LXXVnr. EBEXACE.I. 103 



numerous, in pain'cled c/mes 1-1 5 iu. long in the axils of fallen leaves; 

 panicles, pedicels and buds pubescent with sooty-velvety hairs. Calyx 

 I in. long, divided to the base, shortly nigro-pubescent on both sides ; 

 segments foliaceous, retit-ulately veined, broadly elliptic, obtuse, with a 

 thick hard internal keel and widely reflexed margins. Corolla § in. 

 long, clothed outside with sooty-velvety hairs, glabrous inside ; tube 

 pentagonal ; lobes | in. long, elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Stamens 20, 

 inserted in pairs at the base of the corolla-tube, glabrous ; filaments 

 short ; anthers linear, acute. Eudimentary ovary 0. Eemale flowers 

 solitary, axillary ; pedicels i-| in. long, bracteate about the middle with 

 large ovate caducous bracts. Calyx glabrescent. Ovary 4-celled ; 

 ovule 1 in each cell. Fruit ovoid, |-1| in. long, rounded at the apex, 

 tipped with the remains of the style, clothed with ferruginous glandular 

 hairs; fruiting calyx 5-lobed, enlarged, more or less plicate; lobes 

 ^-| in. long, much widened, auricled and imbricate at the base. 

 Cotvledons foliaceous. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 570 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 141 ; 

 Bedd. Icon. PI. Ind. Or. t. 125 ; Hiern, Monogr. Eben. (1873) p. 190; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 2 13 ; Woodr. in Journ, Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 164 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 153.— Flowers : 

 Nov.-Dec. Vebn. Kuri-lcumar. 



S. M. Country : Cliorla G-hat, Balzell !, Woodrow. Kanaka : Talaveri (N. Kanara 

 Ghats), RUchle, 1884 I ; Divimana, Woodroiv ; frequent in tlie forests near the Nilkund 

 and Gairsoppa Ghats, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



8. Diospyros Ebenum, Kcenvj, in Phys. Salsl: Hendl. v. 1 (1776) 

 p. 176. A large or moderate-sized tree with an erect trunk and leafy 

 head ; bark thin, grey ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves subcoriaceous, 

 2-6 by |-2| in., glabrous, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or 

 shortly and bluntly acuminate, bright-green and shining above, some- 

 what paler beneath, reticulately veined ; petioles -^-^ in. long. MalFi 

 FLOWERS 3-12 (veiy oFten 3) together, subsessile, in shortly peduncled 

 cymes ; peduncles f in. long ; buds linear, tapering ; bracts small, 

 caducous. Calyx y^-^ in. long, infundibulit'orm, glabrous or slightly 

 hairy ; lobes 4, very short, rounded, ciliate. Corolla pale greenish- 

 yellow, tubular, || in. long before expansion ; lobes 4, ovate, equalling 

 or slightly shorter than the tube. Stamens 16 or more, very unequal, 

 often connate in twos, threes, or sometimes fours ; filaments more or 

 less pubescent ; anthers linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Female flowers 

 solitary, larger than the male ; pedicels short, 2-bracteate. Calyx much 

 longer than in the male, deeply divided, with an elevated 4-lobed 

 marginal ring at its mouth ; lobes 4, ovate, acute. Staininodes 8, \\ith 

 double anthers. Ovary glabrous, 8-celled ; style 1 ; stigmas 4. Fruit 

 I in. in diam., subglobose ; fruiting calyx a hemispheric woody cup 

 which receives the fruit, the 4 ovate acute thickened calyx-lobes 

 spreading outwards. Seeds 3-8, dull-black, | in. ; albumen not rumi- 

 nate. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 558; Grab. Cat. p. I08 ; Wight, Icon. t. 188; 

 Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 65 ; Iliern, Monogr. Eben. (1873) p. 208 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 3, p. 94 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 164 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 138. Diospyros assimilis, Bedd. 

 Madras For. Eep. (1866-67) p. 20, t. 1 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. 1. 

 v. 3, p. 558 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 210 ; A\^oodr. iu Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 164. D. nigricans, Dalz. in Kew Journ. 



