102 LXXVIII. EBKXACE.E. 



together, similar to and slightly larger than the male. Ovary G-S-celled. 

 Truit f-1 in. long, cylindric when young, ellipsoid when ripe, rounded 

 at the top, apieulate, G-celled, seated on the slightly enlarged funnel- 

 shaped persistent calyx. Seed oblong; albumen not ruminate. Fl. B.I. 

 V. 3, p. 560 ; Hiern, Monogr. Eben. (1873) p. 171 ; Trim. Tl. Ceyl. 

 V. 3, p. 97 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 210 ; "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 164 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 153.— 

 riowers : Jan.-Mar. 



Konkan: Talbot, BahcUl; VsAn,Bahell\; S. Koiikan, i«;/' ! Kanaka: evergreen 

 forests of N. Kanara, common on t!ie Gbats from Karwar to Ainshi, Talbot ; Ainshi 

 Ghat, Talbot I; Divimana (N. Kanara), Jfooci'/ow!— Uistrib. India (W. Peninsula); 

 Cej'lon. 



0. Diospyros pruriens, Dalz. in Keiv Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) 

 p. 110. A small tree ; young parts softly hirsute ; bark dark-colored, 

 scaly. Leaves thinly subcoriaceous, 2-4 by |-1| in., elliptic-oblong, 

 subacute or usually shortly and obtusely acuminate, fulvous-hairy on 

 both sides, often glabrescent above except the depressed midrib, base 

 usually rounded, sometimes subcordate ; petioles J^-^ in. long, densely 

 hirsute. Male flowers : Peduncles |— J in. long, close together in the 

 upper axils, usually 1-2-flowered ; pedicels 0-] in. long, articulated at 

 the base; bracts small, ovate, caducous, glabrous inside. Calyx ^ in. 

 long, divided nearly to the base, fulvous-hairy on both sides ; segments 

 4, linear-oblong. Corolla ^— | in. long, silky-hairy outside, glabrous 

 inside ; lobes 4, ovate-oblong, obtuse, about as long as the tube. 

 Stamens 13-14, glabrous, unequal, hypogynous, connate at the base, 

 shorter than the corolla-tube ; filaments as long as the anthers. 

 Eudimentary ovary densely hairy. Eemale floavers solitary, crowded 

 in the upper axils ; peduncles -^^-^ in. long. Calyx \ in. long, 4-5- 

 partite ; segments oblong, spreading, hairy on both sides. Corolla 

 |-| in. long, 4-fid, constricted about the middle. Staminodes 4, small. 

 Ovary fulvous-hairy, 4-celled ; ovule 1 in each cell ; styles 2, short, 

 almost concealed by the hairs on the ovary, bifid at the apex. Emit 

 ovoid-conical, §-1 in. long, 4-celled, 4-seeded, densely clothed with 

 fulvous stinging hairs, supported by the persistent deflexed non- 

 accrescent calyx-lobes. El. B. I. v. 3, p. 553 ; ])alz. & Gibs. p. 141 ; 

 Bedd. Icon. PL Ind. Or. t. 129 ; Eor. Man. in Elor. Sylvat. p. cxliv ; 

 Hiern, Monogr. Eben. (1873) p. 185; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 95; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 210; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 163; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 153.— Flowers : 

 Nov.-Eeb. 



Sontliern parts of the Tresidency. S. M. Countuv : Chorla Ghat, BaLell !, Eiichic, 

 1833!, Woodrov. Kanaka: evergreen forests of the southern Ghats of N. Kanara, 

 commoD, Talbot.— DiSTmB. India (southern Ghats of the Western Peninsula). 



7. Diospyros paniculata, Bah. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1S52) 

 p. 109. A middle-sized tree \\\\.\\ cylindric tall stem ; bark smooth, 

 dark-colored ; branches glabrous, somewhat angular. Leaves alternate, 

 3i_9 by 1^-3 in. (Dalzell 1. c. says the leaves of the female tree are 

 tuice as large as those of the male), subcoriaceous, oblong, obtusely 

 acuminate, glabrous, finely reticulately and conspicuously veiued, base 

 rounded or very shortly narrowed; petioles h in. long, wrinkled and 

 usually transversely striate, glabrous. 3Iale tlowers 4-| in. long, 



