530° POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA,-  Diospyrus. 
tree,. Peduncles axillary, drooping, many-flowered, . Ca-. 
lyx funnel-shaped: tube a little bellied, and considera- 
bly longer than the calyx. Border four-parted. Fila- 
ments, number uncertain, inserted into the very base of 
the tube of the corol ; some are simple, others two, three, 
or even four-cleft. Anthers generally about twenty, that 
is, one on each division of the filaments. ' 
_FemaLe Hermapnropite FLowers axillary, sub- 
sessile. Calyx beneath, four-parted, with a callous, elevat- 
ed, four-lobed, permanent; marginal ring round its mouth, 
inside villous. | Corol; tube cylindric, about as long as 
the divisions of the calyx... Border four-parted. Fila- 
ments eight, very short. Anthers small, sterile. Germ 
conical. Style, shorter than the tube of the corol, Stigma 
four-parted. Berry nearly globular, succulent, when ripe, 
yellow, and about the size of a large cherry, resting 02 
the permanent, reflexed calyx; cells, eight is the matt- 
ral number. Seed, one in each cell semi-ovate, thin 0B 
the inner edge, of a light brown colour, and, smooth, 
united at the apex to the central receptacle. 
There are many species of this extensive genus, which 
yield a hard, black wood. I mean, pure intensely black 
(not variegated,) to all of which we give the general ap- : 
pellation Ebony; my D. Melanoxylon is one. The sp& 
cies I am now describing, a second. Ebenus, Rumph. 
. Amb. vol. 3. p. 1. t. 1, seenis a third. From all these 
I know that of the Mauritius differs essentially, by th 
entire fruit, with ripe seed, just received from that Island, 
and now before me. The mountains of Bengal, Bootat, 
and Nepal produce at least another very distinct specie» 
viz. my tomentosum, several young trees of which aren0W 
in this garden.. a8 
Bh A 3 -melanoxylon. Willd. 4. 1109. Corom: pode sea 
Leaves sub-opposite, oval and oblong, obtuse; 1 
Maxe PEDUNCLES. fram three to six-flowered. 4! _RMAT 
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