Diospyros.] XO. EBENACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 567 
with hairs fixed by their middle soon glabrescent, corolla tubular fulvous- 
tomentose without, stamens 8-9. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 127, and For. Man. 
145; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 169, partly. 
TiNNEvELLY Huis ; Beddome. Cryton ; between Kandy and Badulla, Thwaites. 
A middle-sized tree; branchlets glabrous except the tips. Leaves 3$ by 1j in., 
apex obtuse, when very young with scattered hairs fixed by their middle; petiole 
A in. Male fl.: peduncles }-} in., 5-10-flowered, soon glabrate ; calyx i in., cam- 
panulate-tubular, distinctly veined, teeth minute; stamens nearly glabrous, anthers 
linear, connective fulvous-pilose below on the back, apex shortly produced, Female 
fl. solitary on peduncles d in.; calyx 4 by 4 in., early glabrescent ; corolla j in., 
tubular, narrowed at the mouth, lobes broad ovate mueronate, nearly glabrous within. 
Fruit 1 in. diam., globose, glabrous, usually 4-seeded. Albumen ruminated (Thwaites). 
46. D. crumenata, Thwaites Enum. 179 ; leaves elliptic obtuse at both 
ends early glabrous reticulating nerves prominent, male cymes small, calyx 
subtomentose with basifixed hairs, corolla tubular fulvous-hirsute without, 
stamens about 19. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 196, and For. Man. 145; Hiern 
in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii, 169. 
Crrton ; Central Province, alt. 2-4000 ft., Thwaites. 
A large tree. Leaves 2} by 14 in.; but in another example 3 by $ in. resembling 
those of D. affinis ; this example is in ripe fruit and may be D. affinis mixed in the 
mounting perhaps. Female A. ` peduncles and ealyees somewhat persistently sub- 
tomentose with basifixed hairs; corolla-tube 4 in., lobes broad, rounded, plicate, 
auriculate, densely tomentose within. Otherwise in all respects as D. affinis, of which 
further material may prove this a variety. 
47. D. opaca, Clarke ; leaves elliptic cuneate at both ends primary nerves 
thin oblique secondary obscure, male cymes very small, calyx densely sericeous 
with basifixed hairs, corolla short-tubular tomentose without, stamens about 16. 
D. affinis, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 169, partly, not of Thwaites. 
Cryton; Thwaites. 
Branchlets terete ; bark very smooth. Leaves 3 by 1 in., subobtuse, very opaque, 
minutely pilose with basifixed hairs, when young soon glabrous; petiole }in. Male 
Jl.: cymes almost reduced to fascicles ; calyx 45 in., teeth small ; corolla 3-+ in., very 
deeply lobed ; stamens glabrous, anthers lanceolate.—Hiern has widened the diagnosis 
of D. affinis, so as to include in it this solitary male example of Thwaites, which 
differs in too many points; the texture nervation and indumentum of the leaves, the 
very deeply-lobed male corolla and number of stamens. It may not belong to this. 
seetion of the genus. 
Secr. VII. Argophyllum. Leaves alternate, usually large, glabrous 
above, shining, coriaceous. Flowers 4-5-merous ; males in small cymes, females 
solitary or few together, scarcely pedicellate. Calyx deeply lobed, often dis- 
similar in the female. Corolla in the bud ovoid-tubular, densely fulvous- or 
rufous-sericeous without. Stamens usually 16 (12-20). Albumen (where 
known) equable. 
48. D. oleifolia, Wall. Cat. 4128; leaves oblong obtusely acuminate, 
nerves above obscure, male cymes small few-fld., calyx glabrous without densely 
fulvo-tomentose within, corolla widely tubular fulvous-tomentose without. A. 
DC. Prodr. viii. 239; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 72, 1877, pt. ii. 
235, and For. Fi. ii. 132 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 204. 
Amuerst; Wallich. Prov; Brandis. MARTABAN and TENASSERIM; frequent, 
Kurz.—Distrim. Java. 
A tree, attaining 60 ft. (Kurz); branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 63 by 2 in, 
opaque, coriaceous, nerves beneath very closely but obscurely reticulate ; petiole } in. 
