554 XC. EBENACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
tube rather shorter than the calyx, lobes } in. elliptic; stamens 12 (sometimes 6-7 ex 
Hiern), glabrous. Female fl. 1-3 together, subsessile. Fruit 1 by $ in., ovoid-conic, 
acute, with scattered fulvous hairs, ultimately nearly glabrous, calyx searcely accres- 
cent, Albumen equable. 
3. D. pilosula, Wall. Cat. 4132; leaves narrowly obovate-lanceolate 
acuminate cuneate or rhomboid at the base, male flowers long-pedicelled in 
lax cymes, corolla closely silky without. Hiern in Trans. Can ). Phil. Soc. 
xii, 188.  Gunisanthus pilosulus, 4. DC. Prodr. viii. 220; Kurz in Journ, As. 
Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 232, and For. FI. ii. 125. 
Knuasr Mrs: Wallich. Peau; Brandis, Anpaman Istps., Kurz. 
A small tree, attaining 25 ft. (Kurz); branchlets adpressedly fulvous-pilose, at 
length glabrescent. Leaves 4 by 14 in., base cuneate or scarcely obtuse, hairy prin- 
cipally on the nerves beneath, ultimately nearly glabrous except the midrib beneath, 
chartaceous somewhat coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, secondary not conspicuous; 
petiole $ in. Male fl.in lax depauperated subracemose cymes, 4-merous; bracts 
& in. ovate, deciduous; pedicels 4 in.; calyx-lobes } in., lanceolate; corolla-tube 
i1 in. slender, pilose without; lobes 1—3 in.; stamens 12, glabrous, Female fl. 
solitary, calyx and corolla nearly as in the male; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled; 
young fruit densely rufous hirsute. 
4. D. martabanica, Clarke; leaves narrowly oblong acuminate obtuse 
or rounded at the base, male flowers long-pedicelled in lax racemose cymes, 
corolla fulvous-villous without. Gunisanthus mollis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 
1873, pt. ii. 88, 1877, pt. ii. 232, and For. Fl. ii. 126. 
ManrABAN ; east of Tounghoo not infrequent, Kurz. 
A tree, attaining 30 ft.; branchlets hirsute, persistently villous. - Leaves 6 by Ein. 
when young glabrous above, hirsute beneath with fulvous hair } in. long, when 
mature pilose beneath, chartaceous somewhat coriaceous; primary nerves oblique, 
secondary not conspicuous ; petiole à in. Male fl. in lax depauperated subracemose 
cymes, 4-merous; bracts } in., ovate, deciduous ; pedicels i-i in, ealyx-lobes d in., 
narrowly lanceolate; corolla-tube 4 in., slender, lobes j in., narrow-oblong ; stamens 
12-14, glabrous, anthers short-oblong, connective hardly produced, Female fl. un- 
known.—Very nearly allied to D. pilosula (Kurz). 
Van. pellucido-punctata ` leaves 2 in. long. D. vaccinioides, var., Hiern in Trans. 
Camb, Phil. Soe, xii. 231.—Andamans ; Kurz.—The example exhibits no flowers, one 
detached imperfect fruit. 
5. D. dasyphylla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 71; leaves 
cordate-oblong acute, male flowers in short ferruginous-villous cymes, corolla- 
tube densely villous without, stamens about 16. Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. 
Soc. xii. 209 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 237, and For. Fi. ii. 188. 
ManTABAN Hius, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis. 
Branchlets persistently fulvous-villous. Leaves 5} by 2} iu., fulvous-pilose on 
the nerves beneath, chartaceous somewhat coriaceous; primary nerves oblique, se- 
condary not conspicuous ; petiole } in. Male fl.: cymes 4 in., 2-4-flowered ; bracts 
è in., orbieular; calyx 44 in., deeply 4-lobed, lobes round-elliptic, ciliate-pilose ; 
corolla-tube 2 in., lobes } in., elliptic ` stamens glabrous ; anther-cells narrowly oblong, 
connective shortly produced above them. Female fl. unknown. 
Sect. II. Embryopteris. Leaves alternate, adult glabrous or (in D. 
Kaki and D. montana, var.) pubescent. Flowers 4- (rarely 4-5-) merous ; 
males in small cymes or clustered subsessile (in D. foliolosa in rather larger 
more numerously-flowered cymes); females subsolitary. Culya cleft to the 
base or half-way down (in D. Embryopteris and D. Toposia irregularly, less 
deeply). Corolla narrowly tubular in bud; glabrate or nearly so without 
when expanded (except in D. Kaki), urceolate or salvershaped. Stamens about 
16 (in D. Embryopteris, D. Kaki and D. assimilis numerous), glabrous or in a 
