18 EBENACEM. [Diospybos. 



5. D. Chloroxylon, Boxh. Cor. PI. i, 33, t. 49 ; Fl, Ind. ii, 538 ; Eiern in 

 Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 233 ; Brand. For. Fl. 297 ; Ind. Trees 430; F. B. I. 

 Hi, 560 ; Watt E. D. ; Gamble Man, Ind. Timb. 453 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii. 

 105 ; Prain Beng. PI. 653. 



A large shrub cr medium-sized tree, sometimes spinescent. Bar A; deeply 

 cracked. Young parts tomentose. Leaves alternate, l-2i in. long, 

 elliptic or ob ovate oblong, obtuse, or sub-acute at both ends, more or 

 less pubescent above, rusty-tomentcse beneath, nerves obscure ; petiole 

 about £ in., densely hairy. Inflorescence fulvous-pubescent. Flowers 

 white, 4-merous. Male flowers 4-10, in subsessile clusters ; bracts 

 small, elliptic. Calyx subglobose. j\j in. long, ovate, rounded, apiculate, 

 densely hairy outside, glabrous inside. Corolla £ in , urceolate ; lobes 

 acute, hairy outside. Stamens 16, in two rows, the inner one smaller. 

 Few. flowers solitary, sessile. Calyx and corolla larger than those of 

 male flower, btaminodes 7-9, glabrous. Ovary 8-celled, glabrous ; styles 

 4. Fruit globose, | in. in diam., 2-3-seeded, glabrous, fruiting calyx 

 nearly flat. 



Bahraich district of N. Ondh (Duthie's collector). Flowers during the 

 hot season. Distrib. Central and S. India. The yellowish wood is 

 said to be hard and durable. 



6. D. Embryopteris, Pers. Syn. ii, 624 ; Royle III. 262 ; HierninTrans. 

 Camb. Phil Soc. 257 ; Brand. For. Fl. 293; Ind. Trees 434 ; F. B. I. Hi, 

 556; Watt E. D. ; Kanjilal For.Fl. Sch. Circ. 221 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 

 455; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 106; Prain Beng. PI. 653; D. glutinosa, Keen, 

 ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 533.— Vera. Gab, lco.la tendu, kusi (Bundelkhand). 



A medium-sized tree, with many spreading branches forming a compact 

 shady head, quite glabrous except the youngparts and the inflorescence. 

 Baric dark-grey or greenish-black, exfoliating in large pieces. Leaves 

 distichous, spreading, 4 11 in. long and lj-3 in. wide, oblong or oblong, 

 lanceolate, obtuse or bluntly acuminate, rounded at the base, coria- 

 ceous, dark-green, (crimson when young), glabrous and shining ; petiole 

 \ in. long, wrinkled. Floivers 4-merous, white or cream -coloured, sweet- 

 scented. Male flowers 2-7, in short-peduncled drooping rusty pubes- 

 cent racemose cymes. Calyx g in. long, clothed outside with appressed 

 silky hairs ; lobes £-£ in., triangular, pubescent inside. Corolla ^-in. 

 long, tubular-campanulate ; lobes thick, rounded at the apex. Stamens 

 usually about 40, in pairs at the base of the corolla-tube or on the 

 receptacle beneath, subequal; filaments short, hairy; anthers linear, 

 with a line of hairs up the middle. Fem. flowers larger than the male, 

 usually solitary, drooping. Calyx broadly ovate, subcordate at the base,, 

 much enlarged in fruit. Corolla-lobes cordate, obtuse, recurved. Sta- 

 minodes 1-12 (often only 4). Ovary 8-celled, glabrous ; styles 4, stigmaB- 

 lobed. Fruit 1-2| in. in diam., subglobose, covered with deciduous 

 rusty-coloured scurf, yellow when ripe. Seeds 4-8, embedded in gluti*- 

 nous pulp, compressed, smooth, reddish-brown. 



