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xc. EBENACEJE. (C. B. Clarke^.) 



\_Diospyros. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Moosmai, Bor Pani, Nunklao, Nurtiung, H. f. $ T. DISTRIB. 

 Eastern India, China and Japan, cultivated. 



A small tree ; branchlets subpersistently villous. Leaves 4 by 2 in., chartaceous 

 scarcely coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, conspicuous beneath ; petiole ^ in. 

 Malefl. : cymes in., about 3-flowered, pubescent ; peduncles Q~ in. ; bracts 0-|- in., 

 lanceolate -linear ; pedicels hardly any; calyx in., deeply 4-lobed; corolla ^ in. 

 Female fl. solitary; peduncles ^ in.; calyx-lobes ^ in., ovate; corolla ^- by in. ; 

 staminodes 8 ; ovary usually 8-celled ; style hairy, 4-fid. Fruit 1-3 in. diam., 

 globose, edible, very variable in the cultivated plant. 



9. D. Embryopteris, Pers. Syn. ii. 624; leaves oblong obtuse at the 

 base glabrous, male flowers in short cymes, corolla urceolate nearly glabrous 

 without, stamens 24-64 pilose. Wall. Cat. 4123; Sot. Reg. t. 499; A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 235 ; Griff. Notul. iv. 289 ; Thwaites JEnum. 178 ; JSedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 69 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 258 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 234, and For. Fl. ii. 128; Brand. For. Fl. 298. D. glutinosa, Koen. ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 533 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 107. Embryopteris peregrina, 

 Gaertn. Fruct. i. 145, t. 29, tig. 2. E. glutenifera, Roxb. Cor. PL i. 49, t. 70 ; 

 Wight Ic. tt. 843, 844. E. gelatinifera, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 41. Garcinia 

 malabarica, Desrouss. ; Lanik. Diet. iii. 701. Rheede Hort. Mai. iii. t. 41. 



INDIA from the HIMALAYA (from the Jumna eastward, Brandts) to CEYLON and 

 TENASSEHEM, very common ; abundant in Bengal. DISTRIB. Siam, Malayan Archi- 

 pelago. 



A dense tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5^ by 2 in., obtuse or subacuminate, 

 coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, reticulating nerves distinct, slightly elevated 

 above ; petiole - in. Male fl. : cymes |-f in., few- or many-flowered, puberulous 

 or subtomentose ; calyx in. long and broad, adpressedly cinereous silky, or in the 

 more southern examples black silky or almost hirsute, lobes - in., triangular; 

 corolla i by f in., tubular-campanulate, lobes ^ in. ; filaments short hairy, anthers 

 linear more or less hairy. Female fl. 1-5 together, subsessile or cymose ; resembling 

 the male, but larger, calyx-lobes wider, subauriculate at the base ; staminodes 1-12 ; 

 ovary 8-celled, glabrous ; styles 4, lobed at the tips. Fruit usually solitary, 1-2 in. 

 diam., subglobose ; glandular or rusty, usually 4-8-seeded; fruiting-calyx much 

 accrescent, lobes | in., ovate, auriculate, base cordate, nearly glabrous. 



10. X>. Toposia, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 115; leaves oblong 

 acuminate coriaceous glabrous, male flowers in small cymes, calyx spathaceo- 

 valvate irregularly lobed, corolla urceolate nearly glabrous without, stamens 

 about 32 glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 237 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 122 ; 

 Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 263 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 234, and For. FL ii. 128 ; Bedd. For. Man. 144. D. racemosa, Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 40, and FL Ind. ii. 536 ; Wight Ic. t. 416. P. lanceolata, Wall. Cat. 4122. 

 Embryopteris lanceolata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 41. 



SILHET ; Roxburgh. CACHAR ; Keenan. CHITTAGONG ; Kurz. CEYLON ; Gardner, 

 Thwaites. 



A large or middle-sized tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 6^ by 2 in., base 

 obtuse or almost rounded, primary nerves not so oblique as in D. Embryopteris, 

 reticulated nerves very close distinct ; petiole in. Male fl. : peduncles - f in., 

 nearly glabrous ; cymes ^-1 in., often 3-flowered ; calyx | in., lobes irregular, ovate, 

 acute ; corolla in., tubular-campanulate, shortly 4-lobed. Female fl. ehort-peduncled ; 

 calyx and corolla as in the male; staminodes 12-16; ovary 4- (rarely 6-) celled; 

 style 0, stigmas 4. Fruit f-1 in., ellipsoid or subglobose, villous finally glabrate, 

 1-4-seeded ; fruiting calyx f in. across ; lobes patent, villous within. Albumen 

 equable. 



11. D. foliolosa, Wall. Cat. 4143 ; leaves oblong acuminate glabrous, 

 male cymes lax, corolla urceolate glabrous without, calyx-lobes of the female 



