110 Dr. Francis Hamizron’s Commentary 
natives whom he consulted gave it quite a different name (Tu- 
mala) from those I employed. 
Diospyros exculpta. | 
Diospyros discolor. Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 1108? 
Diospyros tomentosa. Hort. Beng. 40? 
Diospyros Mabolo. _ Hort. Beng. 40? 
Cavanillea philippensis. Enc. Meth. iii. 665? 
Cavanillea Mabolo. Lamarck Ill. Gen. t. 454? 
Kend Hindicè. 
Habitat in Indiæ Gangeticæ australioris sylvis. 
Arbor parva, cuticula crassissima longitudinaliter rimosa. Ra- 
muli tomentosi. Folia alterna, ovalia vel elliptica vel sub- 
rotunda vel obovata, nunc utrinque acuta, tunc apice ob- 
tusa, integerrima, costata, supra nuda et venis depressis 
quasi insculpta, subtus tomentosa.  Petiolus brevissimus, 
teres, pilosus, non stipulaceus. 
Flores dioici. In masculina arbore pedunculus longitudine pe- 
tioli axillaris, vel basin versus ramuli lateralis, tomentosus, 
subtriflorus ; flores parvi, albi. - 
Calyx. tomentosus, ore 4- vel 5-lobo erecto obtuso turbinatus. 
. Corolla ore clauso 4- seu 5-lobo monopetala, calyce duplo 
longior, oblonga, utrinque angustata, pilosa. Filamenta 
15 circiter setacea, disco calycino inserta. Anthere erectæ, 
mucronatæ, inclusæ. j : 
Bacca ovalis, calyce crasso sexfido tomentoso brevi insidens, 
pilis rigidis rufis tecta, seminibus varie abortientibus sub- - 
quadrilocularis. | 
"The fruit, when ripe, is sweet and not very bad tasted. In the 
heart of some trees, but not in all, is found a black, hard, heavy . 
substance, 
