Diospyros. | Ebenacee. I8I 
deeply lobed; female fls. not seen; fruit ((€mmature?) I in. 
diam., with a large, persistent calyx. 
Low moist country, Rayigam Korale; Galle; near Ratnapura. FI. 
Apr. 
Also in Java and Burma (Koorders). 
Page 94.—For Diospyros Toposia Ham. read: 
4. D. racemosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 4o (1814); Fl. Ind. II, 
p. 536 (1824). D. Toposia Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XV, p. 115 
(1827). 
Page 95.—For Diospyros pruriens Dalz. read: 
6. D. trichophylla sp. nov.* D. pruriens Trim. Fl. Ceyl. III, 
p- 9 (1895); Wright in Ann. Perad. II, p. 15, t. 13 f. 9 (1904) non Dalz. 
Bu-kalavara, S. (F. Lewis). 
‘“ The male inflorescence arises in the axil of a foliage leaf, 
and consists of a raceme of 3-4, pedicellate flowers, the oldest 
being at the base and youngest at the top; primary peduncle 
is reddish-brown, covered with long stiff hairs, 10 mm. long, 
I mm. diameter, widening towards flowers; bracts subtend- 
ing pedicels of each flower reddish-brown, rounded, very 
hairy on lower surface, caducous, 3 mm. long. Flowers 
yellow, measuring 13-25 mm. in length. Calyx green, 8 mm. 
long, 5 mm. diameter at base; segments 4, thin and papery, 
accrescent, linear-oblong, narrow at base, tapering acumin- 
ate-apex, neutral surface covered with long yellowish-white 
hairs 5 mm. in length. Corolla yellowish-white, 13-25 mm. 
long, 24 mm. top diameter when flower open, throat tubular, 
narrow inner surface hairy, ventral surface covered with 
long white hairs, 2-5 mm. diameter, but shows conspicuous 
basal swelling, segmental portion being much longer than 
tube; segments 4, rotate with basal part over-lapping con- 
siderably, tapering acute apex, reddish-brown tint when 
mature, 13 mm. long, 6 mm. wide at base. Stamens 
12-14 forming hypogynous connate group terminating 
receptacle or surrounding hairy rudiment of ovary; in one 
case the connate base of androecium before 7 separate 
stamens, each of which has a short white curved filament 
and grey anther opening introrsely by longitudinal slits, 
and measuring 1-5 mm. long; projecting above this was a 
yellowish-white pedicel 3 mm. long, which terminated in 
5 sessile introrse anthers. The total length of this staminal 
system varies from 5-8 mm., and is the only one of its kind 
met with in Ceylon species. (See pl. XIII., fig. 10). Pistil 
absent or represented by rudimentary disc. Female flowers 
* D. pruriens Dalz. accedit, sed floribus foeminis longepedunculatis 
differt.—Typus: Eratne, H. Wright. 
Part IIf. 
