520 Lxxxi. EBENACE^ (hiekn). [Diospyros. 



peduncle ; fruiting peduncles stout, thickened upwards with a wide 

 articulation at the apex, nearly ^ in. thick, puberulous or subglabrate, 

 ^f in. long, patent. Fruiting calyx subtomentose-puberulous on both 

 sides, spreading, 4-fid, ^'^ in. diam., with depresso-deltoid lobes slightly 

 recurved at the apex. Fruit oblong or globose, pulpy, roundedly 4- 

 sided, verrucose, at length smoother, with pale ferruginous short pu- 

 bescence between the raised warty prominences, bluntly umbonate at 

 the apex, 1-lJ in. long by ^-1 in. across from one side to the opposite 

 side, 4-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. Seeds |~J in. long, enclosed in a thin 

 chartaceous envelope, transverse section q. quadrant of a circle of 

 radius f\) in., showing several intrusions of the testa into the albumen 

 corresponding with the depressed lines on the exterior of the seed ; 

 embryo nearly straight, nearly the length of the seed ; i*adicle superior, 

 much shorter than the compressed 1-3-nerved cotyledons. In one 

 case the calyx was triangular and flat. The pulp of the fruit is eaten. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Prov. Zanguebar, Kirk ! Zambesia, Rovuma River, 20 miles 

 above the mouth, Kirk / 



4. jD. batocana, Riern^ Monogr. Eben. p. 174. A large bush, 

 quite or nearly glabrous .except the buds and inflorescence ; branches 

 dark-ashy. Leaves oval-oblong, more or less rounded at both ends, 

 firmly coriaceous, shining above, whitish beneath, glabrous or with a 

 few minute black setae beneath, with reflexed margins and veins in 

 delicate relief on both sides, 2-2^ by |-1 in. ; petiole j—^ in. long, 

 angular, wrinkled, often twisted or recurved. Male flowers clustered, 

 several together, sessile, on fuliginous — and ferruginous-hispid nodules 

 of the branches of the previous season ; bracts at the base of the calyx. 

 Calyx fuliginous- and ferruginous -hispid on both sides, 5-lobed at the 

 apex. Corolla fuliginous-hispid outside, pale and glabrous inside, 5- 

 cleft, crass, ovoid ; lobes obtuse. Stamens 12-16 (?), glabrous, 

 unequal ; filaments short. Ovary represented by ferruginous hairs. 

 Female flowers unknown. 



Soutb Central. Batoka Country, Setoka, fruit eaten, Kirk ! 



5. D. senensls, Klotzsch in Peters, Mossamb. Bot, i. p. 183. A shrub 

 jfrom 10 ft. to a tree of 30 ft. ; branches terete, pale-ashy or reddish ; 

 young shoots yellowish-pubescent. Leaves obovate-oblong, suddenly 

 narrowed or acuminate or occasionally rounded at the apex, wedge- 

 shaped or nearly rounded at the base, membranous, subglabrescent and 

 deep green above with depressed midrib, somewhat yellowish-pubescent 

 or subglabrescent beneath, 2-7 ^ by 1-3 J in, ; petiole hairy, y^o~2 ^"* 

 long. Inflorescence axillary, in short 1-5-flowered cymes, yellowish- 

 pubescent ; peduncles rV~4 i^- lc>ng ; bracts small, caducous, at the 

 base of the very short pedicels ; flowers dioecious, occasionally sub- 

 hermaphrodite or polygamous, greenish-yellow, fragrant. Calyx tubu- 

 lar, subtruncate or with 4 short rounded lobes at the apex, ^-^^ in. long, 

 hairy on both sides, somewhat accrescent. Corolla tubular, about twice 

 the length of the calyx, 4-cleft, glabrous except a hairy line outside down 

 the middle of each of the oblong obtuse lobes, Stamens 16, in pairs, gla- 



