Diospyros?\ 



EbenacecB. 



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I. D. OVALIFOLIA. 



2. D. MONTANA. 



D. Embryopteris. 

 D. ToposiA. 

 D. Ebenum. 



6. D. pruriens. 



produced only by very old trees, and are known as Calamander (Kalu- 

 mediriya, Wal-mediriya, Ho-mediriya, &c.), have mostly yet to be defi- 

 nitely referred to their respective species. 



Endosperm equable, not ruminated. 



Cal. of male fl. with evident segm. 



Cor. glabrous outside. 



Clusters of male fl. sessile . 

 Clusters of male fl. peduncled. 



Cor. campanulate or urceolate; stam. 

 nearly equal. 



L. under 3 in 



L. over 4 in. 



Cal. -segm. equal 

 Cal. irregularly splitting . 

 Cor. tubular ; stam. very unequal , 

 Cor. densely tomentose outside. 

 L. with bristly hair beneath 

 L. glabrous, or nearly so. 

 Stam. 4 or 5 ; fruit pointed. 

 L. under 5 in. . 

 L. over 5 in. 

 Stam. 16; fruit depressed-globose. 

 Cal. of male fl. nearly truncate. 

 Fruit under i in., oblong-ovoid 

 Fruit over 2 in., ovate-ovoid . 



Endosperm ruminated. 



Cor. of male fl. urceolate .... 

 Cor. of male fl. more or less tubular. 

 L. tomentose or pubescent beneath. 

 Fruit glabrous ..... 

 Fruit hairy ..... 



L. glabrous beneath. 



Male fl. sessile, fascicled; cal.-segm. evi- 

 dent. 

 Stam. 8-20, unequal. 

 Fl. 4-merous. 



Stam. 16-20 



Stam. 8 



Fl. 5-merous, stam. 10-12 . 



Stam. 5, equal 



Male fl. pedicellate, cymose; cal.-segm. 

 very shallow. 

 Cal. of fern. fl. with acuminate segm. 

 Cal. of fem. fl. with rounded apiculate 

 segm 



7- 

 8. 



9- 



10. 

 II. 



D. ATTEND ATA. 

 D. ACUTA. 



D. Gardneri. 



D. OOCARPA. 

 D. QU^.SITA. 



12. D. SYLVATICA. 



13- 



14. 



15- 

 16. 



17. 

 18. 



D. Melanoxylon. 

 D. hirsuta. 



D. insignis. 



D. OPPOSITIFOLIA. 



D. Thwaitesii. 

 D. Moonii. 



19. D. affinis. 



20. D. crumenata. 



I. D. ovalifolia, IV/'ght, Ic. iv. pt. i, 50 (1850). Kunumella, 

 Habara, S. Vedukkanari, T. 



Thw. Enum. 181. C. P. 181 5 (2533). 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 557. Wight, Ic. t. 1227. 



A moderate-sized tree, bark greyish-brown, rough, buds 

 slightly pubescent ; 1. 2-5 in., lanceolate-oblong, tapering to 

 base, obtuse or rounded at apex, glabrous, rather thick, paler 



