556 XC. EBENACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
Kuasa Mrs.; Moosmai, Bor Pani, Nunklao, Nurtiung, H f. d^ T.—Dıstrie, 
Eastern India, China and Japan, cultivated, 
A small tree; branchlets subpersistently villous, Leaves 44 by 2 in., chartaceous 
scarcely coriaceous; primary nerves oblique, conspicuous beneath; petiole 4 in. 
Male fi.: cymes } in., about 3-flowered, pubescent ; peduncles 0-} in. ; bracts 0. in., 
lanceolate-linear ; pedicels hardly any; calyx } in., deeply 4-lobed; corolla 4 in. 
Female fl. solitary ` peduncles Ä in.; ealyx-lobes À in., ovate; corolla ZA by 4 in. ; 
staminodes 8; ovary usually 8-celled; style hairy, 4-fid. Fruit 1-3 in, diam., 
globose, edible, very variable in the cultivated plant. 
9. D. Embryopteris, Pers. Syn. ii. 624; leaves oblong obtuse at the 
base glabrous, male flowers in short cymes, corolla urceolate nearly glabrous 
without, stamens 24-64 pilose. Wall. Cat. 4123; Bot. Reg. t. 499; A. DC. 
Prodr. viii. 235; Griff. Notul. iv. 289; Thwaites Enum. 178; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 
t. 69; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 958; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 
pt. ii. 234, and For. Fl. ii. 128; Brand. For. Fl. 998. D. glutinosa, Koen. ; 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. à. 533; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 107. Embryopteris peregrina, 
Gaertn, Fruct. i. 145, t. 29, tig. 2. E. glutenifera, Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. 49, t. 70; 
Wight Ic. tt. 843, 844. E. gelatinifera, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 41. Garcinia 
malabarica, Desrouss.; Lamk. Dict. iii. 701.—Rheede Hort. Mal. iii. t. 41. 
Innia from the HiwALAYA (from the Jumna eastward, Brandis) to CgvroN and 
TENASSERIM, very common; abundant in Bengal.—Disrmrs. Siam, Malayan Archi- 
elago. 
k A dense tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves ő} by 2 in., obtuse or subacuminate, 
coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, reticulating nerves distinct, slightly elevated 
above; petiole 1-3 in. Male fl.: cymes 1-2 in., few- or many-flowered, puberulous 
or subtomentose ; calyx 4 in. long and broad, adpressedly cinereous silky, or in the 
more southern examples black silky or almost hirsute, lobes A A in., triangular; 
corolla 3 by $ in., tubular-campanulate, lobes A, in.; filaments short hairy, anthers 
linear more or less hairy. Female fl. 1-5 together, subsessile or cymose ; resembling 
the male, but larger, calyx-lobes wider, subaurieulate at the base; staminodes 1-12; 
ovary 8-celled, glabrous ; styles 4, lobed at the tips. Fruit usually solitary, 1-2 in. 
diam., subglobose; glandular or rusty, usually 4—8-seeded ; fruiting-calyx much 
accrescent, lobes 2 in., ovate, auriculate, base cordate, nearly glabrous. 
10. D. Toposia, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 115; leaves oblong 
acuminate coriaceous glabrous, male flowers in small cymes, calyx spathaceo- 
valvate irregularly lobed, corolla urceolate nearly glabrous without, stamens 
about 32 glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 237 ; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 122; 
Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc, xii. 263; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 
234, and For. Fl. ii. 128; Bedd. For. Man. 144. D. racemosa, Roxb. Hort. 
Beng. 40, and Fi. Ind. ii. 586; Wight Ic. t. 416. D. lanceolata, Wail, Cat. 4122. 
Embryopteris lanceolata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 41, 
SruugT; Roxburgh. Cacuar; Keenan. Currracona ; Kurz. Cryton; Gardner, 
Thwaites. 
A large or middle-sized tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 64 by 2} in., base 
obtuse or almost rounded, primary nerves not so oblique as in D. Emóbryopteris, 
reticulated nerves very close distinct; petiole } in. Male fl.: peduncles 4-2 in. 
nearly glabrous; cymes ł-1 in., often 3-flowered ; calyx } in., lobes irregular, ovate, 
acute ; corolla } in., tubular-campanulate, shortly 4-lobed. Female fl. short-peduncled ; 
calyx and corolla as in the male; staminodes 12-16; ovary 4- (rarely 6-) celled ; 
style 0, stigmas 4. Fruit $-1 in., ellipsoid or subglobose, villous finally glabrate, 
l-4-seeded; fruiting calyx 3 in. across; lobes patent, villous within. Albumen 
equable. 
11. D. foliolosa, Wail. Cat. 4143; leaves oblong acuminate glabrous, 
male cymes lax, corolla urceolate glabrous without, calyx-lobes of the female 
