2. DiosPYROs.] 85. EBENAGEJS. 



a. Evergreen. Fls. white 1" diam. 1-5 together. 



Fr. over 1" diam. with a rusty scurf . . .3. emhryopteris. 

 h. Deciduous. Flowers with the new leaves, 'io-'oo" 

 diam. : — 

 1. Ovary glabrous. Flowers solitary :— 



L. pubescent 1-4". Peduncle slender •25-'3". 

 Frt. globose yellow 1-1'5" diam., sepals 



ovate-lanceolate 1. cordifolia. 



L. often glabrous. Peduncles mostly under 

 •25". Frt. globose to conical greenish- 

 3'ellow, sepals rounded . . . .2. montana. 

 ii. Ovary hairy. Fls. sub-sessile, reflexed sepals 



ferruginous-tomentose in fruit . . .4. ovalifoUa. 

 B. Flowers m.s. or small, under '5" diam. : — 



1. Cor.-tube urceolate or broadly campanulate: — 



L. 4-8". Fls. over '25" diam'. Calyx puberulous . 5. sylvatica. 

 L. l-3'o". Fls. '18" diam., calyx densely hairy. Frt. 



•3" diam 7. chloroxylon. 



2. Corolla tubular, longer than bi-oad :— 



Calyx with cupular tube with a raised rim girting the 



ovary and fruit. Leaves narrow-oblong acuminate 6. ehenum, var. 

 Calyx not cupular. Inflorescence densely hairy. L. ■■ 



elliptic or ell. -ovate ....... 8. melanoxylon. 



II. Cultivated or imperfectly known species. L. 7-10" long 

 exc. in 11 : — 

 Wild. L. oblong or ell. -oblong, glabrous, acuminate . . 9. varieqafa? 

 Cultivated. Leaves of same shape, silvery-silky . . .10. discolor. 

 Cultivated. L. ovate about 4'5" by 2". Frt. 1-3" diam. . 11. Kaki. 



1. D. cordifolia, Roxh. Syn. D. montana, F.B.I, in part; Ban-gab, 



Beng. 



A small tree with dark bark, often thorny with branched thorns, 

 pubescent twigs and small oblong pubescent leaves 1-3" long with 

 cordate or very rounded base. Male cymes mostly 3-flowered, fls. 

 Avhite '25" long, campanulate Avith short spreading lobes. Fern. fl. 

 solitary on slender pedimcles •25-"3" long. Berry globose orange- 

 yellow 1-1'5" diam., albumen somewhat ruminate. Fruiting sepals 

 triangular-ovate usually acuminate, calyx thickened at base but not 

 at all cupular. 



Doubtfully wild in the Northern and Central areas but planted at Purulia, 

 Manbhum. Monghyr ! Undoubtedly wild in the* Southern area: Balasore ! Puri 

 forests, frequent ! Fl. April. Fr. ripens following March-Api-il. Nearlj' or quite 

 evergreen in the damper localities, bearing its flowers on the new shoots. 



Bark on young trees nearly smooth but dark, on old trees rugose. Blaze brown, 

 then yellow. Thorns sometimes bearing leaves. Leaves rarely 3"5 by 1*35", 

 lanceolate or mostly oblong, sometimes oblong-ovate, very small ones at base of 

 twigs often obtuse, others acute or acuminate, sec. n. usually 1-3 near base and 4-5 

 above, weak. Petiole "IS-^S". Male cjmies rarely more than 3-fld., buds conical 

 with saucer-shaped pubescent calyx obtusely lobed, fls. "2" diam. St. about 8 pre. 

 Fem. fl. white, turning brown below and whitish above, calj^x "6" diam., sepals 

 twice las long as the tube, enlarged to '5" in fruit, not .hardened, corolla-tube 

 urceolate-campanulate "2" long, limb '45-'5'' diam,, staminodes 9-13 usually 8. 

 Berry not at all apiculate, flesh very bitter. 



2. D. montana, Roxh., inch D. Kanjilali, Duthie ; Sakamhara, M. ; 



Saratiril, K. ; Gada terel, S. ; Patwan, Kharw. ; Paten, Uran ; Bis 

 Tendu, H. ; Halda, Or. ; Hinjalman, Poten, Gond. 



A small or m.s. tree with smooth reddish or greenish pale bark, 

 glabrous shoots and twigs or sometimes puberulous, and ovate-oblong, 



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