Diospyros. ] XC, EBENACEA. (C. B. Clarke.) 565 
tive with fulyous hairs. Female fl. not seen.—Not taken up by Hiern, who has 
merely noted on the sheet “cfr. D. melanoxylon, Roxb. ;" it is near D. Tupru, Ham., 
the leaves more acute, more finely reticulated. 
37. D. burmanica, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 73; leaves 
oblong obtusely cuneate at both ends mature reticulated above by the impressed 
nerves, male fl. in small peduncled cymes, corolla fulvous-tomentose without, 
stamens 12-16 glabrous. Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 166; Kurz in 
Journ. As. Soc, 1877, pt. ii. 235, and For, FI. ii. 133. 
Drog, Prev and Marrasan; McLelland, Kurz.—Distrip. Ava. 
A tree, attaining 60 ft. (Kurz); allthe young parts fulvous-pubescent, Leaves 3% 
by 14 in., alternate, hairy on both sides, ultimately nearly glabrous except near the 
midrib beneath, coriaceous; primary nerves oblique, indistinct; petiole §-% in. 
Male fl.: peduncle 1-1 in., cymes 3-8-flowered ; calyx i-j in. lobed less than half- 
way down; corolla 4-4 in.; anthers linear. Female fl.: solitary, peduncles ZS A in. ; 
calyx nearly } in., lobes broadly cordate-ovate with recurved margins; staminodes 8. 
Fruit 1-1} in. diam., globose, glabrous, 2—4-seeded. Albumen ruminated. 
** Leaves when mature glabrescent beneath, drying reddish or brownish, male 
flowers fascicled with deeply-lobed calyx. 
38. D. insignis, Thwaites Enum. 180; leaves often subopposite large 
ovate or oblong glabrous, male fl. clustered subsessile, corolla-buds narrower 
upwards, stamens 14-20. Bedd. lc. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 130, and For. Man. 145; 
Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 157. 
ANAMALLAYS ; alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddome. Cryion; alt. 2000 ft., Thwaites. 
A very large tree. Leaves subopposite and alternate, 13 by 6 in., or 8 by 31 in., 
acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, coriaceous; secondary nerves strong, tertiary 
. manifest; petiole} in. Male fl. 4-merous ; calyx §-§ in., campanulate, shortly 4-fid, 
. minutely pubescent; corolla 4 in., tubular, tomentose, silky without, lobes short; 
filaments and anthers glabrous or with very few scattered hairs, unequal. Female Jt. 
1-3 together, axillary, subsessile; ovary 8-celled. Fruit 14 in. diam., globose, 
smooth; calyx accrescent, tube forming a woody shallow cup 1} in. wide. Seeds $ 
by 4-3 in.; albumen ruminated. 
39. D. oppositifolia, Thwaites Enum. 181; leaves often subopposite 
elliptie shortly obtusely acuminate glabrous, male flowers subsessile few together, 
corolla-buds broader upwards, stamens about 8. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 131, 
and For. Man. 146 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb, Phil. Soc. xii. 157. 
Cryton; Hinidoon Corle, alt. 1000 ft., Thwaites. 
A middle-sized tree. Leaves 4 by 2 in., broadly rhomboid or almost rounded, 
coriaceous; secondary nerves obscure, tertiary indistinguishable; petiole j;-4 in. 
Male fl.: calyx 3, in., nearly glabrous, acutely 4-lobed half-way down; corolla % in., 
ferruginous-villous without, lobed one-third the way down ; filaments very unequal. 
` Female fl. (and fruit) unknown. 
40. D. hirsuta, Linn. f. Suppl. 440; leaves elliptic or oblong abruptly 
acuminate coriaceous young hirsute beneath with short basifixed hairs, male 
fl. densely fascicled, corolla tubular ferruginous-tomentose without, stamens 
5 glabrous, fruit rufous-tomentose 6-10-seeded. A. DC. Prodr. vii. 223; 
Thwaites Enum. 181; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 137, and For. Man. 146 ; Hiern 
in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 163, partly, excl. syn. D. lucida. 
Cxvrow ; Saffragam and Galle, Thwaites. 
A middle-sized tree; branchlets and inflorescence ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves 
4} by 14-2 in., alternate, base broadly rhomboid or almost rounded, ultimately nearly 
glabrous, coriaceous; nervation very obscure; petiole § in. Male fl.: calyx js in., 
terete, 5-fid half-way down; corolla 4 in. Female fl. 1-3 together, subsessile; calyx 
