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lub and Retzms m 1789). Purther, Miquel makes no mention 

 r'^^ .?^*7' ^umpliius gives various vernacular terms 

 applied to Hebenaster" bj tlie natives of the different islands— 

 a lew o± these bemg Ahuelloe, Gamoviong, Lolin, Lorin, all of 

 which, according to I^ilet, are popular names for D. Ebenum. 



ih!:^A '''^ ^""^^ Rumphius' description and figure, we find 

 t^at they agree more closely with D. Ebenum than with D. 



ha.W '' r*'^^^ i"" *^-^ }'^'''' ^''""S acute at the apex and 

 nervpf J, ^''' ^i"^? T^^"" ^ ^^^ i^^"'« a* ^^^ bases of the 



M::LXII '' t^^-efore, that Eumphius' plant is D. 



in TeioilTr+t *° ^'I'.r ' Main^ay's specimen 975 bears a note 



i07Tfii ih V!''^- *n'* ?' P^^^* i« cultivated, while Loher 

 4U7 IS from the Botanic Garden at Manila. 



beinffintrndl ^-^T'^!?" "'t.*^'^' P°^^*^ ^° Diospyros Ebenaster 

 thTSantTAnn '"^ ? \\' East Indies. The earliest record of 

 hi vi'f tJ th/pvr^^ of Sonnerat, who found the tree on 



'' Vovai k ].^n^, {F^n '■ ' ^^^,? <5escribed and figured it in his 



this date is cred ble trtL^'^,^[^'^>^^.^^ --, -^-^-'^ before 

 with Mexiro 7.^ V w . X ^iPP'^^® ^^^e kept in close touch 

 galleorwhTch 1- f%^-S'^-I''^''' ^y means of the Spanish 



farlTlTtl centuxl . rn'!i^\'^^^"^^^ ^^^"^ *^^ 1^^^ 16tli or 

 This^ period waHJP f " ^^! beginning of the 19th century. 



Spania'rif anTvar.:l£?! u^°^-f-- among ti 



^^.x^^c!> leii us |;jia^ many 



some economic value) were introduce 



West 



P- 485, is apparently 



its locality in the A^f 111 - ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Indies, and -ives 

 5i«^Z872.» ThrfarttWn' ?'^P" Toa-Alta in montibus; 

 mountams would «m?p;;.i! P^^^* ^^^ ^o^^^i growing in the 

 following iraHtles^^-r^t^M"^'^^'^^^- "^^^an also gives the 

 Mexico, Brasn^^sul.pM'l^''''''^f*' Guadeloupe, Dominica, 

 of Duss^hat the C s c\S^^^^ ^^^ '^^^ on the authority 



It was found growinlfn +\! ^/''.^'^?''°^^ *« ^^^ Antilles since 

 Duss' discovefLs leave^i.t ""^^i' W^^ ^^*^"or «f Guadeloupe. 



tree In varioS wTd XceT K' * "*^'*^^"^' ^°^ ^«^ ^-^^ *^^^ 

 abondant dans les bm« /, ^^^' ..^^s own words are, " Assez 



jes bols des B^ii" Jaunes etX Gom' P^^^--^' P^- -re dans 



es hauteurs de Bouillnntl ?T ^"^^^^^^J ^e rencontre aussi dans 



bois inferieurs de la S/^-'' ^.^Trois-Diables), et dans les 



Martinique.- ^^ ^^o^nte-Noire (No. 2573): II n'est pas a la 



in the Kew He?CiumT.'nT T1'i^^^°^ Dlospyros Ebenaster 

 from Mexico, i5of'S??09 fZ n "^^ "'^*'^- ^^ *^« specimens 

 that t^,e tree is native tW^WB?^" ^"^^^ ^PP^^ to indicate 

 2327 from the valley of CotdlA ^^u?^ ' specimens 1823 and 

 of Hiern). TTrb;./ ?: i^P^^^^f^a arc cultivated fon fhr. n^.tT-nrltv 



of Hiern). 

 no mpT»+im 



Kovae 

 cana " 



makes 

 ntae 



(2nd ed.), p: 237, speak of it'r n- ^^ *^^ " ^^°- M^^^" 



' speak of It as Dwspjjros Tlilzapotl, and 



