[1. DlOSPYBOS, 



Fam. 69. EBESACEiTC. 



1. Diospyros, L. 



Trees, rarely shrubs, with alternate (or sub-opp. oropp. in 

 D. tomentoaa) entire leaves with alt. sec. n, and small or m. 

 8. green, white, or yellowish, dioecious flowers ; the males in 

 3-more flowered cymes, the females usually solitary. Oalyx 

 8-5-lobed, often nearly to base, persistent and usually 

 enlarged in fruit. Corolla tubular, salver-shaped or campa- 

 nulate with lobes twisted to the right, M. fi. with 8-64 

 stamens, often in pairs, hypogynous, anthers linear, pis til] ode 

 present. F % fi. with 0-16 staminodes. Ovary 4-10-celled, 

 alternate dissepiments sometimes imperfect. Cells 1 -ovuled. 

 Styles short 2-4. Fr. a berry, sometimes nearly dry, 2-8- 

 seeded with usually remains of the suppressed cells. Seed* 

 oblong. Albumen ruminate (D. tomentosa and sometimes 

 D. sylvatica) or not. 



L. oblong or oblong-bfaceolate tinder 4 7 pubescent, 



base cordate 1. cordifolia. 



L. ell. glabrous or glabrescent '3-6", r acute or obtuse, 



finely reticulate between the 7-11 prs. sec. n. . 2. montana. 



L. ell. 4-8'' glabrous narrowed or acuminate both ends, 

 not finely reticulate between the 4«8 prs. slender 

 inarching sec. n. .... 3. sylvatica. 



L. oblong or narrow-oblong 5-9'' glabrous, not acumi- 

 nate, base rounded, sec. n. not raised . . . 4. Embrycpicm. 



L. oblong or ell -oblong 7- 10'' glabrous base sub- 

 obtuse or cuneate, sec. w, distinct raised beneath • 5. variegata. 



L. in shape and size much as in 5, silvery silky beneath (discolor), 



L. broadly-ell. to sub-orbicular with rounded base 

 4-12 7 , more or less hairy or tomentose beneath. 

 Nerves strong. Eeticulations impressed above . 6. tomentosa. 



As in 6, but L. narrowed both ends Eeticulations 



raised above • . 7. meianozylon. 



1. D. Cordifolia, Roxb. Syn. D. montana of F.B.I. 

 (part). Bangab, Beng. 



A small tree, sometimes spinose, with very rugose dark 

 hark, pubescent twigs and small oblong pubescent leaves 1-3* 



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