Diospyros.] EbenacecB. 97 



lanceolate, acute at base, acuminate, obtuse, glabrous and 

 shining-, pale beneath, thin, venation pellucid, lat. veins oblique, 

 prominent beneath and depressed above so that upper surface 

 is somewhat bullate, petiole \ in,; fl, on short stout pilose 

 ped., male in clusters of 2-12, fem. solitary; cal. pubescent, 

 segm. 4, deep, lanceolate, acute, erect in male, reflexed in fem. ; 

 cor. \ in., densely silky outside, glabrous within, tube inflated, 

 lobes 4, shorter than tube, oval, acute; stam. 16, unequal in 

 length, fil. hairy, anth. apiculate; ov. 8-celled ; fruit i-i^ in., 

 depressed-globose, apiculate, at first fulvous-tomentose, after- 

 wards glabrous, cal. much enlarged, cup- shaped, densely 

 fulvous within, concealing lower half of fruit. 



Moist region up to 2000 ft.; common. Colombo; Ratnapura, &c.; 

 Kurunegala Dist.; Hantane; S. Prov, Fl. Jan., April, May; creamy- 

 white. 



Endemic. 



This is probably Moon's D. Ebenaster (Cat. 74), ' Bastard Ebony,' 

 from Kandy. Mr. F. Lewis says it is called 'Kallu' in Kuruwiti Korale, 

 and it is one of the timbers to which the name ' Homediriya' is applied. It 

 appears to be a variable species. Heart-wood none or very small. 



10. D.oocarpa, 7",^^. ^;?«w. 180(1860). Kalu-kadumbdriya; 

 .5. Vellai-karunkali, T. 



Thw. Enum. 180. Hiern, Mon. Eben. 171. C. P. 1914. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 560. 



A moderate-sized tree, bark yellowish, young shoots 

 minutely puberulous ; 1. 2-3I in., ovate or ovate-oval, usually 

 rounded at base but suddenly tapering there into short 

 flattened petiole, shortly and broadly acuminate, obtuse, 

 glabrous and shining, subcoriaceous, veins inconspicuous ; fl. 

 nearly sessile, in small very shortly stalked clusters, the fem. 

 rather larger; cal. cylindrical, nearly truncate (segm. obscure), 

 pubescent ; cor. tubular, tomentose outside, lobes narrowly 

 oblong; stam. 9-12, unequal; ov. 8- or 6-celled ; fruit |-i in. 

 long, oblong-ovoid, rounded at top, apiculate, lobulate on 

 surface, 6-celled, cal. slightly enlarged, flat, circular ; seeds 

 oblong, endosperm plane. 



Low country in the dry or intermediate region ; rather rare. Hara- 

 gama; Uma-oya ; Kurunegala; between Nalande and Dambulla; 

 Maturata. Fl. April. 



Also in S. India. 



Said to afford a Calamander-like heart-wood. 



11. D. quaesita, Thw. Enum. i-jc) (i860). Kaluniddiriya, S. 

 D. hirsuta, Moon Cat. 74 (non L. f.). Thw. Enum. 179. C. P. 3010. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 560. Bedd. Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 128 (not good). 



A large tree with an erect trunk and horizontal branches, 

 bark blackish-grey, thin, usually smooth or with slight longi- 



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