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MERRILL. 
D. pilosanthera Blanco. 
Camiguin, JfOOO Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines; endemic. 
D. maritima Blume Bijdr. (1825) 669; Hiern Monog. Eben. (1873) 211. 
Fuga, 3251 M earns. 
Here first credited to the Philippines, but represented in our herbarium by 
many specimens from various parts of the Archipelago; widely distributed' in 
Malaya, extending to northern Australia. 
Diospyros sabtanense Merrill sp. nov. § Ermellinus. 
Prut-ex 4 ad 5 m alta; foliis alternis. papyraceis, ellipticis, oblongo- 
ellipticis, vel obovato-ellipticis, apice obtusis, basi acutis, 6 ad 12 cm 
longis, supra nitidis ; nervis utrinque 7 vel 8 ; floribus femineis axillaribus, 
sessilibus, solitariis vel binis, pubescentilms, 4-meris, tubo cylindraceo ; 
staminodiis 8; ovario ovoideo, 8-loculari, loculis 1-ovulatis. 
A slirub 4 to 5 m high. Branches and branchlets terete, brown, the 
former glabrous, the latter somewhat pubescent. Leaves alternate, papy- 
raceous, elliptical, oblong-elliptical or obovate-elliptical, 6 to 12 cm long, 
2.5 to 6 cm wide, the apex obtuse, the base acute, glabrous and shining 
on the upper surface, beneath glabrous or with very few scattered hairs ; 
nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing, the 
reticulations distinct, netted; petioles glabrous or slightly pubescent, 
5 to 9 mm long. Pistillate flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, sessile. 
Calyx broadly funnel-shaped, pubescent, the tube short, 3 mm in diameter, 
the lobes 4, orbicular, accrescent, pubescent, rounded, the margins re- 
flexed. Corolla about 12 mm long, the tube cylindrical, about 6 mm 
long, 4.5 mm in diameter, appressed-pubescent outside, glabrous within, 
the lobes 4, erect in bud, in anthesis spreading, oblong-ovate or elliptical, 
blunt, coriaceous, glabrous inside, the median portion outside appressed- 
pubescent. Staminodes 8, about 4.5 mm long. Ovary ovoid, narrowed 
above, pubescent, 8-eelled, each cell 1-ovuled; styles 5, about 3 mm long. 
Staminate flowers axillary, fascicled, sessile or subsessile, pubescent. 
Calyx cupular, 5 mm long, the teeth 4, ovate, acute. Corolla about 10 
mm long. Stamens 12 to 14, unequal, 2-seriate; anthers narrowly 
lanceolate, apiculate, glabrous, 3 to 4 mm long, the cells dehiscing by 
lateral slits. Rudimentary ovary none. 
Sabtan, Bur. Sci. 3765, 3757 Fenix, June 4, 1907, along mountain streams, 
the flowers yellow. N. v., Canarem. 
A species probably allied to Diospyros carthei Hiern, but differing from it in 
many characters. 
SYMPLOCACE2E. 
SYMPLOCOS Jacq. 
S. ferruginea Roxb., var. philippinensis Brand. 
Camiguin, 7/7.33 Fenix. » 
The variety known only from the Philippines, the species widely distributed 
from India to southern China and Malaya. 
