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EBENACE. 
Diospy Ros. 
l Diospyros sp. 
Gemmæ (apertæ ferrugineo-sericeæ). Folia lanceolato 
vel oblongo-ovata obtuse et breviter cuspidata basi subatte- 
nuata, non coriacea reticulata, long. 4-5 unciali, lat. 13-2 un- 
cialia. 
Fructus solitarii sessiles in ramos. subhorizontales. 
Calyx tubus obconicus crassus magnus limbo 4-fido, mar- 
ginibus insigniter reflexis. Fructus ipse ovatis long. fere un- 
cialis, lat. 8-9 lineales, apice adpressa ferrugineo-pilosus et api- 
culatus breviter; epicarp. precoriaceum duriusculum, pulpa 
copiosiuscula fluida mucilaginosa arctu fibris percursa, 6- 
sperma, long. 6-7 lineal. lat. extrem. 3-4. 
Semina pendula compressa, tegumen. exterius gelatinosum, 
interius pallide brunnescens marginatum, albumen arcte 
adherens densum cartilagineum. Embryo in axi dimidii 
superioris, radicula longa, bilinealis clavata ; cotyledones folia- 
cee lanceolate longitudine circiter radicula. 
Succus subdulcis, astringens. 
Has. Malacca at Ching Nhinghull : January 27th, 1845. 
2 Diospyros argenteus Gr. 
Gemme lanceolati-acuminatz argentez imbricate breve 
Stipitatz. 
Ramuli compressiusculi et tota pars novella, pagina super 
foliorum excepta, nitidissima argenteo-sericea,  demumque 
ferrugineo-argentea vetusta, folia plus minus glabrata subtus 
et glauca. 
Petioli subbilineales, Folia e basi cordata lineari-oblong 
breviter cuspidata, long. 10-uncial.. latit. 3-uncial. integr^ 
bifaria, ria, supra nitentia,: scure, Ven enis 
secondariis Een parum conspicuis, 
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