lU6 LXXYJII. KULXACE.K. 



or less pubescent above, rusty-tomentose or fulvous-pubesceut beneath ; 

 base acute or obtuse ; nerves iuconsp'cuous ; petioles j^j-^ in. long, 

 densely hairy. Intiorescence densely fulvous-pubescent ; flowers white, 

 4-merous, Male tlowees 4-10 together, subsessile on a short hairy 

 peduncle -jV in- ^oug ; bracts small, elliptic. Calyx subglobose, j^-^ in. 

 long, densely fulvous-hairy, deeply divided ; segments 4, rounded, apicu- 

 late, ciliate, glabrous inside. Corolla 4-tid ; lobes acute, with a line of 

 hairs on the back of each lobe. Stamens IG, glabrous, in 2 rows, the 

 inner smaller ; anthers ovate, acute, as long as the longer hlanients. 

 Pemale flowers solitary, sessde, 4-meroas. Calyx ^ in. long, fiihous- 

 hairy ; lobes twice as long as the tube. Corolla as in the male but 

 longer. Staminodes 7-9, glabrous, 1-seriate. Ovary glabrous, 8- celled; 

 styles 4, erect, glabrous. l'''ruit globose, ^ in. in diam., glabrous, edible ; 

 fruiting calyx nearly flat, 5 in. in diam. Seecs 2-3 ; albumen not 

 ruminate, i'l. B. 1. v. 3, p. 5(50; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 140; llierii, 

 Monogr, Eben. (1873) p. 233 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 212 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat.'v. 12 (1898) p. 164 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 137. Dlospyros capitalata, Wight, Icon. tt. 1224, 1588 {bis). — 

 riowers : June. Veen. Ninai ; Nensi. 



Deccan : Nasik, Buhell cf- Gibson; Peint road fi niilea N. of Nasik, Woodrow. 

 Gujarat : common about Surat on the north side of the river, Dalzell ^- Gibson. — 

 I>isTRiB. India (Central and Southern India, Orissa, Carnatic). 



13. Diospyros embryopteris, Pas. Syn. v. 2 (1807) p. G24. A 

 small or middle-sized tree, glabrous except the very young parts and 

 the inflorescence ; branches numerous, spreading, forming a dense 

 shady head ; bark smooth, thick, blackish, flaking off in large pieces. 

 Leaves variable in size, numerous, distichously spreading, coriaceous, 

 4-11 by 1-3| in., oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or sulmcute, 

 glabrous and shining, reticulately veined, tlie veins prominent in dried 

 specimens, obscure in fresh ones, base usually tapering ; petioles |-| in. 

 long, stout, wriid<led. Male flowers in shortly-peduncled, fulvous- 

 pubescent, racemose, axillary, drooping cymes containing 2-7 flowers. 

 Calyx I in. long, hairy outside ; lobes 4, broadly ovate, \ in. long, 

 pubescent inside and with ciliate margins. Corolla § in. long ; lobes 

 ^-^ in. long, very thick, rounded at the apex and with a pubescent 

 patch on the back of each lobe, imbricate. IStamens 24-64 (usually 40) 

 in pairs, inserted at the base of the corolla-tube or on the receptacle 

 beneath it; filaments hairy, about -jL in. long; anthers \ in. long, 

 nearly equal, linear, with a line of hairs up the middle. Eudimentary 

 ovary a lobed fleshy disk. Female flowers larger than the male, 1 in. 

 across, usually solitary, axillary, drooping ; pedicels very short. Calyx 

 deeply divided, glabrotis or ])ubescent ; segments 4, erect, broadly ovate, 

 acute, dilated and subcordate at the base. Corolla h in. long, campanu- 

 lato, deeply divided ; lobes 4, cordate, obtuse, recurved. Stamiiiodes 

 1-12, hairy, us\ially inserted at the base of the corolla-tube (sometimes 

 perhaps true stamens). Ovary glabrous or hairy, 8-celled ; styles 4 ; 

 stigmas lobed and undtdate. Emit large, H-3 in. in diam., usually 

 solitary, subglobose, yellow, covered with a rusty easily detachable scurii- 

 ness, 8-celled, supported on the much enlarged persistent s])reading or 

 reflexed calyx ; pericarp thin ; pulp viscid and glutinous. Seeds 4-8, 

 flattened, smooth, reddish-brown. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 556; Bedd. Fior. 



