Dioapyros."] MENACED. 247 



ORDER LXV. 



Containing 2 Indian Genera of lives or shrubs, Maba and Diovpyrot, A full 

 description of all the species of this Order is found in Mr. W. P. Hiern's " Monograph 

 of the Ebenacea?," Cambridge Phil. Soc. Trans, xii. 1873. 



Mala contains 5 species. M. niyresccns, Dalz. and Gibs. Bombay Flora, 

 p. 142. Vern. Ralctrura, Kan., is a small tree of the Western Ghats. M. buxifolia, 

 Pers. ; Beddome cxlviii. ; Kurz ii. 139 (Ferriola buxifolia, Willd. ; Eoxb, Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 790.) Vern. Iramballi, eruvalli, humbilli, Tarn. ; Nella maddi, alii, pishinna, 

 Tel. ; Kalu-hdbaraleya, Cingh. ; Mepyoung, Burin., is a small evergreen tree of South 

 India and Tenasserim ; it is said to have a dark-coloured, hard and durable wood, 

 weighing according to Skinner, No. 89, 58 Ibs. ; P = 875. M. micrantha, Hien:. 

 (Holochilus micranthus, Dalz. ; Beddome cxlvii.), is a tree of the Sahyadri hills of 

 the Bombay Ghats. M. merguiensis, Hiern ; Kurz ii. 139, is a small tree of the 

 Mergui Archipelago. M. andamanica, Kurz ii. 140, is an evergreen shrub of the 

 Andaman Islands (see page 253). 



1. DIOSPYEOS, Linn. 



Contains 41 or 42 species. From the list given below, which has been taken from 

 Mr. Hiern's Monograph, it will be seen that 4 species are found in Northern India, 

 15 each in Burma and South India, 9 in Eastern Bengal and 6 in the Andamans ; 

 most of the Ceylon species have been omitted : 



Section I. MELONIA 



Section II. EBENUS 



10. D. oocarpa, Thw S. India, Ceylon. 



11. D. qucesita, Thw Ceylon. 



Section III. NOLTTA 



12. D. Brandisiana, Kurz . . . Burma. 



13. -D. pruriens, Dalz S. India, Ceylon. 



Section IV. GUNISANTHUS 



14. D. foliolosa, Wall $. India. 



15. D. pilosula, Wall E. Bengal, Burma, Andaman*. 



16. Z>. paniculata, Dalz. . . . S. India. 



Section V. GUIACANA 



17. D. Horsfieldii, Hiern . . . Burma. 



