liso. T 
564. XO. EBENACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
cuneate not decurrent on the petiole ; fulvous woolly when young, ultimately glabres- 
cent above, coriaceous ; secondary nerves slender; petiole } in. Male jl.: cymes 
3-14 in, fulvous-hairy ; calyx-tube A in. terete; teeth de in., triangular; corolla 
jin. very woolly without; stamens 12; filaments and anther-cells glabrous, eonnee- 
tive fulvous-pilose behind, scarcely produced. Female fl.: pedicels d in. ; calyx (at 
flower time) } by 4 in., lobed nearly to the base; lobes broad ovate with recurved 
margin; corolla À in.; styles 2-3, bifid at the apex. Berry $ in. diam., globose, 
smooth; often 4-seeded.— Hamilton says that the calyx of the male (in D. Tupru) is 
like that of the female; but this must have been a slip, as his authentic specimen 
in the British Museum shows. 
84. D. tomentosa, Hoch, Hort. Beng. 40, and Fl. Ind. ii. 532 ; leaves 
large ovate from a rounded base reticulated nerves impressed on the upper 
surface, male fl. cymose, calyx funnel-shaped, corolla ferruginous-lanate without, 
female solitary short-peduncled with 4-5-gonal calyx. Wight Ic. tt. 182, 183, 
not of Poir. D. exsculpta, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 110; A. DC. Prodr. 
viii. 223, not of Dalz. nor of Bedd. D. insculpta, Ham. l.c. 112; A. DC. l.c. 
D. Roylei, A. DC. Le, 239. 
Bencat; Roxburgh, Hamilton. Benar; H. f. 4 T. QCmorA Nacrorr; Clarke. 
BuwpELcvuND; Edgeworth. Ovpu; R. Thompson. 
A small, crooked tree. Leaves alternate and opposite, 8 by 5 in., sometimes 13 in., 
commonly broad-ovate, rarely ovate acute, young very hairy, mature glabrous above 
hairy beneath, base cordate or rounded (rarely obtusely cuneate), ultimately glabres- 
cent on both surfaces, very coriaceous; secondary nerves impressed as broad furrows, 
giving the leaf a wrinkled and thickened aspect; petiole 4 in. Flowers nearly as in 
D. Tupru, but rather larger; calyx of the male widened at the mouth, teeth ovate 
often AL in.; stamens about 16, filaments glabrous, connective fulvous-pilose on the 
back, shortly produced. Berry as of D. Tupru, but rather larger. 
35. D. melanoxylon, Roxb. Cor. Pl. 36, t. 46, and FI. Ind, iii. 530; 
leaves elliptic narrowed at both ends reticulating nerves raised on the upper 
surface, male fl. cymose, calyx short cylindric, corolla yellow-lanate without, 
female solitary short-peduncled with 4—5-gonal calyx. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 224; 
Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 159, partly ; Brand. For. FI. 204, partly, 
not of Blume. D. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 4406; A. DC. l. c. 223; Bedd. Fl. 
Sylv. t. 67. D. dubia, Wall. Cat. 4407 ; A. DC. l.c. 223; Wight Ic. t. 1228. 
Deccan PrSiNsULA and Ckvrow ; frequent. 
A tree, attaining sometimes 60-80 ft., or a shrub. Leaves 4 by 1$ in., alternate 
or rarely subopposite, base nearly always narrowed, or if broad yet with a narrow 
decurrence on the petiole. Otherwise as D. tomentosa, 
Var. Beddomei; calyx of the female (as of the male) tubular terete with small 
teeth. D. exsculpta, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 66, not of Ham.—Not seen. If the figure 
of the female calyx is incorrect, this tree will be D. menaloxylon, Roxb. type (not D. 
tomentosa as Hiern doubtfully suggests). 
36. D. Packmanni, Clarke; all young parts ferruginous-woolly, leaves 
elliptic-oblong acute, male fl. pedicelled by threes on short peduncles 5-merous, 
stamens 16 paired, anthers oblong-lanceolate fulvous-pilose, connective not 
produced. ? 
Tavoy; Packmann (from Herb. Wight). 
Branchlets slender, densely ferruginous-woolly, finally glabrate. Leaves 21 by 3 
in., alternate, base obtuse, ferruginous-woolly on both surfaces, ultimately nearly 
glabrous except the midrib beneath ; primary nerves slender, reticulating nerves close 
distinct; petiole A in. Male fl.: peduncles } in., pedicels 4-4 in.; calyx $ by ẹ in., 
shortly campanulate, lobed half-way down; lobes ovate, ferruginous-villous on both 
sides; corolla 4 in. shortly campanulate, deeply lobed, densely ferruginous-villous 
without; filaments glabrous below, fulvous-pilose upwards, anther-cells and connec- 
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