LXXTIII. EBENACE^E. 101 



glabrous ; fruiting calyx flat orsballowly cupuliform, the lobes triangular 

 with reflexed margins. Seeds 3-4, usually compressed; testa thin, 

 brown ; albumen ruminate. 11. B. I. v. 3, p. 566 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 142 ; 

 Bedd. i'or. Man. in Tlor. Sylvat, p. cxliv ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 213; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 137 {not of Thwaites). Dio- 

 spyros canarica, Bedd. Icon. PI. lud. Or. t. 134. D. hirsuta, Hiern, 

 Mouogr. Eben. (1873) p. IdS (partli/). — Plowers : Feb.-June. Vern-. 

 Karigida. 



Througliout the Konkans and Kanara iu evergreen foreots. Konkan : Stocks I ■ 

 neav Yiugorla, BaLelll ; ne^r Goa, Dalzell I Deccan : Pbunda Ghat, Ritchie, ^ ; 

 S. M. Country : E^mghat, Ritchie, 96 ! Kanaka : common neai* the coast at Karwar, 

 Talbot. — DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



4. Diospyros crumenata, Thwaites, Enum. Ceyl. PI. (1860) p. 179. 

 A very large tree with cylindric trunk, reaching 100-150 ft. high 

 (Talbot) ; bark'thin, scaly, cinereous ; young branches glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, 2-5 by 1-2 in., elliptic-oblong, shortly and abruptl}' acumi- 

 nate, finely reticulately vt^ined, glabrous, base rounded or slightly 

 narrowed ; midrib depressed on the upper side ; petioles ^-i in. long, 

 channelled above. Male flowers iu short 3-5-flowered hairy cymes. 

 Calyx tubular, i-J in. long, hairy outside, glabrous and shining inside; 

 teeth very short (scarcely -Jg- in. long), triangular, acute. Corolla cream- 

 white, tubular, coriaceous, about g in. long, clothed outside with ap- 

 pressed hairs ; lobes 4, about ^ the length of the tube, recurved. 

 Stamens about 12, subequal, glabrous, hypogynous ; filaments very 

 short ; anthers linear-lanceolate, very acute. Eemale flowers solitary, 

 larger than the male ; pedicels stout, hairy, ^ in. long. Calyx i in. long, 

 hairy on both sides, plicate ; lobes 4, broad, rounded and apiciilate, with 

 large and deej) pouches between them. Corolla cream-white, tubular, 

 fulvous-hairy outside, slightly longer than the calyx ; lobes 4, tomentose 

 on both sides and with undulate margins. Staminodes 8, inserted at 

 the base of the corolla-tube. Ovary hairy, 8-celled ; stigmas 4. Fruit 

 subglobose, 11-2 in. in diam., at length glabrous; fruiting calyx 

 thickened, spreading, 1^ in. in diam. Seeds black, shining, l.by ^ in. ; 

 albumen ruminate. PI. B. I. v. 3, p. 567 ; Bedd. Por. Man. in Plor. 

 Sylvat. p. cxlv ; Hiern, Monogr. Eben. (1873) p. 169 ; Bedd. Icon. PI. 

 Ind. Or. t. 126 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v . 3, p. 102 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 212; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 138.— Flowers : Mar.-May. 



Apparently confined to Kanara, where it is common in the evergreen forests between 

 the Gairsoppa and Dodmuiie Ghats, Talbot; Dodmune (N. Kanara), Talbot, 356u ! — 

 DiSTUiB. Ceylon. 



5. Diospyros oocarpa, Thiuaites, Eaum. Ceyl. PI. (1860) p. 180. 

 A small or moderate-sized tree with thin smooth bark ; young shoots 

 pubescent. Leaves alternate, subcoriaceous, 3-4| by lg-2| in., ovate- 

 elliptic, obtusely acuminate, glabrous and shining, base usually rounded ; 

 nerves and veins inconspicuous ; petioles ^-| in. long, somewhat 

 flattened, rugulose. Male eloweus 3-7 together, ^ubsessile, in axillary 

 fulvous-silky cymes ; bracts rounded, concave, silky-hairy. Calvx 

 •1— 1^ in. long, cylindric, silky, subtruncate at the apex, rounded or 

 subtruncate at the base. Corolla thick, i-^ in. long, pubescent outside ; 

 lobes 3-4, about equalling the tube, ovate-oblong, subacute, much 

 imbricated iu bud. Stameus 9-12, unequal. Female flowers 1-3 



