LXXTIII. EbEXACE.B. 107 



Sylvat. t. 69 ; Hieru, Mouogr. Eben. (1873) p. 257 ; Trim. Fl. Cevl. 

 V. 3, p. 93; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 211 ; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 163; AVatt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 3, p. 141. 

 Diospyros glutinosa, Koenip:, ex Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 40 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 107. — Elowers : Mar.-May. Vern. Temburi. 



Near creeks and backwalers alorg the coast of tlie Koiikans and N. Kanara, also in 

 evergreen foreBts of the Ghafs and in tlie beds of rirers and streams, Talbot. Konkan : 

 hilly parts of Salsette, Graham, Woodrow ; without locality, Bitchie, 1831 ! — Distrib. 

 Throughout India; Ceylon, Siam, Malayan Archipelago. 



The unripe fruit is very astringent and an extract is employed in medicine. — It is 

 also used as a tan for fishing-nets. The viscid pulp is used as glue for bookbinding 

 acd also as tar for caulking the seams of boats. See Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. 1. c. 



Diospyros Kali, Linn. f. Siippl. (1781) p. 439. A native of the 

 Khasia hills, China and Japan, occasionally, though rarely, cultivated 

 in Bombay for its edible fruit, which is yellow, about as large as au 

 orange, and known as the Chinese Fiy or Chinese Plum. Y\. B. I. v. 3, 

 p. 555 ; Grah. Cat. p. 107 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 163 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 145.— Veen. Kdki. 



Order LXXIX. STYRACACE^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple ; stipules 0. Flowers 

 usually white (rarely red), regular, hermaphrodite (in the Indian species), 

 usually in axillary or terminal simple or compound spikes or racemes ; 

 bracts usually small, sometimes obsolete. Calyx gamosepalous ; tube 

 more or less adnate to the ovary ; limb 5 (rarely 4) -lobed or truncate, 

 persistent. Corolla-tube reduced to a mere ring ; petals 5 (rarely more), 

 almost free, imbricate (in the Indian species). Stamens adnate in one 

 or more series to the petals, double their number or indefinite ; filaments 

 free or connate ; anthers round or linear. Ovary more or less inferior, 

 2-5-celled ; ovules usually 2 on the inner angle of each cell, pendulous ; 

 style undivided, filiform or rather thick ; stigma capitate, entire or lobed. 

 Eruit drupaceous, usually 1 (rarely 2-3) -seeded. Seeds albuminous ; 

 embryo straight or curved. — Distrib. "Warmer regions of Asia, Australia, 

 and America ; genera 7 ; species about 350. 



1. SYMPLOCOS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, usually glabrous. Leaves often turning yellow when 

 dry, alternate, coriaceous or membranous, toothed or entire, flowers 

 usually white, in axillary spikes or racemes, sometimes reduced to few- 

 flowered fascicles or to a single flower ; bracts usually solitary at the 

 base of each pedicel, caducous ; bracteoles 1-3 beneath the flower. 

 Calyx-tube adnate, short when in flower, often enlarged in fruit ; lobes 5, 

 imbricate. Petals 5 in 1 series, or 6-10 in 2 series, free almost or 

 entirely to the base, or obscurely connate (rarely connate into a tube), 

 imbricate. Stamens usually numerous, oo - seriate, adnate to the 

 corolla-tube or to the petals, the outer the longer; filaments filiform 

 or flattened at the base ; anthers short, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 

 inferior (in the Indian speciesX 3 (rarely 2 or 4) -celled ; ovules 2, 



