554 xc. EBENACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Diospyros. 



tube rather shorter than the calyx, lobes f in. elliptic; stamens 12 (sometimes 6-7 ex 

 Hiern), glabrous. Female fl. 1-3 together, subsessile. Fruit 1 by in., ovoid-conic, 

 acute, with scattered fulvous hairs, ultimately nearly glabrous, calyx scarcely accres- 

 cent. Albumen equable. 



3. D. pilosula, Wall. Cat. 4132; leaves narrowly obovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate cuneate or rhomboid at the base, male flowers long-pedicelled in 

 lax cymes, corolla closely silky without. Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 

 xii. 188. Gunisanthus pilosulus, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 220 ; Kurz in Journ. As. 

 Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 232, and For. Fl. ii. 125. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Wallich. PEGU ; Brandis. ANDAMAN ISLDS., Kurz. 



A small tree, attaining 25 ft. (Kurz) ; branchlets adpressedly fulvous-pilose, at 

 length glabrescent. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., base cuneate or scarcely obtuse, hairy prin- 

 cipally on the nerves beneath, ultimately nearly glabrous except the midrib beneath, 

 chartaceous somewhat coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, secondary not conspicuous; 

 petiole i in. Male fl. in lax depauperated subracemose cymes, 4-merous ; bracts 

 i in., ovate, deciduous ; pedicels ^ in. ; calyx-lobes \ in., lanceolate ; corolla-tube 

 \-% in., slender, pilose without; lobes -^ in.; stamens 12, glabrous. Female ft. 

 solitary, calyx and corolla nearly as in the male; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled; 

 young fruit densely rufous hirsute. 



4. D. martabanica, Clarke ; leaves narrowly oblong acuminate obtuse 

 or rounded at the base, male flowers long-pedicelled in lax racemose cymes, 

 corolla fulvous-villous without. Gunisanthus mollis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 1873, pt. ii. 88, 1877, pt. ii. 232, and For. Fl. ii. 126. 



MABTABAN ; east of Tounghoo not infrequent, Kurz. 



A tree, attaining 30 ft. ; branchlets hirsute, persistently villous. Leaves 6 by ^in., 

 when young glabrous above, hirsute beneath with fulvous hair ^ in. long, when 

 mature pilose beneath, chartaceous somewhat coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, 

 secondary not conspicuous ; petiole in. Male fl. in lax depauperated subracemose 

 cymes, 4-merous; bracts | in., ovate, deciduous; pedicels ^-f in., calyx-lobes in., 

 narrowly lanceolate ; corolla-tube ^ in., slender, lobes ^ in., narrow-oblong ; stamens 

 12-14, glabrous, anthers short-oblong, connective hardly produced. Female fl. un- 

 known. Very nearly allied to D. pilosula (Kurz). 



VAR. pellucido-punctata ; leaves 2 in. long. D. vaccinioides, var., Hiern in Trans. 

 Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 231. Andamans ; Kurz. The example exhibits no flowers, one 

 detached imperfect fruit. 



5. D. dasyphylla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 71 ; leaves 

 cordate-oblong acute, male flowers in short ferruginous-villous cymes, corolla- 

 tube densely villous without, stamens about 16. Hiem in Trans. Camb. Phil. 

 Soc. xii. 203 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 237, and For. Fl. ii. 138. 



MAKTABAN HILLS, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis. 



Branchlets persistently fulvous-villous. Leaves 5% by 2f in., fulvous-pilose on 

 the nerves beneath, chartaceous somewhat coriaceous; primary nerves oblique, se- 

 condary not conspicuous ; petiole i in. Malefl.: cymes ^ in., 2-4-flowered ; bracts 

 in., orbicular ; calyx - in., deeply 4-lobed, lobes round-elliptic, ciliate-pilose ; 

 corolla-tube f in., lobes | in., elliptic ; stamens glabrous ; anther-cells narrowly oblong, 

 connective shortly produced above them. Female fl. unknown. 



SECT. II. Embryopteris. Leaves alternate, adult glabrous or (in D. 

 Kaki and D. montana, var.) pubescent. Flowers 4- (rarely 4-5-) merous ; 

 males in small cymes or clustered subsessile (in D.foliolosa in rather larger 

 more numerously-flowered cymes); females subsolitary. Calyx cleft to the 

 base or half-way down (in D. Embryopteris and D. Toposia irregularly, less 

 deeply). Corolla narrowly tubular in bud ; glabrate or nearly so without 

 when expanded (except in D. Kaki), urceolate or salvershaped. Stamens about 

 16 (in D. Embryopteris, D. Kaki and D. assimilis numerous), glabrous or in a 



