70 83. EBENACEJ. 
Cunt: Peking, eult.? (Bretschneider!); Kianast: Kiu- 
kiang (JMaries!); Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 299!); Hupren: 
Ichang, Nanto and neighbourhood (A. Henry!); SnuENsr and 
Kansvun (ex Maximowicz in litt.). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Eastern India and Japan. 
Dr. Henry has sent this under several numbers, and states that 
it is the Y u-shih-tzu, oil or varnish persimmon. The fruit is cut 
into halves and put into water; the oil thus obtained is used for 
waterproofing the common Chinese umbrellas and hats. He does 
not mention whether his specimens were taken from wild or 
cultivated trees. 
4. Diospyros Lotus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1057; DC. Prodr. 
viii. p. 228; Hiern, Monogr. in Trans. Cambr. Phil. Soc. xii. 
p. 223, n. 100; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xin. p. 83; Franchet 
in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 234; Clarke in Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 555; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pi. Jap. 1. 
p. 306 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 128; Pall. Fl. Ross. t. 58 et t. 59. 
Diospyros microcarpa, Sieb. in Ann. Soc. Hort. Pays-Bas, 1844, p. 28. 
Diospyros japonica, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abh. bayer. Acad. iv. 3, p. 136. 
CHIHLI: near Peking (Bunge! Bretschneider*); SuawTUNG 
(Maingay!); HvPEH: Patung, Nanto and mountains to the 
northward (4. Henry!); Kwaserusa (Sampson!); Lucnuv 
ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Asia Minor, North-west India, and Japan ; also naturalized in 
the countries bordering the Mediterranean sea. 
This appears to be quite wild in China. Bunge records it 
from the mountains near Peking, and Dr. A. Henry from high 
hills in the Patung district. 
5. Diospyros Morrisiana, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. p. 14, et 
Journ, Bot. 1880, p. 299; Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 
p. 302, et Fl. Hongk. p. 210; Hiern, Monogr. in Trans. Cambr. 
Phil. Soc. xii. p. 219, n. 94. 
Honexona (Wright! Champion! Hance!). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
6. Diospyros Oldhami, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 493. 
Fonwosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 36!). Herb. Kew. 
yy% 7. Diospyros ($ Gunisanthus ?) rhombifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor parva, ramosa (Faber), ramulis fructiferis gracillimis 
curvatis glabris. Folia, ut videtur, decidua, brevissime petiolata, 
