182 Ebenacee. [ Diospyros. 
yellow, solitary in upper axils of foliage leaves. Peduncle 
16 mm. long, I2 mm. wide, covered with long stiff hairs, and 
often curved so as to place the flower with stigma pointed 
downwards. Calyx green, accrescent in flower; segments 
4-5, oblong, tapering acute apex 8 mm. long, 3 mm. wide 
at base, ventral surface covered with long white hairs, dorsal 
surface rather shiny and subglabrous. Corolla yellow, 
tubular, constricted towards middle, 10-28 mm. long; seg- 
ments 4-5. Staminodes 5 or more, epipetalous, linear; 
anthers and filament glabrous. FPistil greenish-yellow, 
densely coated with long white hairs, styles 2, separate, 
4 mm. long, stigmas 4, yellow ovary depressed, globose, 
4-celled, 5 mm. diameter. Fruit solitary globose, strongly 
apiculate, 20 mm. diameter, 25 mm. high, greenish-yellow, 
covered with long white hairs said to sting, wall thin and 
shrinks considerably a few hours after fruits collected; fruit- 
ing calyx only slightly enlarged, segments inclined or nearly 
horizontal, thin, no cup formed, 11 mm. length, 4 mm. wide 
at base. Seeds 1-4 per fruit, elliptical-wedge to globose-ovoid 
in shape; testa reddish-brown, smooth, 16 mm. long, 10 mm. 
wide, 10 mm. thick; endosperm equable and under great 
pressure in young fruits; embryo white, 6-10 mm. long. 
Timber never black, but white tinged with yellow when 
freshly cut, on exposure turns red; heavy, compact; elements 
partially filled with reddish-brown deposit, low per cent. 
number of tracheal elements, 78°30 to 80-99 per cent. fibres.”’ 
(Wright 1. c.) 
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7. D. attenuata Thw. Kadumberiya, S. (Wright). 
Borulugoda; Tittaveralu Kotha; Linigalla (F. Lewis). Vevella 
(Wright). | 
‘* Timber red with small black decaying heartwood, heavy, very 
compact fine grain; the smallness of the tree, maximum diameter 
being about 160 mm. (6-63 inches) renders it impossible for most 
commercial purposes; tracheal elements are narrow but irregularly 
differentiated, fibres abundant. The medullary rays and vessels have 
characteristic large lamina.’’ (Wright Il. c. p. 154.) 
8. D. acuta Thw. 
Vevella; Virakanda (Wright). 
‘“ Timber when freshly cut is dirty white, but on exposure turns 
red; small trunk, no black heartwood, heavy compact.’’ (Wright 
hie sp? £57.) 
For D. Gardneri Thw. read: 
9. D. Walkeri Guerke in Engl. u. Prantl. Nat. Pfl. IV, I, p. 162 
(1897). Patonia Walkerii Wt. III, I, p. 18 (1831). Diospyros Gard- 
nert Thw. Enum. p. 181 (1860); Wright 1. c. p. 160 f. 1-8 (1904). 
