Diospyrus. polyandria monogynia. 685 



6. D. sapota. Roxb. 



Leaves bif'arious, oblong^, entire, obtuse, polished. Male 

 Peduncles many-flowered, with about sixteen hairy an- 

 th*ers, on eight or ten hairy filaments. Hermaphrodite 

 solitary, w ith about the same number of filaments and an- 

 thers. Berry globular, the size of a large orange, with a 

 few irregular-shaped seeds, 



Sapotte-nigra, Sonnerat it. nov. Guin. p. 45. 1. 14. 15. 

 and 16. 



A. native of the Mauritius, and from thence introduc- 

 ed by the late Hyder Ally, into his garden at Seringa- 

 patam; from thence in 1804, Dr. Berry of Madras sent 

 Dr. R. good specimens, and the entire ripe fruit. Since 

 that time the tree has been introdticed from the Mauri- 

 tius into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where it grows 

 most luxuriantly and blossoms in the hot season, but has 

 not yet perfected its fruit in Bengal. 



7. D. ramiflora. Roxb. 



Arboreous. Leaves lanceolate, glossy ; hermaphrodite 

 and male flowers in fascicles from the large w^oody 

 branches. Calyx and coroZ from five to six-parted. Style 

 from five to six-cleft. Berry with ten or twenty seeds. 



Oore-gaub, also goolul of the natives of the eastern 

 frontier of Bengal, where the tree grows wild, and to a 

 great size, and supplies the natives with very strong, hard 

 w ood. A single hermaphrodite tree only of this species 

 grows in the Botanic garden at. Calcutta. It is about 

 twenty years old, and was brought from the hills immedi- 

 ately east of Tippera. Flowering time, the end of March 

 and April ; and the fruit, which is as large as an orange, 

 takes about twelve months to ripen. 



Trunk straight. Branches, numerous, spreading; 

 branchlets alternate, bifarious. Bark of the old woody 

 parts smooth, of a dark olive brown, that of the young parts 

 smooth and green. Height of the individual tree in this 



