1217. Iltx Gardxeuia-na, (R. W.) : suhar* 



boreous glabrous : ItjaveH ovate lanciolate or sub- 

 cordate, ending in a tapering acumen, umbels axillary 

 or aggregated on the naked branches ; pedicels often 

 shorter than the peduncles, sparingly hairy : calyx and 



longer than the stamens, anthers pubescent at the 



apex. 



Neilgherrles, about Ootacamund anci Pycarrab, in 

 clumps of jungle, flowering in March and April. 



This seems almost too nearly allied to the former. 



corolla 5 lobed, the former sprinkled with short hairs, but still tho two plants when lying side by side seem 



In clumps of jungle near Sispara on the Western 

 slopes of the Neilgherries, flosvering in profusion in 



February, 



A small tree or large shrub, and at the time we 



perfectly distinct, even more so than in the figures; 

 they besides occupy different stations, and 1 have 

 never met with th^ra together. 



gathered the specimens figured, one of great beauty. 1221-22. Diospyros Candolliana : (K. W.) 

 It was not then in fruit, indeed most of the flowers arhoreous, glabrous, leaves elliptic oblong, obtusely 

 fceem males. It seems very nearly allied to the pre- acuminate, flowers axillary, aggregated sessile; calyx 



ceding but differs in habit, in its much larger, more 

 membranous, and long acuminate leaves, and also in 

 larger and more conspicuous flowers. At first I felt 

 disposed to consider this a variety of L Wightiana^ 



4-5 cleft, lobes of the male simple, of the female revo** 



lute on the margin: corolla, tubular 4-5 cleft, tuba 

 exceeding the stamens : stamens of the male 10« 

 filaments united by pairs at the base, anthers oblong. 



viewing the larger size of the leaves and flowers as apiculate; of the female 4-5, sterile : ovary 4 celled 

 depending on the plants being younger and more 

 luxuriant, an error which Mr. Gardner first pointed 

 out, I therefore dedicate the species to him, 



1218. Sapota Elingoides, (ALD.C.) : branches 

 often spinous, ramuli ferrugenio-tomentose : leaves 

 acute at both ends, glabrescent, entire : flowers axil- 

 lary, few, pedicels the length of the petiol and like the 

 calyx clothed v/ith rut^ty coloured pubescence : lobes 

 of the calyx ovate, acute, the 3 exterior ones broader : 

 corolla about twice the length of the calyx, 5 cleft, 

 lobes erect, ovate, acute; tube, exiernally, pilose: 

 anthers apiculate, sterile stamens oblong subulate, 

 the length of the stamens, the back and margins 

 pilose.— D. C. Prod. 8— 176. 



Neilgherries, in almost every wood about Otaca^ 

 mund, ia flower and fruit at all seasons. 



A large tree with rough cracked bark, hence much 

 covered with both parasitic and epiphytic plants of 

 all kinds. The flowers except from their number are 

 not conspicuous, and have no beauty. The fruit is 

 about the size of a crab, and not unlike one, agreeing 

 moreover in the sour austere taste of that fruit. It is 

 made into pickles, and the nat ves cook and eat it 

 in their curries. The spines are axillary from 1 to 2 

 inches long : the leaves from 1 J to 2 inches, scarcely 

 coriaceous, flowers solitary, or 3-4 together, vvhite, 

 anthers extrorse, ovary hairy, 5 celled, with a single 

 ascending ovule in each, three or four of which usu- 

 ally abort before the fruit attains maturity. 



1219. IsoNANDRA Pekrottetiana (Ah D. C.) 

 leaves elliptic narrowing at both ends, apex obtuse, 



hase acute, glabrous above, slightly pilose beneath : 

 flowers sessile, lobes of the calyx ovato-rotundate, 

 silky^ corolla deeply 4 cleft,— D. C. Prod. 8—183. 



Na!gherrie8, in jungles, about Sisparah and the 

 Avalanche, flowering February and March. 



Arboreous, the ramuli clothed with rusty coloured 

 silky hairs, leaves from 3 to 4 inches long, shining 

 above, dull or silky beneath, flowers small, sessile, 

 forming dense capitulse on the leafless branches, 

 calyx of a brownish rusty colour, corolla white, style 

 exserted, ovary 5 celled with 1 ovule in each, fruit 

 lisually 1 seeded, obovate. The analysis of this, as 

 regards the calyx, is not quite correct. 



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(always ?) style simple: stigma 2 lobed; seed ovate, 

 compressed; testa slightly corrugated on the surface; 

 albumen deeply cohvolutely furrowed. 



Malabar, flowering and in fruit in June. 



A very distinct species, allied by its geminated sta- 

 mens to D. tetrasperma, but differing in the quinary 

 structure of its flowers. Leaves from 4 to 6 inches 

 long, and from 1 to 2 broad, calyx clothed with rusty 

 coloured hairs. The ovary is 4 celled in pentamer- 

 ous flowers, I thence infer that is the regular num- 

 ber— fig. 1 1 of 1222 is a section of the seed and testa. 



1223. DiosPYHos jdubia. (Wall.): ramuU to^ 

 mentose : leaves ovate^elliptic, obtuse at both ends, 

 slightly pilose above, beneath and the petiols pubes- 

 cent : male flowers short peduncled, ternate, sessile : 

 calyx 4*5 cleft, tomentose on both sides, lobes acuta 

 erect : corolla twice the length of the calyx, externally 

 pubescent. — The bark of the older branches pale, fur- 

 rowed as if corky ; leaves 3.5 inches long, 1^ to 2 

 broad. Flowers pale, tomentose : stamens 1 3, 1 4 often 

 geminate, 



Neilgherries and Serramallee Hills, near DindigulL 

 I have not been so fortunate as to meet with the 



female plant. 



In drying it turns to a pale yellowish colour; the 

 calyx and corolla are clothed with pale rusty coloured 

 hair. The stamens in some flowers seem to be hypo* 

 gynous, occupying the centre of the flower without 

 a rudimentary ovary, in others the rudimentary ovary 

 is distinctly present with the stamens attached round 

 the base, scarcely if all adherent to the ovary, hence 

 I presume Dr. Wallich's doubt as to its being a true 

 Diospyros. 



In the printed figure, owing to the imperfection of 

 Indian Lithography, the hairy parts are represented 

 much more densely clothed than they ought to be. 

 The older leaves are thinly sprinkled with hairs, the 

 younger ones pubescent. 



1224, Diospyros capitulata (R. W.,) fruti- 

 cose, ramuli tomentose, older branches glabrous : 

 leaves oval, short petioled, pubescent above, tomen- 

 tose beneath : flowers numerous, axillary, subsessile, 

 capitulate : calyx hairy, 4 parted : corolla, deeply 4 

 cleft lobes obtuse, hairy on the back, stamens 16, 

 alternately long and short, anthers oblong, bilami- 

 nate at the point, rudimentary ovary, obsoletely 4 



obovate, oblong, bluntly acuminate, tapering at the lobed, female not seen 



base, glabrous beneath: flowers sessile; lobes of the Balaghaut mountains, near Madras. 



calyx very unequal, exterior ones much larger and This in its infl »rescence and general appearance ap* 



hairy ; corolla deeply 4 cleft, lobes emarginate, much proaches jD. chlorojoylon R., but seems quite diiitinct. 



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