98 TA'XVIII. ElJEyACE.T., 



erergreon forests, Talbot ; near Goa, Duhcll\; Amboli Glclt, Wonlruiv Kaxara : 

 evergreen forests ou the Ghats of N. Kanara near Nilkuud and the falls of Gairsoppa, 

 Talbot; Kala naddi, Bitchie, 85!; river banks at Mulas, Ritchie, ?^ !— Disteib. 

 India '(Mysore). 



2. Maba micrantha, Hiern,hi Trans. Cainh. Phil. Soe. v. 12 (1873) 

 p. 133. A middle-sized tree. Leaves 3.|-5 by 1^-2 in., coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtusely acuminate, glabrous, acute or somewhat rounded 

 at the ba«e ; petioles ^ in. long, rugose, glabrous. Male floweus not 

 known. Female ei.owehs axilhtry, solitary, sessile, 5 in, long. Calyx 

 tubnlar, entire, truncate, ^ith a few imbricate bifarious scales at the 

 base. Corolla tubular, divided to about the middle, thrice as long as 

 the calyx ; lobes 3, ovate, obtuse, spreadins:. Stamiuodes 6, inserted at 

 the base of the corolla-tube, distinct ; filaments twice as long as the 

 barren anthers. Ovary hemispheric, glabrous, 6-celled ; ovules solitary 

 in each cell, pendulous ; stvles 3, erect, rather thick, obtuse at the apex, 

 ri. B. I. V. 3, p. 552; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 209 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 163. Ilolochihts micranihns, Dalz. in 

 Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 291 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 142.— Flowers : 

 Feb.-Mar. 



.Southern Ghiits, BaheUl 



There is but 1 specimen (in fruit) in Ilerb. Kew. The description has been taken 

 from that of Dalzell in Kew Journ. Bot. 1. c. Dalzell never found the male flowers, 

 and neither Mr. Talbot nor 3Ir. Woodrow has found Dalzell's plant. 



2. DIOSPYROS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate (rarely subopposite). Flowers 

 dioecious (rarely polygamous), in cymes which are axillary or along the 

 old branches, sometimes (the females often) reduced to a single flower. 

 Calyx gamosepalous, 3-7 (usually 4—5) -fid or -partite, pubescent and 

 often accrescent beneath the fruit, rarely truncate. Corolla urceolate, 

 tubular, campanulateor hypocrateriform, more or less pubescent outside; 

 lobes 3-7 (usually 4-5), twisted to the right. Male flowers : Stamens 

 4-00 (usually IG), attached to the base of the corolla or hypogynous ; 

 filaments in pairs, or variously connate, or free ; anthers linear or 

 lanceolate. Ovary rudimentary or 0. Female flowers: StatJiinodes 

 0-16. Ovary conical or globose, 4-10-celled ; ovules solitary (rarely 2) 

 in each cell ; styles or style-branches 1-4. Fruit globose, ellipsoid or 

 ovoid-conic, usually supported by the enlarged calyx ; the flesh often 

 pulpose or viscid. — Distkib. Chiefly tropical ; species 153. 



Albumen of seeds ruminate ; leaves sometimes subopposite. 

 Leaves often subopposite. 



Male corolla more or less tubular 1. D. Melavo.ri/hn. 



Leaves all alternate. 



Fruiting calj-x not much plicate. 



Male corolla .siiortly urceolate ..... 2. D. st/lvatiea. 



Male cnroiia tubular 15. JJ. Candollcana. 



Fruiting calyx much plicate 4. J), crumenata. 



Albumen of seeds not ruminate; leaves always alternate. 



Mule calyx almost truncate 5. D. oocarpa. 



Male calyx distinctly lobed. 



Fruit clothed with stinging liairs 0. D. priti^iois, 



l-'rnit not clothed with stinging hairs. 

 Male (lowers panidcd. 



