1. Diospybos.] 39. EBENACE&. 



long with cordate or ronnded base. M. cymes usually 3-fld. 

 F. fls. solitary on Blender peduncles J-£" long. Sepals tri- 

 angular-ovate usually acuminate. 



Pura'.ia, Manbhum, C. B. Clarice I Monghyr. Vis. April. Fr. ripens 

 following March-April. Deciduous. New leaves April. This tree is 

 easily separable in the forest from D. montana, Roxb. and indeed usually 

 also in the herbarium. It is rare in Chota Nagpur, but occurs also at 

 Monghyr close by. 



1^. rarely attain 3±" by \{'', lanceolate or mostly oblong-ovate or ovate- 

 lanceo. Very small ones at base of twigs often obtuse. Sec. n. weak, 

 usually 1-3 prs. near base and 4-5 prs. above base. Peti. %-{''. M, fa 

 8-rarely more-fld. cymes, buds conical £''. 8t. about 8 prs. F. white, 

 turning brown below whitish above on drying, not black. Ped. £-£''. 

 Calyx f '' diam. lobes twice as long as tube, enlarged to \" not hardened in 

 fruit. Staminodes variable 9-13. Berry yellow globose not at all apicu- 

 late, about 1-1£'' diam. Flesh very bitter. Albumen somewhat 

 corrugate. 



2. D. montana, Roxb. (includes D. Kanjilali, DutKie)* 

 Sakamhara, M. ; Saratiril, K. ; Gada terel, 8.-, Patwan, Kharw. 



A small or m. s. tree rarely spinose, with smooth reddish 

 flaky bark, glabrous shoots and twigs, and ovate-oblong, ell. 

 or ell.-ovate glabrescent leaves 2-6" with obtuse rounded or 

 sub-acute base. M. fls. green in 3-5 or often more-fld. cymes. 

 Buds conical. F. fls. £-f" diam. solitary on peduncles which 

 rarely attain \" ('exceptionally however J"), sepals 4 broadly- or 

 ovate-oblong with rounded apex coriaceous in fruit. 



Along rivers and nalas, frequent in Singbhum, Palamau and Santal 

 Parganahs ; Manbhum, Camp. ; also near Topchanchi, Hazaribagh (Sitagarh 

 hill, etc.) ; Eanchi, Clarice ; Eanchi ghats above Bamgarh ; Gangpur ; Santal 

 Parganahs iGhormanra, etc.) 



Fls. April-June. Fr. Dec.-Feby. Deoiduoua. 



Twigs sometimes puberulous in the form with pubescent leaves. L. 

 quickly glabrous or with a permanent minute pubescence beneath, at first 

 membranous ultimately coriaceous, obtuse or suddenly acute, more rarely 

 shortly acuminate, base rarely cordate or retuse, sec. n. 7-11 prs. from a 

 very broad mid-rib, raised beneath when old, the first 2-3 prs usually 

 close to base, very finely and evidently retica late between. Petiole $-£." 

 M . buds conical. St. about 16: F. Calyx flat without a distinct tube in 

 fruit, sep. 4 pubescent or puberulous, \'' in fruit sub-coriaceous ovate- 

 oblong spreading or reflexed. Petals purple-black when old. Ovary 8- 

 celled. Styles 4. Fr. 1" globose to somewhat oblong or with short 

 oonical tip, seeds 4-8 rarely 2. Albumen equable. 



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