3G0 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOSS. 



D. rNDn.ATA, Wall. Tropical forests of Tcnassorim, tlio Aiularaans 



and Nanliowry. 



Flowers sessile or nearly so. Net-vouation lax but distinct. Berries globular, 

 rusty-pubescent. Albumen homogeneous. 



D. SAPOTOiBEs, Kz. Tropical forests on the Khaboung and 



Chouugmeneh streams. 

 As preceding, but ovary glabrous. 



+ + Borders of the cahjx-lohes in female floirers })lain, not reflexed nor reeurved. 

 f All parts, except the very young shoots, quite glabrous. Flowers almost sessile. 

 D. LAxcE^FOLiA, Eoxb. Maulmain. 



Flowers rusty-tomentose. Calyx short, the lobes acute. Leaves strongly net- 

 veined. Berries tawny-tomentose. Corolla 4-cornered in bud. 



D. PTEEHOCARrA, Wi(j. var. ft The Andamans, probably a distinct species. 



!Male calyx bell-shaped, the lobes short, rounded, tomentose. Leaves strongly 

 net- veined. Berries rusty-tomentose. Corolla terete in bud. 



var. /3 Andamanica. Leaves oblong to narrow- oblong, the lateral nerves faint 

 and numerous, net-venation more lax. 



D. VAEiEGATA, Kz. Pegu and Martabanup to 1000 feet. 



Calyx ample, puberulous, the lobes roundi'd. ilalc cymes very short and stout. 

 Leaves strongly net-veined. Corolla terete in bud. 



f f All parts, especially the leaves, mure or Jess pubescent or ot/ieririse hairy. Male 

 flowers in cymes. Berries glabrous. 



D. sTEicTA, Eoxb. Chittagong. 



Leaves not coixlate, softly pubescent beneath. Calyx-lobes and bracts acute. 

 Flowers 4-merous. 



D. Brandisiaxa, Kz. Khakyen Hills. Tenasserim. 



Leaves not cordate, adult almost glabrous and chartaceous. Calyx-lobes linear- 

 lanceolate. Cymes branched, arising from the stem and older branches. Flowers 

 5-merous. 



D. DASTPHVLLA, Kz. Taipo Hills. Martaban at 4000 feet. 



Leaves with cordate base, softly pubescent. Calyx-lobes and bracts rounded. 

 Cymes short, stout. Flowers 4-merous. 



Dr. Hason also adds: 



* D. KAKi, L. (M.). ' The Chinese date.' 



Most species of Diospyros yield a strong serviceable timber, but only the heartwood 

 of some species constitutes the ebony of commerce. I). JTurzii, a common species in 

 the Andamans, yields one of the handsomest woods marbled in black and white 

 known, and it would no doubt find a ready market in Europe. 



Order SAPOTACEiE. 



Flotvers regular, hermajihrodite. Calyx 5, rarely 4-8-parted or lobed, the lobes 

 in 2 (rarely 3) series. Corolla divided into as many (or rarely twice as many) lobes 

 as calyx segments, imbricate in bud. Perfect stamens as many or twice as many as 

 calyx-lobes. Anthers 2-celled, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Staminodes alter- 

 nating with the corolla-lobes or tlie perfect stamens ; rarely wanting. Ovary free, 

 superior, 2- or more-celled, the cells with a solitary ovule, erect, suspended or 

 laterally attached ; s)'///f simple, with an entire or very slightly lobed stigma. Fruit 

 a drupe or berry, usually indehiscent b}- abortion, often few-celled. Albumen fleshy, 

 oily, or none. Stipules none. Flowers axillary, solitary or clustered, rarely in 

 panicles. All the Burmese species are trees, some yielding valuable timber. 



