552 



xc. EBENACE*;. (C. B. Clarke.) 



acuminate, narrowed towards the subcordate base, soon glabrescent; petiole - in. 

 Malefl. : in short-peduncled small cymes ; calyx ^ in., lobes 3, acute ; corolla fulvous- 

 hairy without ; stamens 8, glabrous. Female fl. on pedicels ~ in. ; bracts minute ; 

 calyx |- in., campanulate, deeply 3-lobed ; corolla-tube somewhat widened, con- 

 stricted under the limb, lobes oblong acute (Kurz} ; ovary 3-celled. Berri-es rather 

 dry, mucronate, smooth, usually 3-seeded. Seeds (Kurz) by \ in., albumen equable. 



SECT. II. Xfolochilus, gen. Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 290 (cha- 

 racter widened to include Rhipidostigma (gen.), Hassk. Retz. 103). Calyx-lobes 

 not much imbricated. Ovary glabrous. 



7. ZK. micrantha, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 133; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong glabrous, female fl. axillary solitary sessile, calyx truncate sub- 

 entire. Holochilus niicranthus, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 291 ; Dalz. fy 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142 ; Bedd. For. Man. 147. 



BOMBAY ; Syhadree Hill, Dahell. 



A middle-sized tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4 by l- in., narrowed at both 

 ends, widest towards the base, coriaceous ; petiole - ^ in'., obscurely rusty-puberulous. 

 Male fl. unknown. Female fl. : calyx in., tubular ; corolla | in., tubular, 3-lobed 

 nearly half-way down ; staminodes 6, distinct ; ovary 6-celled ; styles 3, erect, rather 

 thick, tip obtuse. Fruit 1 by ^ in., 6-celled, 6-seeded ; calyx in fruit |- in. long and 

 as much broad, funnel-shaped. 



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8. 1H. merg-uensis, Hiern in. Trans. Cctmb. Phil. Soc. xii. 134 ; leaves 

 ovate or oblong glabrous, female fl. in dense small axillary cymes, calyx lobed 

 half-way down. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 232, and For. Fl. ii. 139. 



MEEGTJI ; Griffith, Heifer. DISTBIB. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



A small tree ; nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2f in., subobtusely acuminate, base 

 obtusely rhomboid or almost rounded ; petiole \-^ in. Male fl. in compound dense 

 minutely pubescent cymes 1-1 in. diam. ; calyx ^ in., 4- (rarely 3-) merous, lobes 

 triangular or obtuse ; corolla ^ in., shortly 4-3-lobed : stamens 14-16, glabrous; 

 ovary rudimentary. Female fl.: calyx in., 4- (rarely 3-) merous, lobed half-way 

 down ; corolla |- in., 4-3-merous ; staminodes 3 or 6 ; ovary-cells 6, 1-ovulate; styles 

 3, distant, glabrous. Fruit ^ by ^ in. ; calyx in fruit f in. diam., lobes ovate spread- 

 ing. Albumen equable. Kurz I.e. proposes to remove this species to Diospyros, to 

 which in its glabrousness, its usually 4-merous flowers, and the large spreading lobes 

 of the calyx in fruit, it shows much affinity. 



SECT. III. Barberia (Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 107). Calyx- 

 lobes rounded, much imbricated. 



9. M. Maingrayi, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil Soc. xii. 138 ; leaves 

 elliptic or somewhat obovate finally glabrous, fascicles of female fl. 3-5-fld. 

 axillary, flowers 4- (sometimes 5-) merous, flowers and fruits large. 



MALACCA ; Maingay. DISTBIB. Borneo. 



A monoecious tree (Maingay) ; branchlets furfuraceous or subtomentose, soon 

 glabrous. Leaves 4 by 2| in., obtuse, base cuneate, coriaceous ; petiole \ in. Male 

 fl. : calyx 4-partite ; corolla-limb 4-partite, stamens 22 (Maingay). Female fl. : 

 pedicels |- in., densely rusty-woolly ; calyx in., wide-campanulate, rusty-woolly, 

 lobes short ; corolla tube ^ in., glabrous below suddenly dilated upwards, lobes 5 in., 

 narrow ; style short, tip 3-lobed ; ovary narrowly-oblong, glabrous, cells 3, 2-ovulate. 

 Fruits l-2 by 1 in., ellipsoid, 3-1 -celled, cells 1-0-seeded ; calyx-tube in fruit solid, 

 cylindric, by 5- in. ; lobes inxfruit horizontal, i in. diam., round, imbricate. Seed 1 

 by in., cylindric ; albumen strongly ruminated. The flowers are not in a good state 

 for examination, and the ovaries may perhaps not prove always 3-celled ; but Hiern's 

 dissections show conclusively that each cell contains two oblong erect ovules. 



