570 XC. EBENACEEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Diospyros. 
Ji.: cymes 3-2 in., often on the old branches ; calyx 1-] by 4 in. ; corolla E by } in., 
as of the male, but larger; staminodes 8-12; ovary hairy, 8-12-celled, stigmas 4-6. 
Fruit 2-3 in. diam., globular, nearly glabrous ; fruiting calyx 1j in. across. 
56. D. densiflora, Wall. Cat. 4140; leaves large elliptic or oblong 
obtuse or scarcely acuminate glabrous, male fl. numerous in somewhat large 
cymes, calyx 4-lobed nearly to the base lobes with reflexed margins, corolla 
tubular fulvous-tomentose without, stamens 15-16 glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. 
viii. 283; Hiern in Trans. Camb, Phil. Soc, xii. 171; Kurz in Journ. As, Soc. 
1877, pt. ii. 236, and For. FI. ii. 134. 
MovrwxxiN and Amuersr; Wallich. AnRACAN, MAnTABAN and TENASSERIM ; rare, 
Kurz. 
Leaves 74 by 24-3} in., base obtusely cuneate ` primary nerves wide apart, much 
arched, slightly elevated above, reticulated nervation distinct on both surfaces ; 
petiole 5 in. Male fl.: cymes 1-2 in. diam., minutely rusty-pubescent; bracts i in, 
ovate; pedicels 0-2 in.; calyx-lobes à by 4 in.; corolla $ in., narrowly cylindric; 
anthers and connective glabrous. Female fl.: cymes 3-13 in., 12-20-flowered ; calyx- 
lobes j by zin. Fruit ł in. diam., globose, ultimately glabrescent ; pedicels in fruit 
4-3 in. Albumen ruminated (Hiern), but the affinity of this species seems to be with 
D. undulata. 
57. D. Horsfieldii, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 193; leaves 
large ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong glabrous strongly reticulate beneath, male 
fl. in compound cymes, only coton ovate with reflexed margins, corolla urceolate 
ferruginous-hispid without, female fl. in large cymes. D. frutescens, Hassk, Pl. 
Jav. Rar. 467, not of Blume. 
Maracca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3620).—DisTRIs. Java. 
Branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 9} by 23-44 in, shortly acuminate, base 
rounded or obtuse, nerves (primary and secondary) impressed above very strongly 
raised beneath; petiole } in. Male flowers: cymes about 1 in., few-flowered ; calyx 
t in. deeply 4-lobed, fuliginous-hispid ; corolla 4 in., urceolate, fuliginous-hispid 
without, lobes 4 ovate; stamens 14-16, filaments hairy, anthers glabrous. Female fl.: 
cymes l-4 in.; bracts 4 in., elliptic; calyx nearly as in the male ; corolla Am. very 
deeply 4—5-lobed; staminodes 12; ovary 8-celled, cells l-ovuled. Fruit 2 in, diam., 
globose, fuliginous hairy, ultimately glabrescent; lobes of the fruiting calyx A in, 
margins strongly reflexed, auriculate. 
58. D. paniculata, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 109 ; leaves broad- 
oblong obtusely cuneate at both ends glabrous, male fl. panicled, calyx-lobes 
foliaceous ovate, corolla tubular black-velvety without, female flowers solitary 
or few together. Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 141; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or, t. 125, 
and For. Man. 144; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 190, 
DxccAN Perninsura; in the Ghauts, Wight; Concan, Dalzell; Canara, Ritchie; 
Anamallays, Beddome. 
A large tree; nearly glabrous except the flowers. Leaves 64 by 2 in., mature 
strongly closely reticulate on both surfaces; petiole } in. Male fl.: cymes 1-1} in., 
sparingly pilose, pedicels 0-4 in., bracts ovate caducous ; calyx 5-lobed nearly to the 
base, lobes 3-4 in., pubescent without and within; corolla J in. (or rather more) 
lobed half-way down; stamens 20, glabrous. Female fl. solitary or in 9-5-flowered 
cymes, peduncled ; bracts ovate, caducous; ovary 4-celled, cells l-ovuled, Fruit 1 by 
1 in, ellipsoid, ferruginous-hirsute; fruit-ealyx 5-lobed, enlarged, nearly glabrous ; 
lobes 1-3 in. long and broad, plicate, auricled. 
59. D. Brandisiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 72; leaves 
lanceolate or oblong acuminate base cuneate or subobtuse sparsely pilose or 
ultimately nearly glabrous, male fl. in very short cymes, corolla tubular minutely 
closely pilose, stamens about 16, female fl. in many-flowered cymes. Hiern in 
