562 XC. EBENACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
28. D. lanceæfolia, Roxb. Cat. PI. Fl. Ind. (1813), and Fl. Ind. ii. 
537 ; leaves oblong or lanceolate acuminate glabrous coriaceous, male fl. sessile 
clustered, corolla salvershaped fulvous-tomentose without, calyx-lobes in the 
female flower ovate with reflexed margins. A. DC. Prodr. vii. 232; Hiern. 
in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 213; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 286, 
and For. Fi. ii. 186. D. multiflora, Wall. Cat. 4144; A. DC. l.c. 231. D. 
amæœna, Wall. Cat. 4139; A. DC. l.c. 281. 
Suner; Roxburgh. Kuasta Mrs. ; Terrya Ghat, H f. 4. T.; Mahadeo, Griffith. 
Cacman; H.f. 4 T., Keenan. Movutmery ; Falconer (fide Kurz). 
A pretty large tree; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 6j by 2 in., base 
rhomboid or subobtuse, coriaceous; midrib deeply impressed from above, much 
elevated below; primary nerves oblique, secondary not prominent. Male fl.: calyx 
à in, lobes 4, ovate, ferruginous sericeous; corolla in D. lanceefolia 4 in., in D. 
multiflora } in., narrowed upwards, lobes } in, ; stamens about 16, filaments minutely 
pilose ; anthers linear, glabrous or slightly pilose at the base. Female fl. solitary, 
subsessile; calyx 1-j by 1-l in. lobes cordate-ovate densely fulvous tomentose, 
margins recurved even before the corolla is expanded ; corolla nearly as of the male ; 
ovary 8-celled, hairy. Fruit 1 by 3 in., ovoid or subglobose ferruginous-villous ; fruit- 
ing calyx 1 in. diam., with thickened tube and spreading lobes. 
Var. amena, Wall. Cat. 4139 (sp.); leaves oblong-lanceolate widest very near the 
base, calyx-lobes in the female smaller without recurved margins. 4, DC. Prodr. 
viii. 231.—Khasia; Wallich.—Referred here by Hiern, but the material is very 
scanty (not showing either the male inflorescence or fruit); and the leaves and female 
calyx appear more like those of D. undulata, Wall. var. macrophylla. 
29. D. sapotoides, Kurz; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 206 ; 
leaves large obovate-oblong shortly acuminate glabrate, male fl. sessile clustered, 
calyx-lobes broad reflex-margined, corolla salvershaped, tube fulvous-pilose 
without, lobes glabrate. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236; For. Fl. ii. 
136. 
British Birma; eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah, frequent, Kurz. 
A tree, attaining 50 ft. (Kurz); branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 11 ty 3) in, 
base cuneate or subobtuse, coriaceous, midrib beneath obscurely silky otherwise ulti- 
mately glabrous; primary nerves oblique, secondary not conspicuous ; petiole } in. 
Male fl. densely clustered, bracts } in., ovate; calyx + in., openly campanulate, deeply 
lobed, fulvous-silky ; eorolla-buds À in., tube densely fulvous-silky at least on the 
4 angles; stamens 15-16, glabrous. Female fl. (from Kurz's description) nearly as of 
the male; staminodes 12; ovary glabrous, style tolerably long, 4-cleft.—Resembles 
D. flavicans but has much larger leaves ; the specimens do not exhibit the long bracts 
conspicuous in D. flavicans, nor does Kurz notice that such ever occur. 
30. D. flavicans, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 205; leaves 
elliptic acuminate to an obtuse apex glabrescent, male fl. clustered subsessile, 
calyx-lobes broad reflex-margined, corolla salvershaped fulvous-pilose without, 
sometimes glabrate towards the apex, female flowers 1-3 together on 4-4 in. 
ferruginous-villous pedicels. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236, and 
For. Fl. ii. 135. Guatteria ? flavicans, Wall. Cat, 7295.—Ehbenacea sp. 2, Griff. 
Notul. iv. 291. 
Meroui and Tavov; Griffith. TkxAssERTM ; Helfer, Matacca; Griffith (Main- 
gay, n. 972, male specimens only). 
A small tree; branches soon glabrescent. Leaves 5} by 2 in., base rhomboid or 
subobtuse, midrib beneath obscurely pubescent, otherwise at length glabrous, coria- 
ceous, when dried yellowish-green above, cinnamoneous-brown beneath; primary 
nerves distant, oblique, secondary obscure; petiole 3—4 in. Male fl.; pedicels gj; in. ; 
bracts } in., oblong; calyx } in. long and broad, lobes ovate acute ferruginous- 
pubescent auriculate ; corolla nearly } in., slender, lobed half-way down; stamens 
14-20, glabrous. Female fi.: bracts as of the male; calyx as of the male, slightly 
