Diospyros.] XC. EBENACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 561 
corolla 4 in., 4-5-lobed ; stamens about 16. Female fl. solitary, short-peduncled ; 
corolla shortly 5-lobed. Fruit 2 in. diam., globose, glabrous; fruiting calyx 14 in. 
wide, lobes large cordate, reflexed at the sides and base.—Beddome's figure as to the 
outline of the larger leaves agrees with Thwaites’ specimens, but the venation shown 
in the smaller leaves is particularly unlike them. 
Sect. V. Noltia (Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 146, character 
much widened). Leaves alternate, adult glabrous (in D. stricta and D. flavicans 
somewhat pubescent). Flowers 4- or 5-merous; male fascicled, female sessile 
or shortly peduncled, solitary or fascicled. Calyx distinctly lobed. Corolla 
ovoid-tubular in the bud, densely fulvous- or rufous-tomentose without. 
Albumen (where known) equable. 
* Stamens 4-5, fruit ovoid-conic. 
25. D. attenuata, Thwaites Enum. 182; leaves oblong acuminate base 
cuneate glabrous nervation conspicuous above, male fl. sessile clustered, corolla 
tubular ferruginous-tomentose without, stamens 4-5, fruit ovoid acuminate 
glabrous. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 189, and For. Man. 146 ; Hiern in Trans. 
Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 182. 
CEYLON ; Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 
A middle-sized tree. Leaves 3$ by 1 in., coriaceous ; primary nerves indistinct, 
distant, nearly horizontal, secondary fine; petiole à in. Male fl. 3-10 together; 
calyx ve in., deeply lobed, hairy on both sides; corolla 14 in., slender; anthers 
glabrous. Female fl. solitary, subsessile; calyx 13 in., nearly 4—5-partite; stami- 
nodes 4-5; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit 1j by } in., very sharply acuminated, 
2~3-seeded ; calyx-segments in fruit narrow-oblong, foliaceous, 4 in. long. 
26. D. acuta, Thwaites Enum. 182; leaves oblong-lanceolate acuminate 
base obtuse or almost rounded glabrous reticulation obscure above, male fl. 
sessile clustered, corolla tubular densely fulvous-villous without, stamens 4-5, 
fruit ovoid acuminate. Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 189 ; Bedd. For. 
Man, 146, 
Cresto ` Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. : 
A middle-sized tree. Leaves 9 by 21 in., broadest near the base, very thick 
coriaceous ` primary nerves nearly horizontal, reticulation usually altogether obscure, 
sometimes subconspicuous beneath; petiole 2 in. Male fl. 5-20 together; calyx d in., 
lobed more than half-way down, very hairy ; corolla 4 in.; stamens glabrous. Female 
Jl. sessile, 1-4 together ; calyx 4 in. or more, lobed nearly to the base, lobes lanceolate, 
margins little reflexed ; ovary 4—6-celled. Fruit 14 in. long, 2-3-seeded. 
** Stamens 12-20, fruit ellipsoid obtuse. j 
27. D. Gardneri, Thwaites Enum. 181; leaves elliptic-lanceolate gla- 
brous, nerves not prominent, male fl. sessile clustered, corolla salvershaped 
fulvous-tomentose without, calyx-lobes in the female flower very short. Bedd. 
Ie, Pl. Ind. Or. t. 132, and For. Man. 146; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 
xii. 214. Patonia Walkerii, Wight Ill. i. p. 19. 
Drog: alt. 2000 ft., Walker, Gardner, &e. 
A middle-sized tree; young shoots soon glabrous. Leaves 63 by 24 in., base 
rhomboid or obtuse, shining above, midrib strongly elevated beneath; petiole l in. 
Male fl.: calyx à in., lobed half-way down, silky; corolla-tube 4 in., narrowed 
upwards, lobes & in. elliptic acute ; stamens 12-16, filaments short, anthers lanceolate 
linear, connective pilose on the back, hardly produced. Female fl. solitary, subsessile ; 
calyx-tube $ in., campanulate, lobes broad-triangular, hardly A in. long. Fruit 
nearly 1 in. diam., depressed globose, glabrate ; fruiting-calyx cupuliform, thickened, 
1} in. diam, lobes very short triangular. 
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