566 xc. EBENACEA. . (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
Der broad, deeply 5-lobed ; corolla 3-4 in.; staminodes 5; ovary usually 10-celled. 
ruit 1 by $ in., ellipsoid; calyx densely ferruginous-silky within. 
4l. D. Candolleana, Wight Ic. tt. 1221-2; leaves oblong shortly 
cuneate at both ends coriaceous glabrescent, male fl. densely fascicled, corolla 
tubular yellow-tomentose without, stamens 10 glabrous, fruit glabrous usually 
5-4-seeded. Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142; Bedd. For. Man. 144, not of 
Thwaites. D. hirsuta, Hiern in Trans. Camb, Phil. Soc. xii. 164, partly. D. 
Arnottiana, Mig. in Pl. Hohenack. n. 562. D. canarica, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 
t. 134, and For. Man, 145, D. oligandra, Bedd. Rep. Forests Madras, 1867, 68. 
Deccan PENiNsULA ; from the Conean to Quilon and Courtallum, common. 
Closely resembling D. hirsuta. Leaves 4-7 in., young with closely adpressed 
fulvous hairs adfixed by their middle beneath, usually early glabrescent, without the 
acuminated apex of D. hirsuta. Male fl. rather larger; calyx } in.; corolla 4 in.; 
stamens in 5 pairs, filaments of each pair attached one in front of the other at the 
base. Female fl. rather larger than in D. hirsuta, 1-3 together or sometimes 6-10 ; 
staminodes 5, or 10 in the form D. canarica, Bedd. 
42. D. nilagirica, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 136, and For. Man. 144; 
leaves oblong narrowed at both ends, young densely rufous-tomentose beneath, 
male fl. densely fascicled, corolla tubular tomentose without, stamens 16, 
filaments hairy. 
tennis ` Sispara Ghat, Beddome. 
Female fl. 1-2 together; staminodes 8 in one series; ovary 8-celled ; fruit globose, 
depressed, size of a small greengage.—Not seen ; appears allied to D. Candolleana as 
Beddome states, rather than to D. lucida as suggested by Hiern. 
49. D. Moonii, Thwaites Enum, 182; leaves large oblong coriaceous 
glabrescent, male fl. densely fascicled, corolla tubular Dub rufous- villous 
without, stamens 5-8 glabrous, female calyx wide-tubular, fruit glabrate 6—10- 
seeded. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 138, and For, Man, 146. D. hirsuta, Hiern 
in Trans. Camb, Phil. Soc. xii. 164, partly. 
Cryton; Caltura, Moon; Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 
Leaves 11 by 8} in, base broad or rounded, primary nerves numerous sub- 
horizontal obscure. Male fl. nearly as of D. hirsuta. Female fl.: calyx-tube at 
flower time 2 in. long and broad, slightly wider upwards, lobes hardly so long as the 
tube. Fruit 1} in. diam., globose.— Closely allied to D. hirsuta, the young leaves 
being similarly hairy beneath. The female calyx however differs strikingly. 
44. D. Thwaitesii, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or.t.135,and For. Man. 144; leaves 
lanceolate acuminate coriaceous glabrescent, flowers fascicled, corolla intensely 
‘rufous-tomentose without, stamens 10-12 connective fulvous-pilose its whole 
length, fruit rufous-tomentose usually 4-seeded. D. déet zc Thwaites 
` Enum. 181, not of Wight. D. hirsuta, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phils Soc. xii, 
164, partly. 
Cxvrow; Saffragam and Hinidoon Corle, Thwaites. 
Resembling D. hirsuta in tbe shape and texture of the leaves and in the fruit. 
Young leaves intensely red-tomentose, soon glabrescent. Male fl.: calyx 3 in., lobes 
35 İn., triangular; hairs on the connective numerous, short, extending to the shortly- 
produced apex (the two long ciliæ depicted by Beddome are not found in Thwaites’ 
authentic examples) Fruit $ in. diam., subglobose. 
*** Leaves alternate, early glabrous, drying blackish, male flowers distinctly 
cymose with shortly-lobed calyx, fruiting calyx strongly plicate. 
45. D. affinis, Thwaites Enum. 179; leaves oblong narrowed at both ends 
early glabrescent reticulatating nerves prominent, male cymes peduncled, calyx 
