560 XC. EBENACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
in. Male fl. 1-3 together in a most minute cyme; calyx A in., 4-lobed ; lobed half- 
way down, tube glabrate without lobes densely fulvous-pilose near their margins; 
stamens 16 (in the Indian examples). Female fl. solitary; calyx and corolla nearly 
as of the male; ovary 4-celled, pubescent, cells 1-ovuled; style short, bipartite. 
Fruit 4-3 by 4-4 in., short-cylindric, glabrous 1- (rarely 2-) seeded. Seeds with 
albumen not ruminated.—' The anthers are exceedingly short, dehiseing at first by a 
lozenge-shaped opening from the summit, but even at that time a groove is produced 
from this opening nearly to the base of the cell. .D. vaccinioides differs in its very 
narrow calyx-segments. 
29. D. Chloroxylon, orb. Cor. Pl. i. 38, t. 49, and FI. Ind. ii. 538 ; 
leaves elliptic or obovate-oblong hairy beneath, male fl. subsessile fascicled, 
calyx small, lobes 4 deep ovate, corolla small urceolate nearly glabrous without. 
Wall. Cat. 4118; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 230; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 140; Hiern 
in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 233; Brand, For. Fl. 297. D. tomentosa, 
Lamk. Encyc. v. 436, not of Roxb. D. capitulata, Wight Ic. tt. 1224, 1588 bis. 
Deccan PENINSULA from Surat and Orissa southwards ; frequent. 
A middle-sized tree; branches sometimes spinous, Leaves 1} by 1 in., usually 
narrowed upwards or acute, base cuneate or obtuse, nerves not prominent; petiole 
à in. Male fl. 4-10 together, 4-merous ; calyx A in., lobes ovate, glabrous within ; 
corolla à in.; stamens 16, glabrous; anthers opening by small subapical slits, 
subsequently extending nearly to their base. Female fl. solitary, sessile; calyx and 
corolla as in the male but rather larger; staminodes 7-9; ovary glabrous, styles 4 
glabrous. Fruit 4 in. diam., globose, glabrous, 2—3-seeded ; fruiting calyx gin, diam., 
nearly flat.—Wight says that his D. capitulata differed by having the produced con- 
nective bipartite, but this does not appear to be so in Wight's own Herbarium speci- 
mens. As to D. glauca, Rottler (A. DC. Prodr. viii. 238), reduced here doubtfully 
by Hiern, it is so imperfectly characterised that it may have been D. montana or 
some totally remote species. 
Szcr. IV. Ebenus (Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 146). Leaves 
alternate, adult glabrous. Flowers mostly 4-merous; males in very small 
cymes or fascicled ; females 1-3, sessile. Calyx obscurely lobed or nearly entire. 
Corolla narrowly tubular in the bud, fulvous-tomentose without. Stamens 
glabrous. Albumen equable. 
23, D. oocarpa, Thwaites Enum. 180; leaves ovate obtusely acuminate 
glabrous primary nerves oblique secondary little elevated, male fl. fascicled, 
corolla tibiae tomentose without, female calyx subtruncate. Hiern in Trans. 
Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 171. 
Marasan Hints; Law. Concan; Dalzell. Onyion; Thwaites. 
A middle-sized tree. Leaves 4 by 13 in., base broadly rhomboid ; petiole 1—1 in. 
Male fl. ` cymes small, 3-7-flowered ; calyx ẹ in., cylindric, silky ; corolla 4 in., 3—4- 
lobed; stamens 9-12, glabrous. Female fl. 1-3 together, subsessile, similar to and 
scarcely larger than the male; ovary 6-8-celled. Fruit 1 by ł in., ellipsoid, young 
narrowly cylindric ; fruiting-calyx short funnel-shaped, mouth 1 in. (or more) wide, 
entire.—Hiern follows Thwaites in reducing here D. Arnottiana, Miq.; but Miquel's 
authentic specimen at Kew is D. Candolleana. 
24. D. queesita, Thwaites Enum, 179; leaves elliptic abruptly acumi- 
nate glabrous primary nerves numerous nearly horizontal reticulating nerves 
conspicuous, male cymes small, corolla tubular minutely closely hairy without. 
Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 128 (nervation bad), and For. Man, 145; Hiern in 
Trans. Camb, Phil. Soc. xii, 174. 
CEYLON ` Saffragam, and between Ratnapoora and Galle, Thwaites. 
A huge tree. Leaves 7 by 3} in., base broadly rhomboid; petiole 4 in. Male fl. : 
cymes small, 3-9-flowered, pilose ; calyx 4 in., tubular, pubescent, obscurely 4—5-lobed ; 
