EBENACE. 
late, woolly; flowers quadrifid or quinquefid. h.G. Native 
of Cochin China. Flowers white. Berry large, nearly globular, 
umbilicate, pulpy, yellowish when ripe. The fruit has an auste- 
rity mixed with its sweetness, with a disagreeable smell; it is, 
however, eaten and sold in the markets, in the northern provinces 
of Cochin China. The wood, when of suflicient age, is excellent 
for cabinet and all elegant work, being of a compact, fine, regular 
grain, heavy, very white, veined with black, and sometimes 
black at the heart. 
Decandrous Date Plum. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 
10 D. ruse’scens (Pers. ench. 2. p. 625.) leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, downy beneath, as well as the branches. h. S. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. D. hirsüta, Pers. The leaves of 
this, and D. lycioides, are small and sub-fasciculate, and there- 
fore have not the habit of the other species. They are closely 
allied to Royéna. 
Downy Date Plum. Tree. 
11 D. nvcuzósa (R. Br. prod. p. 526.) leaves elliptic-acumi- 
nated, tomentose beneath, and a little wrinkled, simple and 
bluntish at the base; flowers quadrifid. h. S. Native of 
New Holland, within the tropic. 
Wrinkled Date Plum. Cit. 1823. Tree. 
12 D. psipioiprs (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 254.) 
leaves obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, acute at the base, 
glabrous and shining above, clothed with fine down beneath; 
flowers trifid. %.S. Native of Peru, near Guayaquil, on the 
shores of the Pacific Ocean. Leaves 4 inches long. Fruit 
solitary, at first yellow, then red, edible, with an ungrateful 
smell, and an insipid taste, 6-celled ; an inch in diameter. 
Guava- like Date Plum. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 
13 D. Acarurcz'ssis (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves obovate- 
lanceolate, acute, cuneated at the base, hairy on both surfaces, 
but more particularly beneath; flowers trifid. h. S. Native 
of New Spain, near Acapulco. D. salicifdlia, Willd. spec. 4. p. 
1112? Leaves canescent beneath, 24 inches long. Berry soli- 
tary, size of the preceding, nearly globose. 
Acapulco Date Plum. ‘Tree 12 to 20 feet. 
14 D. coxpuPricà'rA (H. B. et Kunth. l. c.) leaves elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, acute at the base, conduplicate, smoothish above, 
but downy beneath, especially on the nerves and veins; flowers 
trifid. h.S. Native of Peru, near Guayaquil. Leaves 4 to 
41 inches long, paler beneath. Peduncles 3-flowered. Corolla 
greenish, clothed with silky hairs. Stamens 5-8, unequal. 
Conduplicate-leaved Date Plum. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 
15 D. macrorny’t1a (Blum. bijdr. p. 670.) leaves elliptic- 
oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, and sometimes sub- 
cordate, coriaceous, glabrous, tomentose on the midrib beneath, 
as well as on the branchlets; racemes axillary, rarely supra- 
axillary, few-flowered ; lower female flowers almost solitary, 5- 
cleft. kh. S. Native of Java, on the Seribu and Parang 
mountains, &c., called Kitjallung by the natives. 
Long-leaved Date Plum. Fl. Feb. Tree 60 feet. 
16 D. rrrosiv'scunA (Wall. cat. no. 4132.) leaves obovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base, pilose on the mid-rib 
and margins while young ; pedicels lateral, solitary; calyx 
pilose : segments 4, lanceolate, acuminated ; young branches 
villous. h.S. Native of Silhet. 
Rather Hairy Date Plum. Shrub or tree. 
* * Leaves glabrous. 
17 D. oxptustror1a (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1112. H. B. et Kunth. 
l c. t. 247.) leaves oblong, obtuse, acute and revolute at the 
base, glabrous, shining above; flowers quinquefid. h. G. 
Native of Mexico, near Cuernavaca, where it is called Sapote 
Negro, by the natives. Leaves 4-5 inches long. Stamens 10-12. 
Fruit depressedly globose, 3-4 inches in diameter, black, edible. 
I. Diospyros. 39 
Obtuse-leaved Date Plum. Tree tall. 
18 D. serrata (Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 
143.) leaves lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, glabrous ; petioles 
short, and are, as wellas the branchlets, villous ; pedicels lateral, 
aggregate, drooping, and are, as well as the calyxes, hairy; 
stigmas 3, long, acute; flowers quinquefid. h. G. Native of 
Nipaul, at Narainhetty, where it is called, by the Newar people, 
elang.  Termstro?mia bifaria, Hamilt. mss. Leaves 2-4 
inches long. Ovarium 6-celled. Berry 3-celled, many-seeded. 
Perhaps a distinct genus. 
Serrated-leaved Date Plum. Tree large. 
19 D. crnasiróriA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 144.) leaves 
elliptic, acuminated, glabrous ; petioles short, and are, as well as 
the branchlets, downy; pedicels lateral, drooping, aggregate, 
and are, as well as the calyxes, downy ; stigmas 3, acute ; flowers 
quinquefid.? h. G. Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. 
D. foeminea, Hamilt. mss. This species agrees in character 
with the preceding, and will probably, with it, constitute a new 
genus. 
Cherry-leaved Date Plum. Tree. 
20 D. rnurE'sceNs (Blum. bijdr. p. 668.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated, acutish at the base, glabrous, shining; fascicles of 
flowers crowded, axillary and lateral; flowers quadrifid. 
b.S. Native of Java, on the banks of the river Tjisedanie, 
near Rompien, in the province of Buitenzorg. 
Var. D ; leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminated ; ultimate 
branches downy. ^. S. Native of the Island of Nusee Kam- 
banga, where it is called Tallak. 
Shrubby Date Plum. Fl. May, Nov. Shrub. 
21 D. Vireinta‘na (Lin. spec. 1510.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
acuminated, glabrous, shining above, and paler beneath, re- 
ticulately veined ; petioles short, and curved, and are, as well 
as the branchlets, downy; leaf-buds glabrous ; flowers quadri- 
fid, rarely quinquefid. h. H. Native of Virginia, Carolina, 
and Pennsylvania, in woods; or from New York to Louisiana. 
Mill. fig. 126. Wats. dendr. brit. 146.— Park. par. 570. t. 569. 
f. 6. Guajacana, Catesb. car. 2. t. 76.—Pluk. alm. 244. f. 5. 
Flowers pale yellow. Fruit form and size of a date, or common 
plum, golden yellow when ripe. It is austere when fresh, 
like the medlar; but when mellowed by the frost, it is then 
very sweet and glutinous, with very little austerity. In North 
America it makes a palatable liquor with malt; there is also 
a spirit distilled from it. The wood is very hard, but brittle and 
white: it is very good for joiners' tools, such as planes, &c., but 
it soon rots if exposed to the weather. It is known in North 
America by the name of Pishamin or Presimon. 
Virginian Date Plum, FI. July. Clt. 1829. Tree 20 feet. 
22 D. LounriRiA'NA; leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth, with 
oblique prominent ribs; flowers solitary, terminating, quin- 
quefid, rarely quadrifid. h. G. Native of Cochinchina. 
Diospyros Lotos, Lour coch. p. 226. Flowers pale. Fruit 
downy, half an inch in diameter, round, 8-seeded, with very little 
pulp. 
Loureiro's Date Plum. Shrub 6 feet. 
23 D. pvicyna (Jacq. schoenbr. 3. p. 35. t. 318.) leaves ob- 
long, acute at both ends, glabrous; flowers digynous, drooping ; 
corolla much longer than the calyx. b. S. Native of the 
Celebes. Flowers white, quinquefid. 
Digynous-flowered Date Plum. Tree 20 feet. 
24 D. cautirLora (Blum. bijdr. p. 668.) leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acuminated, acute at the base, glabrous; male flowers 
axillary ; hermaphrodite ones digynous, crowded into lateral 
fascicles ; flowers semi-quadrifid. h.S. Native of Java, on 
calcareous mountains, where it is called Prellek. Nearly allied 
to D. digyna. 
Stem-flowered Date Plum. Fl. June, July. Shrub. 
