Diospyros.] Ebenacee. 185 
may not bear bracteoles; yellow fragrant. Calyx green, out- 
side finely pubescent, 9 mm. total length, diameter 4 mm. 
segments 4, rarely 3, deeply cut, tapering acute apex, thick, 
6 mm. long. Corolla yellow, outside covered with short 
white hairs, 16 mm. long when unopened, diameter of open 
flower at top 20 mm. segments 4, rarely 3, rotate, tapering 
acute apex, 10 mm.-:long. Staminodes 4, epipetalous, 
alternate with corolla segments; in one case there were eight 
separate staminodes each typical in form and having barren 
anthers; anthers barren, brown tapering apex but not apicu- 
late 2 mm. long; filaments white, glabrous, 1-5 mm. long. 
Pistil with 4 stigmas, yellowish-watery appearance, thin and 
undulating; style stout, 4 mm. long, 1-5 mm. diameter; 
ovary small, greenish, nearly glabrous, 8-celled, the loculi 
of adjacent pairs becoming grouped opposite the middle of 
calyx segments. Fruit solitary, terminates young shoot, 
ovoid-attenuate, 30 mm. long, 12 mm. diameter, green, 
glabrous. Some fruits have a broad base and taper quickly 
towards apex; others are narrow at base and strongly atten- 
uate at apex; fruiting calyx woody, enlarged, forming deep 
cup for fruit, total length 18 mm. diameter.’’ (Wright 1. c. 
pe 555). 
‘*'The timber when freshly felled is white or dirty white in colour, 
with a hollow decayed centre. Young trees 75 mm. (3 inches) diameter 
are invariably hollow in the centre, and large trees measuring 480 mm. 
diameter possess only a narrow peripheral band of dirty white living 
wood, the central and median portions being quite rotten. On exposure 
the timber changes to a darker colour with irregular streaks of black, 
often giving a pattern to the transverse section similar to what has 
been noted in D. ovalifolia.’? (Wright 1. c.) 
Fase 10T.— 
17. D. Thwaitesii Bedd. Kadumberiya, S. (Wright). 
Palakeli, near Udugama (Wright). 
‘‘ The sapwood when freshly cut presents a dirty appearance while 
the heartwood is light red. There is no real black heartwood, only 
small black traces here and there. The coloured materials in the 
various elements are small in quantity; fibres are abundant and 
medullary rays poor, hence an even-grained timber results. Rings of 
growth sometimes conspicuous, the light narrow rings measuring 
0°2-1'2 mm. radical diameter and being distanced 2-8 mm. radically 
from one another.’’ (Wright 1. c.) 
18. D. Moonii Thw. Kadumberiya, Kaluvella, S. (Wright). 
Penigival Forests; Kadavatte; near Galle; Hiniduma (Wright). 
‘* A typical red wood with occasional small black strands; black 
heartwood absent or small; the elements are feebly lignified, even the 
fibres; vessels have rather large transverse dimensions. The colour- 
ing substances are not very abundant. The timber is much inferior 
Part Iit. 
