69. EBENACEJZ. [1. Diospybos. 



This tree attains 4 ft. girth, but is not much used. The leaves contain 

 much tannin and are used to kill fish. The form with leuvee pale or 

 minutely pubescent beneath is found in drier places as on shady sideB of 

 hills. 



•(Note.— There may be two Bpeoies included here, but D. Kanplali as 

 described and fignred in Ind. For. XXXI, 307, appears to Dr. Hiern and 

 myself as almost typical montana of Roxburgh's figure and description. 

 The only positive characters that differ are in the number of staminodes, 

 but I find both number of stamens and esp. of staminodes a most variable 

 character, the latter may be 2, 4, or 8, the number of flowers in a cyme is 

 also very variable. D. cordifolia on the other hand is quite distinct as 

 Roxburgh described it, ( Vide also Addenda.) 



3. D. sylvatica, Boxb. Gada tiril, gara tiril, K.; &.; 



Maka kend, S, (but the true Maka kend is No. 4). - 



A tree sometimes large (60 ft. by 5 ft. girth) with smooth 

 black and white bark, twigs usually tubeiculate or pustulate 

 with lenticels, narrow elliptic or ell .-oblong generally acumi- 

 nate glabrescent leaves 4" by 2" to 8" by 3£* with cuneate or 

 sub-acute rarely obtuse base. M. fls. in small dense cymes, 

 cymes racemed, buds globose. F. fls. 1-3 together very 

 numerous, sub-sessile on a short very stout peduncle under •£* 

 long. Clusters often racemose. Calyx in fruit with a short 

 but distinct campannlate tube, sepals often only 3, sometimes 

 5, about §" long, broadly oblong obtuse, very coriaceous, 

 usually with reflexed margins. Fr. only ^-f" diam. 



Singbhum, along streams, rather scarce. Santal Parganahs in similar 

 situations, frequent. Fls. April. Fr. Jany.-Feby. 



Crown large and low. Twigs pubescent or glabrous. 2~ glabrous* or 

 puberulous on the ribs. Bee. n. 4hH prs. slender arching some distance 

 from margin, not finely reticulate between, first 2-3 prs. usually close to 

 base. Leaf -buds linear tomentose. Petiole 4-f ". Sf. about 20. Fr. olive- 

 green globose or oblong glabrous or nearly so with broad base, very 

 rarely attaining f 7 , usually very numerous below the leaves, the calyx 

 circumsciss at base leaving the short nobbed pubescent peduncles. Seeds 

 1-4, testa with a crimson juice. Albumen ruminated or nearly equable. 



4. D- Embryopteris, Pers. Gara tiril, Kendu, K.\ Makar 

 kenda, 8.'; Tend, Kharw. 



A handsome tree with low spreading branches almost to 

 the ground, with smoethish black bark, coriaceous oblong or 

 narrowly oblong glabrous shining leaves 5'' by 11" to 8* by 2V 



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