568 XC. EBENACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
Male fl. about 3 together, in very small cymes, 4-merous; calyx i in, lobes wide 
acute; corolla-tube 1 in. and upwards, lobes short round; stamens 20. Female Al. 
solitary, on very short peduncles ( Kurz). Fruit 2 in. diam., globose, fulvous-pubes- 
cent; fruiting-calyx 1 in., 4-fid, in one case 3-fid, tomentose within; lobes ovate- 
deltoid. 
49. D. undulata, Wall. Cat. 4136; leaves broadly oblong cuneate at 
the base glabrous, nerves strongly elevated beneath, male flowers in very short 
densely ferruginous cymes, corolla tubular densely ferruginous without, stamens 
about 16 nearly glabrous except the connective. .4. DC. Prodr. viii. 233; 
Hiern in Trans. Camb, Phil. Soc. xii. 216, partly ; Kurz in Journ, As. Soc. 1877, 
pt. ii. 23, and For. FI. ii. 135, partly. 
AMHERST; Wallich. Mercur; Griffith. Maracca ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3636). 
A large tree (Kurz); branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 8 by 23-33 in., shortly 
acuminate or acute, coriaceous, nerves somewhat impressed above; petiole 4 in. 
Male fl.: cymes less than } in. ; bracts Ae in., triangular ; calyx nearly ¢ in, long and 
broad, lobes 4, short, broac-triangular ; corolla 4 in., lobed half-way down; filaments 
nearly glabrous, anthers linear, connective villous with fulvous ascending hairs, hardly 
produced above the anther. Female fl. solitary, shortly peduncled ; calyx soon ob- 
pyramidal enlarged, teeth broadly triangular, incurved over the young fruit, margins 
of the lobes not reflexed. Fruit 1-1} by 2-1 in., apex remarkably truncate, fulvous- 
villous ; fruiting calyx much thickened, woody, not plicate nor reflexed.—Much of the 
material referred to this species by Hiern is D. /ucida, Wall. 
Van. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 4141 (sp.), not of Blume; leaves 14 by 42 in. much 
acuminated, nerves of the upper surface not impressed.— Tavoy ; Wallich, Packman. 
Mergui; Grifith (Kew Distrib. n. 3629) —Fruit not seen; fide Hiern larger than 
that of D. undulata, typ.; but it may be feared than Hiern attributed to D. undulata 
the much smaller globose fruit of D. lucida (marked by him D. undulata), and sup- 
posed the large truncate fruits to belong to D. macrophylla. 
90. D. pachyphylla, Clarke; leaves elliptic or oblong coriaceous gla- 
brous base rounded, male fl. in small ferruginous-villous cymes, corolla tubular 
rusty-tomentose beneath, stamens about 12 nearly glabrous except the connec- 
tive. D. undulata, var. macrophylla, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 215 
(neither D. undulata nor D. macrophylla, Wall.). 
Maracca; Maingay (n. 974). 
Branchlets thick, soon glabrous. Leaves 7 by 2} in., acute, midrib much elevated 
beneath, other nerves inconspicuous, very smooth shining above; petiole lin Male 
fi.: cymes ł-1 in., often compound; bracts A in. ovate ; calyx 4-4 by A in., lobed 
half-way down, lobes 4 oblong; corolla 4 in., tube narrowed upwards, lobes hardly 
4 in., small oblong ` stamens nearly as of D. undulata. Female fl. not seen.—Allied 
no doubt to D. undulata, but the corolla differs much, neither do the leaves agree. 
5l. D. lucida, Wall. Cat. 4127: leaves oblong narrowed at both ends 
coriaceous glabrous, male fl. sessile fascicled, corolla tubular yellow-tomentose 
without, stamens 12-14, anthers and connectives glabrous filaments densely 
pilose. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 233. D. undulata, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. 
Soc. xii. 215, partly, not of Wall. Diospyros sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 288. 
Sincapore ; Wallich. Maracca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3637, n. 3619, not 
Helfer under same Distrib. n.); Maingay (nn. 970, 973, 977). 
Leaves 4 by 14 in., soon glabrescent, primary nerves not numerous nor prominent, 
reticulating nerves beneath little elevated; petiole 4-1 in. Male A: calyx à in. 
lobed half-way down; corolla nearly 3 in., lobed scarcely half-way down, buds 
narrower upwards. Female fl. 1-2 together, subsessile; calyx } by } in., divided 
nearly to the base, lobes broad-ovate with recurved margins; corolla nearly A in. 
Fruit $ in. diam., globose, umbonate at the apex, hairy nearly till ripe, 4—6-seeded. 
Albumen equable. 
