Maha.'] lxxxt. ebenace^ (hieen). 517 



ments short ; ovary rudimentary, glabrous. Female flowers 3-5 toge- 

 ther, ^— ^ in. long, on very short puberulous pedicels ; calyx ^ in. long 

 or after the fall of the corolla ^ in. long, campanulate, lobes wide or 

 cordate at the base; corolla not always isomerous with the calyx, 

 deeply lobed, lobes spreading or recurved, oval-ovate, obtuse ; sta- 

 minodes 3-4, glabrous ; ovary glabrous, ovoid-conical, 6-celled ; ovules 

 solitary ; style tridentate ; fruiting calyx lax, not accrescent. Fruit 

 subglobose, about ^ in. diameter, glabrous, glossy, bearing the remains 

 of the style at the apex. Seeds 1 or few ; albumen uniform. 



XOrile Xiand. Abyssinia, 5-6,000 ft, alt., Schimper ! Beccari! 



6. nx. qulloensls, Hlern, Monogr. Eben. p. 132. A glabrous 

 shrub ; branches terete, silvery-ashy ; youngest shoots green. Leaves 

 (rather young) oval, rounded at both ends or slightly cordate at the 

 base, thin, dark-coloured on both sides in the dry state, 1-2^ by 

 ■^-1^ in. ; lateral veins inconspicuous ; petiole very short, Male flowers 

 unknown. Female flowers subsessile, 3-1 together, nearly black in t!ie 

 dry state, apparently rather precocious. Calyx y^^ in. long, glabrous, 

 with 3 ovate lobes which extend two-thirds down the calyx. Corolla 

 unknown. Ovary glabrous, ovoid- conical, 6-celled ; ovules solitary ; 

 style tridentate, glabrous, just exceeding the calyx. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Quiloa, Kirk .' 



4. DIOSPYROS, Dalech. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 665. 



Calyx usually campanulate and 4-5-lobed, rarely 3- or 6-lobed, often 

 accrescent in fruit. Corolla tubular or campanulate or rotate, usually 

 4-5-lobed ; lobes usually spreading or recurved. Stamens 6-qo , usually 

 about 16 and more or less united by their base in pairs or otherwise, 

 inserted at the base of the corolla or hypogynous, in female flowers 

 or usually fewer than in the male and abortive ; anthers linear or lan- 

 ceolate ; filaments usually shorter or almost obsolete. Ovary globose 

 ovoid or conical, 4- or 8-celled, glabrous or hairy, in male flowers rudi- 

 mentary ; styles or style-bmnches 2-4 ; stigmas usually emarginate ; 

 ovules solitary. Fruit globose oblong or conical, coriaceous or thin- 

 skinned, often pulpy inside and edible. Seeds 1-8, oblong or hemi- 

 spherical or globose ; albumen uniform or ruminated. — Trees or shrubs, 

 with alternate shortly petiolate leaves, and usually small axillary soli- 

 tary or shortly cyraose flowers. 



A genus of 172 species, widely scattered over the tropics and warmer parts of the 

 world ; one species occurs at Delagoa Bay, none in other parts of the continent of 

 Africa except the following. 



Albumen of the seeds ruminated. 



Leaves oblong or oval or somewhat obovate. Fruit sub- 

 globose, not polygonal nor verrucose. 

 Leaves usually oblong, glabrescent, thinly coriaceous . 1. D. mespiliformis. 

 Leaves usually broadly oval, somewhat tomentose or 



puberulous beneath, firmly coriaceous .... 1. D. platyphyllo.. 

 X^eayes ovate-oblong. Fruit roundedly 4-sided, verrucosa 'i, D, verrucosa 



