~ DIOSPYRUS, 289 
Fructus axillares fere subsessiles, basi l-bracteata, calyce 
4-sepalo, sep. maximis oblongis, concavis, obtusis (lustre 
really metallic) extus argentissime sericeis intus venosis, 
long. 17-18 lineas, lat. 10-11 metientem. `F. ipse oviformis 2 
. unciali et 5 lin. long. lat. 14 uncial strigossissime pilis virides- 
centi-albidis breve cuspidatus stylo base (epicarpio vel cuticula 
viridi homogenea albo-cellulosa except immatura) 8-locu- 
laris, 
Semina 6 subcylindric. utrinque paullo attenuata, longi- 
tudine fere fructus tegumentum album cellulosum. Albumen 
cartilagineum., Embryo in superum partem albuminis. 
Radicula clavata crassa. Cotyledones oblonge 31 lineales, 
longitudine circiter radicule. 
D. discolori aff. foliatione. 
. Han. Malacca: January 27th, 1845. 
2. Dispyros embryopteris. 
Arborea dioica, fol. oblongis obtusis coriaceis integerrimis, 
reticulatis, marginibus cartilaginosis. ^ Paniculis e ramis 
vetustioribus ortis vel terminalibus cymosis, cymis secundis, 
3-chotomis, sepiusque 3-floris. floribus majusculis ochroleu- 
cis suaviter odoratis. —Pedunculis pedicellis calycibusque 
extus, bracteisque, atro-ferrugineo pubescent. : 
Jal, 4-5 dentata, dentibus subovatis szepius acutis. 
Cor. urceolato-campanulata, imbricata, 4-fido, laciniis sub- 
cordatis revolutis, zestivat. ? 3 
tam, indefinite hypogyna. Filam. libera breviss. Anth. 
adnate bilocul. longit. dehiscens, apiculo papilloso emargi- 
mato integrove, Connectiv. utrinque praesertim intus piloso. 
Rud, ovarium central. | 
- Has. Ad littoram Insular. alibique circa Mergue, vulgate 
urit. Amherst ad littoram arenosam : Dec, 1834. 
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