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brown branchlets. Leaves 6-8 iu. long, about 3 in. broad, acute, 

 rounded at the base, very thick and rigid in texture, glossy above, 

 with 10-12 pairs of distinct erecto-patent raised main veins, 

 uniting in arches before they reach the margin. Pedicels stout, 

 solitary, densely pilose, {-% in. long. Fruit-calyx campanulate, 

 1-1 £ in. in diam., thick and rigid in texture, densely brown-velvety 

 both inside and out ; spreading tube | in. long ; segments ovate, 

 acute, | in. long and broad. Fruit woody in texture, £ in. in diam., 

 densely brown-velvety, like the calyx. — Baron 2301 ! 



DrOSPYROS MEGASEPALA, n. Sp. 



Arborea, glabra, foliis petiolatis magnis oblongis acutis rigide coriaceis, 

 pedicellis lateralibus longissimis fastigiatis gracilibus interdum furcatis, 

 calyce frnctifero segmentis 4 late ovatis acutis magnis rigide coriaceis, 

 fructu glabro ovoideo cuspidato tnagnitudine nucis juglaudis. 



An erect tree, glabrous in all its parts, with terete branchlets 

 |— J- in. in diam. Leaves nearly a foot long, 3-4 in. broad, rounded 

 at the base, rigid in texture, dark drab on both sides in the dried 

 state, with distant arcuate-ascending main veins, connected by 

 fine raised cross veinlets. Flowers in a cluster from the side of 

 thick branchlets ; pedicels 5-6 iu. loug, slender, thickened up- 

 wards, in one instance forked. Fruit-calyx 2| in. in diam., rigidly 

 coriaceous in texture, drab, marked with copious raised ana- 

 stomosing veins ; united portion an inch long ; segments 4, about 

 2 in. long and broad, covered with white meal inside. Fruit 

 woody in texture, mealy, above an inch long, quite hidden by the 

 large calyx. — Baron 2365 ! 



DlOSPYEOS SPH^BOSF.PALA, U. Sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis ultimis aneipitibus, foliis sessilibus oblongis 

 rigide coriaceis, floribus fcemineis solitariis lateralibus brevissime pedun- 

 culitis, calycis tubo brevissimo segmentis 4 orbicularibus obtusis glabris 

 coriaceis, corolla; tubo campanulato segmentis 4 ovatis, ovario glabro. 



A much-branched erect shrub or small tree, glabrous in all its 

 parts, with acutely-angled branchlets. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 

 deltoid at the base, rigid in texture, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces, the main veins fine and erecto-patent. Female flowers 

 solitary, lateral ; pedicels very short, with 2-3 minute ovate obtuse 

 bracts. Flower-calyx \ in. in diam., with a short spreading tube 

 and 4 glabrous coriaceous brown vcinless suborbicular obtuse 

 segments. Corolla shorter than the calyx ; segments 4, ovate, 

 twice as long as the tube. Fruit not seen. — Baron 2308 ! 



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