404 OLEINE2E. 



CVI. EBENACE^. 



Flowers usually diceciously polygamous. Corolla sympetalous : lobes dextrorsely con- 

 torted. Stamens indefinite-3, inserted into the base of the corolla or hypogynous : anthers 

 large, erect, tapering above. Ovary superior, syncarpous, 3-12-celled: ovules 1-2 in each 

 cell, pendulous ; style mostly divided. Berry mostly supported by the calyx. Testa membra- 

 naceous. Embryo in the axis of cartilaginous albumen-: radicle slender, superior. — Woody 

 plants ; leaves entire, exstipulate ; inflorescence axillary ; corolla usually pubescent. 



I. DIOSPYROS, L. 



Calyx 4-6-lobed or -partite. Corolla campanulate or tubular : limb 4-6-partite. Sta- 

 mens inserted without order into the base of the corolla : filaments often connected in pairs, 

 less numerous in ?. Ovary 4-1 2-celled: cells 1-ovulate. — Hermaphrodite or <$ fluwers 

 usually clustered, and ? solitary. 



Sect. Tetradiospyros, A. DC. — Calyx k-lobed to the middle. Stamens in the herma- 

 phrodite flower 8-6. Ovary 4 -celled: style 4<-Jid. Berry globose, 4(-2)-seeded, sup- 

 ported by the cupuliform calyx. — Peduncles of hermaphrodite 3-fiowered. 



1. D. tetrasperma, Sw. Branchlets glabrescent; leaves cuneate-spathulate, blunt, 

 glabrous, shining above, the young ones pellucid-dotted ; peduncles as long as the petioles, 

 cernuous ; corolla sericeous : tube ellipsoidal-cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx, much 

 longer than the 4 partite limb. — Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 312. Gcertn. Carp. 3. t. 208 : the fruit. 

 — I), obovata, Jacq. — A shrub ; leaves H"-3", calyx 2"' long, the latter slightly imbrica- 

 tive with rounded lobes ; corolla yellowish : tube 4'", lobes 1'" long, ovate-roundish ; fila- 

 ment-pairs alternating with the corolla-lobes : anthers hastate, longer than the filament ; 

 berry &'" diam. ; testa rugulose, but albumen not ruminate : embryo cylindrical. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Pd., M'Nab, March, on arid calcareous soil along the coast, S. Andrews, S. 

 Marys ; [Cuba ! ; Panama]. 



2. MABA, Forst. 



Calyx 3-lobed. Corolla campanulate : limb 3-partite : stamens of $ free from the co- 

 rolla : anthers lanceolate-linear, often apiculate. " Ovary of ? 3-celled : cells 2-ovulate ; 

 style 3-fid." — $ flowers clustered or solitary. 



Jacquin described the berry as 6-celled, combined with a 3-fid style. Macreightia cari- 

 baa, A. DC. (Cuba !), is no congener of our plant : its 3-lobed calyx has replicative sinus, 

 and its 3 stamen3 in $> are inserted into the corolla, viz. two opposite its lobes, the third 

 nearly alternating : ovary 3-celled, with three other incomplete dissepiments, separating the 

 geminate ovules ; berry large, ovoid ; albumen deeply ruminate, cartilaginous. 



2. M. inconstans, Gr. Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves obovate-oblong, glabrous ; pe- 

 duncles in <J 3-" many "-flowered, lateral, as Cong as the petioles; calyx 3-lobed to the 

 middle : lobes roundish, apiculate : corolla densely sericeous : tube subcylindrical, twice as 

 long as the ovate, pointed lobes; stamens 11-10-" 3": anthers apiculate. — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 263./. 87 : the flower. — Diospyros, Jacq. Macreightia, A. DC. Diosp. Berterii, 

 A. DC. (D. obtusifolia, Berter!).—K shrub, 10' high; leaves 3"-5", imbricative calyx 2'", 

 tabe of the yellowish corolla 3'" long, its lobes slightly contorted, induplicative ; stamens 

 distinct : anthers twice as long as the filament, lanceolate-linear : connective forming a point 

 beyond the cells ; " berry globose." — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; [New Granada!, on the 

 coast]. 



Cm OLEINEiE. 



Corolla sympetalous or petals 4, incompletely connected by 2 (4-1) stamens ; rarely 

 wanting : aestivation usually valvar. Ovary superior, syncarpous,' 2-celled : ovules 2 in each 

 cell, pendulous, collateral. Embryo with foliaceous cotyledons, in a large albumen (rarely 

 "thick and exalbuminous"). — Woody plants; leaves opposite, exstipulate; inflorescence 

 trichotomous-paniculate, corymbose, or racemose. 



