540 LXXXIX. SAPOTACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Isonandra. 



secondary nerves subparallel. Thwaites n. 45. This approaches /. lanceolate/, in the 

 acuminate leaves, but otherwise is not like it. A smaller form of this has the 

 leaves 5| by f in., rostrate. 



VAB. angustata; leaves 3^ by in. obtuse. Thwaites nn. 179, 191. 



VAB. acuminata, Gardn. ms. ; leaves broadly obovate-oblong abruptly obtusely 

 acuminate. This is perhaps near /. lanceolata var. anfractuosa. 



VAB. montana, Thwaites Enum. 177 ; leaves elliptic-obovate obtuse coriaceous, 

 secondary nerves reticulated not subparallel. Thwaites n. 3092. Hardly differs from 

 /. Wightiana type. 



VAE. compta, Thwaites ms. ; mature leaves densely silky beneath with rich brown 

 hair. Thwaites n. 3912. 



ANOMALOUS SPECIES. 



7. I. DIPLOSTEMON, Clarke ; leaves elliptic-obovate obtuse glabrous, stamens 15-18. 

 Diospyros obovata, Wight Ic. t. 1226. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Wight. 



Leaves 5 by 2| in., base obtuse or rounded ; petiole ^ in. Flowers small, minutely 

 rusty-villose, in axillary fascicles. Calyx-lobes 4, ~ in., imbricate. Corolla-lobes 

 5-6. Stamens 15-18, 1-seriate, filaments short hairy ; anthers lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Wight's examples are good, but have buds only : these so closely resemble those of 

 Isonandra that Beddome (in For. Man. 238) considers this species as merely an 

 anomalous state of Isonandra Wightiana. The figure of Wight accurately shows the 

 style ; there is hardly any trace of a cavity in the ovary, far less of an embryo ; but 

 in this respect it agrees with the neighbouring species of Sapotacece at the same early 

 stage of development : there is no ground for supposing these buds male. 



5. DXCHOFSXS, Thwaites. 



Trees ; shoots rusty-tomentose. Leaves obovate or oblong, petioled, coriaceous. 

 Flowers fascicled, axillary, or on the naked branchlets below a terminal tuft of 

 leaves. Calyx-lobes 6, 2-seriate, outer 3 valvate, inner 3 imbricate. Corolla- 

 lobes 6, imbricated or contorted. Stamens 12-18 (usually 12), attached near 

 the base of the corolla, 1-seriate or the alternate a little higher up, filaments 

 short or long ; anthers lanceolate, dehiscence extrorse or lateral, connective 

 produced acute or bifid; staminodes 0. Ovary villous, 6-celled or (jide 

 Thwaites) rarely 4-3-celled; style linear. Berry fleshy, ellipsoid or ovoid, 

 2-1-seeded. Seed exalbuminous, testa crustaceous; cotyledons large, fleshy. 

 Species 30, in S. India, the Malay peninsula and islands ; 1 in Samoa. 



* Species of Ceylon. 



1. D. petiolaris, Thwaites Enum. 176 ; leaves long-petioled elliptic 

 cuneate at both ends, pedicels 1 in. rusty-tomentose. Bassia petiolaris, Bedd. 

 For. Man. 140, and Fl. Sylv. i. 254. 



CEYLON ; Ambagamowa district, Hinidoon and Eeigam Corles, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 4 by 1-3 in., broadly or narrowly elliptic, glabrous, coria- 

 ceous, primary nerves distinct oblique, secondary laxly irregularly reticulated, not 

 prominent; petiole f-l* in. Pedicels 2-5 together, clustered near the end of the 

 branches. Calyx-lobes \~l in., ovate, subacute, rusty-tomentose. Corolla f in., 

 white, tube hairy within. Stamens 12; filaments short; anthers minutely 2-horned 

 at the apex, 6 opposite the corolla-lobes subextrorse, 6 alternate subintrorse. Ovary 

 6-celled. Fruit 1 in. diam., on erect much thickened pedicels, subspherical, 1-seeded. 



2. D. grandis, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 658; leaves obovate obtuse or 

 abruptly shortly acuminate, pedicels ^-1 in. rusty-tomentose. Isonandra grandis, 

 Thwaites Enum. PL Zeyl. 176. Bassia grandis, Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 254. 



CBTLON ; alt. 6000 feet, Walker, &c. 



A huge tree. Leaves 10 by 4 \ in., base cuneate, glabrous ; petiole f in. Pedicels 



