1.5 ad 1.8 cm diametro, 8-locellatis, locellis monospermis. 
A tree 5 to 10 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 
terete, grayish, the younger ones slender, black, dark-brown, or oliva- 
ceous, smooth. Leaves thickly coriaceous, oblong, oblong-lanceolate, 
rarely lanceolate, 15 to 20 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, of about the same 
color on both surfaces or the lower slightly paler, the upper shining, the 
apex obtuse or slightly and obtusely acuminate, the base acute, margins 
often slightly revolute, the lower surface with a distinct gland at the 
base on each side of the petiole; primary nerves 8 to 10 on each side of 
the midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, elevated, curved- 
ascending, anastomosing, the primary reticulations lax, nearly as prom- 
inent as the nerves, the ultimate reticulations less distinct ; petioles 
stout, black when dry, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit 
solitary or in pairs in the axils of fallen leaves, subsessile, numerous, 
ovoid or depressed-globose, 1.5 to 1.8 cm in diameter, black and shining 
when dry, glabrous, the apex slightly apiculate, 8-celled, each cell with 
a single seed. Calyx accrescent, closely appressed to the base of the 
fruit, more or less pubescent outside, densely so within, nearly square 
and subtruncate, or with four short, broad teeth, 1.2 to 1.5 cm wide at 
the top. Seeds about 8 mm long, 5 mm wide, compressed, brown, shining, 
smooth, the albumen not ruminate. 
Type specimen collected by H. M. Curran, For. Bur. 10993 , District of Bontoc, 
Luzon, January, 1909, locally known as Aliuac. I am disposed to refer to it 
also the following specimens, all from Luzon: Province of Bulacan, For. Bur. 1112 
Curran, June, 1907 : Province of Itizal, San Mateo, For. Bur. 181ft Ahern’s col- 
lector ; Merrill 236, Decades Philippine Forest Flora: Province of Laguna, Santa 
Maria Mavitac, For. Bur. 10052 Curran, locally known in the last three provinces 
as Canomoi. 
A species well characterized by its very prominent veins and reticulations, 
manifestly allied to Diospyros maritima Blume, and to D. canomoi A. DC., 
differing especially from the former in its much thicker leaves and very prominent 
nerves, and from the latter in being nearly glabrous throughout. 
Diospyros whitfordii sp. nov. 
Arbor eirciter 18 m alta; ramulis junioribus densissime ferrugineo- 
pubescentibus ; foliis coriaceis vel subcoriaceis, oblongis vel elliptico- 
oblongis, 8 ad 18 cm longis, breviter acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel 
obtusis, utrinque nitidis, supra glabris, subtus glabris vel ad costa pubes- 
centibus; fructibus globoso-ovoideis, 5 cm diametro, extus nigris, plus 
minus pruinosis, glabris, in sicco plus minus reticulato-rugosis, pericarpio 
osseo vel ligneo; calycibus persistentibus, accrescentibus, 5-lobatis, 4.5 
ad 5 cm diametro, crasse coriaceis, lobis triangulari-ovatis, acutis, vix 
reflexis, utrinque densissime ferrugineo-pubescentibus. 
