TOO LXXVIIl. EBEXACE.E. 



Braiiflis [For. Fl. (1874) p. 295]. The only distinguishing character given in Hook, 

 f. Fl. B. I. {I. c.) i.s that the leaves of D. Melanoxt/lon are narrowed at both ends, 

 while those of D. Tiipric are obtuse. The loaves vary considerably, and the difference 

 between young and mature leaves is often remarkable. There arc at present in Herb. 

 Kew. two specimens collected by Dr. Ritchie at two different seasons of the year, both 

 from the same locality (tiie hills north of Belgaum) and possibly from the same tree, 

 as both specimens bear the same number (1108 and ^-^^)- Of these specimens, one 

 has been named by Mr. Clarke D. Ti'pru, and the other B. JSIelanoxi/lon. Jlr. Talbot, 

 who has an intimate knowledge of the tree, admitted the species D. Tupru in the first 

 edition of his ' Trees and Woody Climbers,' remai-king, however, that he did not 

 know the tree as distinct from D. Melanoxylon, but in liis second edition he unitea 

 the two species. 



2. Diospyros sylvatica, Boxh. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1705) p. 37, t. 47. 

 A medium-sized tree reaching 60 ft. {Tulhot) ; bark dark-colored, thin, 

 smooth, the inner bark yellow. Leaves alternate, 3-5 by 1-2| in., 

 elliptic, acute or acuminate, membranou.'!, glabrous and shining above, 

 paler beneath, base usually acute ; petioles ;j-| in. long. Male flowebs 

 3-5 (usually 4) -merous, in axillary, 6-10-flo\vered cymes which are 

 i-| in. long; peduncles bracteate at the base, g in. long. Calyx very 

 small, about ^V ^^* ^o"?' pubescent ; lobes short, rounded. Corolla 

 urceolate, -^-^ in. long ; lobes equalling the tube. Stamens 13-22, usually 

 in pairs. Female flowers larger than the male, 3-4 (usually 4) 

 -merous, solilary ; pedicels ^-i in, long. Calyx much longer than in 

 the male, | in. long ; lobes ovate-oblong, acute, i in. long. Corolla 

 ^ in. long. Stamiuodes 4, inserted on the corolla and alternate with 

 its lobes. Ovary 6-S-celled ; ovule 1 in each cell ; styles 3 or 4. Fruit 

 |-| in. in diam., globose, smooth, dark-green ; fruiting calyx much 

 enlarged, flat, spreading, foliaceous. S;'eds 2-8, oblong, nearly \ in. 

 long, rugose, shining, brown ; albumen riuninate. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 559 ; 

 Eedd. Icon. PI. Ind. Or. t. 121 ; Hiern, Mouogr. Eben. (1873) p. 161 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 98; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 211 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 164; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 v. 3, p. 155. — Flowers : Jan. -Feb. 



KoNKAN : Law]; Mniheran. DaheH], Woodrow ; evergreen forests in the Konkan, 

 Talhot. Kanaka: evergreen forests of the Yellaptir and Siddapur subdivisions of 

 N. Kanara, Talbot. — Distkib. India (\Y. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



3. Diospyros Candolleana, Wujlit, Icon. tt. 1221 & 1222. A 

 small tree 36 ft. high (Bitclde) ; young shoots pubescent, the hairs 

 usually medifixed. Leaves 4-6 by l^--l in., coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 

 shortly and obtusely acmniiiate, glabrous on both sides when mature, 

 base nnrrowed or rounded, often shortly cinieate ; midrib strong beneath, 

 depressed on the upper surface ; lateral nerves and veins incon.'^picuous : 

 petioles |-| ill. long, rugose, glabrous. Male flowers sessile, in dense 

 axillary, fulvous-pubescent clusters. Calyx ^-i in. long, fulvous-silky- 

 hairy on both sides ; lobes 4-5, ovate-oblong, acute or subobtuse, -yV's ''^* 

 long. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, tubular, fulvous- 

 hairy outside, glabrous inside ; lobes 5, shorter than the tube. Stamens 

 10, in pairs; anthers lanceolate, very acute, glabrous. Female flowers 

 larger and thicker than the male, in short axillary 2-10-flowercd cymes. 

 Calyx I in. long, hairy ; lobes I in. long, subacute, with reflexed margins. 

 Staminodes 4-5 (10 in the form cnnarica, Bedd.), glabrous. Ovary 

 4-celIed; styles 2-5, short. Fruit globo.se or ellipsoid, pinkish {Ritchie), 



