180 Ebenacee. [ Diospyros. 
Page 93.—For Diospyros Embryopteris Pers. read: 
Calyx not greatly enlarged in fruit; male fis. 
yellow : 
Fruit under 2} in. long, oblong; hairs on bud- 
scales brown; lvs, dark green; fem. fis. 1 in. 
across ‘ ‘ é : . 3. D. MALABARICA. 
Fruit over 3 in. long; globose; hairs on bud- 
scales black; lvs. light green; fem. fls. 3 in. 
across : : : : : ; . 3a. D. ATRATA. 
Calyx greatly enlarged in fruit, as long as fruit; 
male fls. white ; hairs in bud-scales black . 3b. D. ALBIFLORA. 
3. D. malabarica Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. III, p. 1099 
(1831-6). D. glutentfera Wall. Cat. no. 4123 B (1828). Embryopteris 
glutenifera Roxb. Cor. Pl. I, p. 70 (1795); Kord. & Val. Boomsoorten 
op Java I, p. 43 (1808) (globularia). D. Embryopteris Pers. Syn. II, 
p. 624 (1807). D. peregrina Gamble Fl. Madr. p. 777 (1923) non 
Embryopteris peregrina Gaertn. Garcinia malabarica Desr. in Lamk. 
Enicyel. 111, p. yor (1791). 
3a. BD. atrata sp. nov.* D. Embryopteris var. atrata Thw. Enum. 
p. 178 (1860). 
A tree; twigs green; young parts covered with black hair, 
leaves lanceolate, glabrous, 5-7 in. long, often acuminate, 
thinner than in D. glutenifera, veins less prominent than in 
D. albiflora; petiole under 4 in. long; male fl. 4 in. long, 
3-8 together, on short pedicels; cal. cup-shaped, subtruncate, 
covered with black hair; cor. greenish-white, broadly cam- 
panulate, 4 in. across, 4-lobed; stam. numerous, pubescent; 
fem. fl. scarcely larger, I-2 together, calyx with black hair 
on the inner surface; cor. 0-4 in. diam., pinkish-white; styles 
4; ovules 8; fruit over 3 in., globose, brown; seeds 1 in.: 
long, 0-6 in. broad; embryo with a large radicle. 
Low country, in the intermediate zone; rather rare. Alutnuvara; 
Kadugannava; Gattekellie. Fl. May, July, Sept. 
Also in S. India (Gamble). 
Thwaites has written ‘‘ Calamander ”’ on one of the paintings, so 
the wood may be similar. 
3b. D. albiflora sp. nov.t D. Embryopteris var. nervosa Thw. 
Enum. p. 178 (1860) non D. nervosa Phil. 
A tree; twigs green; young parts covered with black hair; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, rounded at base, acumin- 
ate; lamina 3-5 in. long, coriaceous; veins very prominent 
below, less prominent above; petiole about 4 in. long; male 
fl. white, 3-5 together, on short pedicels; cal. campanulate, 
* D. malabarice Kostel. affinis, sed pilis nigris differt.—Typus : 
Dpwates CP. 2731; Ff. Silva 25; 
+ D. atrate affinis, sed calycis lobis marjoribus differt.—Typus : 
Thwaites C.P. 1910. 
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