Ww PETS COCOA S i ue ers 
Diospyros.] XO. EBENACE&. (C. B. Clarke.) 569 
59. D. Helferi, Clarke; leaves oblong obtuse apiculate base acute glabres- 
cent reticulating nerves prominent, female fl. 1-3 together sessile, calyx-lobes 
deep with reflexed margins, corolla rufous-hirsute without. D. Moonii?, 
Hiern in Trans. Cumb. Phil. Soc. xii. 164, 
Tenasserm™ (or Andamans); Helfer, n. 3632.— DisTRIB. Cambodia. 
Branchlets rufous-tomentose. Leaves 6 by 24 in., broadly oblong, parallel-sided, 
tip shortly cuneate, base broad, shortly suddenly attenuate, narrowed into the petiole, 
ferruginous-pilose beneath when young; primary nerves numerous, subhorizontal, 
much reticulated ; petiole 3-4 in. Male fl. unknown. Female. jl. usually 3 together 
sessile on thick peduncles scarcely Ae in. long; calyx nearly 3 in., almost 5-partite, 
lobes ovate-oblong ; corolla nearly } in. Fruit (imperfectiy ripe) 1 by 4 in., ellipsoid, 
glabrous ; fruiting calyx much enlarged, plicate, with much-reflexed margins auri- 
culated at the sinus.—Affinity doubtful, but cannot be D. Moonii ; the prominently 
reticulated nerves of the leaves and the female calyx differ. 
53. D. argentea, Griff. Notul. iv. 288; leaves large oblong acute 
glistening silky beneath, male fl. in stout dense cymes, stamens hairy, fruit 
solitary hairy. Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 262. 
Maracca ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3625), Maingay (n. 968). 
Branchlets stout, with subpersistent yellowish hair. Leaves 10 by 21.3 in., base 
rounded, glabrous above, densely villous with fulvous or white soft hairs beneath, at 
length glabrate; nerves obscure, midrib impressed above ;- petiole 4 in. Male fl.: 
cymes 3 in., 3-10-flowered ; bracts } in., ovate; calyx 1 in. deeply 4-lobed, villous ; 
corolla 4 in. tubular, lobed half-way down, very villous without; stamens 29.94. 
Female fl. solitary, peduncles 3 in.; calyx À in. campanulate, lobes ovate ; corolla 
2 in.; staminodes 4—5 ; ovary 4-celled, 8-ovuled, densely hairy; styles 4, hairy, erect. 
Fruit 2} by 1% in., ellipsoid, 8-celled ; fruiting: calyx greatly enlarged, lobes 1} in., 
oblong, densely softly villous. Seeds 6-8, 1j by 3 in., albumen horny.—D. discolor, 
Willd. (A. DC. Prodr. viii. 235), a Philippine species, greatly resembles D. argentea, 
but has glabrous stamens; it is in the collections of Wallich and Maingay, but is 
supposed only cultivated in India. 
Secr. VIII. Horsfieldia: as Sect. VIL, except that the female flowers 
are distinctly (though often shortly) cymose. 
54. D. oblonga, Wall. Cat. 4194 ; leaves large oblong acuminate glabrous, 
female flowers crowded in very short cymes 5-merous tomentose with black 
hairs intermixed. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 243; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 
xii. 243. 
Penance; Wallich. SixaGAPORE; Maingay (n. 967). 
Branchlets stout, glabrous. Leaves 7j by 23 in., base obtuse or almost rounded, 
coriaceous; primary nerves numerous, nearly horizontal, reticulating nerves incon- 
spicuous ; petiole Z in. Male fl. not known. Female fl. 1-5 together; calyx }-4 in., 
deeply lobed, lobes ovate-oblong, aurieulate, subplicate ; corolla 4 in., densely hairy 
without, deeply lobed; staminodes 5; ovary 10-celled, ferruginous-hairy. Fruit 3 in. 
diam., globose, glabrate; calyx 2 in. across, lobes auriculate. Albumen horny, not 
ruminated, 
55. D. ramiflora, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40, and Fl. Ind. ii. 535; leaves 
large broadly oblong acute glabrous, male fl. in short cymes, female in many- 
flowered compound much larger cymes. Wall. Cat. 4119; Wight Ic. t. 189; 
A. DC. Prodr. viii. 233. 
East Bencat ; Tipperah, Roxburgh; Khasia Mts., Wallich. 
A large tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 74 by 3-34 in., base cuneate or obtuse, 
nerves not prominent; petiole J in. Male fl. subfasciculate in 3 in. rusty cymes ; 
calyx } by } in., subtubular, campanulate, lobed nearly halfway down ; lobes 5, oblong, 
subobtuse; corolla + in., tubular, lobed less than halfway down, densely villous 
without ; stamens 16, glabrous, anthers linear, connective hardly produced. Female 
