I02 Ebenacece. [Diospyro^^ 



19. D. affinis, Thzv. Eniim. 179 (i860). 



C. P. 2924. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 566. Bedd. Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 127. 



A moderate-sized tree, buds pilose, 1, small, ij-3i in., oval 

 or oblonf^-oval, acute or obtuse at base, obtuse or rounded at 

 apex, glabrous and shining, stiffl\- coriaceous, paler beneath, 

 venation reticulate, rather conspicuous beneath, petiole \-'^ 'm.„ 

 flattened above; male fl. small, nodding on short ped., 3-7 in 

 small stalked spreading cymes, fem. fl. larger on pilose ped.; 

 cal.-segm. 4, in male very short, aj^iculate, in fem. deep, with 

 pouches between them, acuminate ; cor. tubular, lobes 4,. 

 rounded ; stam. 9, slightly unequal, anth. bluntly acuminate ; 

 ov. 6-celled ; fruit about i in., nearly globose, apiculate,, 

 glabrous, enlarged cal. flat, spreading ; seeds usually 4, ovoid> 

 dark brown, shining, transversely striate, endosperm ruminate. 



Intermediate region, very rare. Only certainly known from between 

 Uma-oya and Billahul-oya on the Lower Badulla Road from Kandy. FL 

 July; greenish-white. 



Also in Tmnevelly, S. India. 



Specimens, in leaf only, sent me from Mannar under the name of 

 ' Pulima' are probably this species. 



D. opaca, Clarke, Fl. B. Ind. iii. 567, is based on a solitary male speci- 

 men from Thwaites, of C. P. 2924, in Herb. Kew. Hiern included it under 

 D. affinis. I find nothing in Peradeniya Herb, agreeing with Clarke's 

 description. 



20. D. crumenata, Thw. Entan. 179 (i860). 

 C. P. 2438. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 567. Bedd. Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 126. 



A large tree, twigs glabrous ; 1. 2-5 in., oblong-oval,, 

 rounded or subacute at base, shortly and abruptly acuminate,, 

 obtuse at apex, glabrous and shining, subcoriaceous, venation 

 reticulate, rather prominent, petiole ^^-f in.; male fl. on short 

 drooping ped., 3-7 in shortly stalked cymes, cal. tubular-cup- 

 shayjcd densely tomentose, segm. 4, obscure or very shallow, 

 obtuse; fem. fl. larger, solitary, on short stout ped., cal. large, 

 cup-shaped, tomentose on both sides, segm. 4, deep, broad, 

 rounded, apiculate, with large and deep pouches between 

 them ; cor. densely tomentose, lobes 4, broad, acute, spreading 

 or reflexed; stam. about 12, unequal; ov. 8-cellcd ; fruit large, 

 ij-2 in., globose or slightly ovoid, glabrous, cal. much en- 

 larged, nearly flat; seeds 6-8, black and shining, endosperm 

 ruminate. 



Moist region, 2000-4000 ft., rather rare. Deltota; Uduwella; below 

 Haputale. Fl. April, May ; cream-white. 



Endemic. 



Heart-wood very small or none. 



