558 XC. EBENACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
describe the fruit of D. variegata from it.—Griffith’s Assam examples, referred to by 
Hiern l.c. 223, were finally referred to D, variegata, with which the leaves exactly 
agree; the examples exhibit only leaves and dense panicles 4-6 in. diam. of abortive 
buds: these are doubtful. 
15. D. Ebenum, Koenig; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 234; leaves elliptic obtuse 
or obtusely cuneate at both ends coriaceous reticulating nervation hexagonal 
prominent, male fl. in short-peduncled cymes, corolla tubular glabrous without 
not clavate in the bud, stamens about 16. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40, and Fl, Ind. 
ij. 529; Wall. Cat. 4120; Wight Ic. t. 188; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 108; Bedd. 
Fl, Sylv. t. 65; Hiern in Trans. Camb, Phil. Soc. xii. 208, partly. D. Ebenaster, 
Roxb, Fl. Ind. ii, 529, not of Retz. 
Sours Deccan PexiNsuLA; fide Beddome. Assam; Griffith (an culta ?). CEYLON; 
alt. 2-5000 ft., frequent.—Distris. Malaya (Hiern). 
A large tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4 by 1} in., coriaceous; primary 
nerves oblique; petiole 1-1 in. Male fl. 3-12 together, almost fascicled on pe- 
duneles 0-3} in.; calyx à in., funnel-shaped, nearly glabrous, lobes 4, not reaching 
half-way down, rounded, glabrous or ciliate-pubescent on the margins; corolla-buds 
} in, narrower upwards, lobed half-way down; filaments minutely pilose, anthers 
linear glabrous, connective long produced. Female fl. solitary, very shortly peduncled ; 
calyx larger than in the male; style 1, stigmas 4; ovary 8-celled. Fruit $ in diam., 
globose, glabrous or adpressedly pubescent; fruiting calyx a subhemispherie wooden 
cup, fitting the base of the fruit; below its margin without spread the 4 ovate calyx- 
lobes.—No specimens seen from Bengal except cultivated. Thwaites sends a variety 
in whieh the primary nerves of the leaves are more distant and very oblique. 
16. D. assimilis, Bedd. in Madras For. Rep. 1866-7, 20, t. 1; leaves 
broadly oblong acuminate glabrous thin retieulating nervation rhomboidal con- 
spicuous, male fl. in short-peduncled cymes, calyx pubescent, corolla tubular 
glabrous without not clavate in bud, stamens 24-32. D. nigricans, Dalz. in 
Hook, Kew Journ. iv. 110; Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 141, not of Wall. nor of 
Bedd. D. Ebenum, Hiern in Trans. Camb, Phil. Soc. xii. 208, partly. 
Matapar; Concan and Canara, Dalzell ; South Canara, Beddome. 
Leaves more parallel-sided than in D. Ebenum, much thinner in texture, drying 
black. Calyx more pubescent, lobed more than half-way down. Filaments glabrous, 
anthers linear, connective hardly produced, The examples are all male, but the tree 
seems closely allied to D. Ebenum (Beddome), with which Hiern unites it, 
17. D. clavigera, Clarke; leaves elliptic obtusely rhomboid at both 
ends glabrous coriaceous reticulated nervation obscure, male fl. in small dense 
cymes, corolla tubular glabrous without clavate in the bud, stamens about 
16 glabrous. D. Ebenum, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil, Soc, xii. 208, partly. 
Matacca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3635), Maingay (n. 971). 
Whole plant glabrous, except the minutely ciliate-pilose margin of the calyx. 
Leaves 2$ by 1} in. (much larger occur), drying red; petiole j in. Male fl. 3-16 
together in very small subsessile cymes ; calyx d in., divided deeply; lobes 4, obtuse; 
corolla (in the bud) 4 in., glabrous, the upper portion containing the lobes much 
thicker than the tube; anthers oblong, connective very shortly produced. Female fl. 
and fruit unknown. 
Secr. HII. Brachyanthos. Leaves alternate. Flowers small, 4- 
(rarely 3- or 5-) merous ; males in very small cymes (or in D. microphylla almost 
fascicled), females solitary or (in D. Kurz?) in very small cymes. Calyx 
nearly 4-partite, larger in the female, accrescent in fruit. Corolla subglobose in 
the male bud, when expanded urceolate small, glabrate (in D. Kurzii cinereous- 
tomentose). Stamens 12-24, glabrous or slightly hairy ; anther dehiscing at 
