Vicspyros.~\ xc. EBENACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 557 



cordate ovate accrescent soon glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 234 ; Hiern in 

 Tram. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 188. D. calycina, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 68, and Ic. PL 

 Ind, Or. t. 123. 



SHEVAGHERRY HILLS and COURTALLTJM ; Wight. TINNEVELLY HILLS; Beddome. 



A middle-sized tree; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 4 by f-lj in., base 

 cuneate or obtusely rhomboid, shining, coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique, indistinct, 

 reticulating nerves prominent on both surfaces ; petiole - in. Male fl. : cymes 2 in., 

 lax, soon glabrescent, pedicels ^ in. ; calyx ^ in., lobed half-way down ; corolla 

 i in., shortly 4-lobed ; stamens 12-16, somewhat hairy. Female fl. solitary, peduncles- 

 1-1 in.; corolla nearly as in the male; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit in. 

 diam., globose, squamose, glabrescent ; fruiting calyx foliaceous, lobes in. long and 

 broad, cordate-ovate acute. 



12. D. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 1227; leaves elliptic or oblong cuneate 

 or subobtuse at both ends glabrous, flowers sessile clustered, corolla urceolate 

 glabrous without. Thwaites Enutn. 181 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 

 237; Bedd. For. Man. 143. 



SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA ; Coimbatore and Nilgherries, Wight ; Anamallays and 

 Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome. CEYLON, alt. 2-4000 ft., Moon, Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2 in., coriaceous, nerves 

 ultimately distinct ; petiole in. Male fl. 3-6 together, clusters minutely pilose ; 

 calyx 1*0 i n -> wide-campanulate, lobes ^ in., deltoid, hairy on both sides ; corolla g-| 

 in., tubular-campanulate, lobes 4-5 less than half the length of the corolla, ovate ; 

 stamens 13-20, glabrous. Female fl. 2-6 together, resembling the males but rather 

 broader; staminodes 0-7; ovary hairy 4-6 celled (2-celled, fide Wight); style 2-3- 

 lobed. Fruits 1-3 together, in. diam., subsessile, globose, glabrate, usually 1-seeded ; 

 lobes of the fruiting calyx | by i in., reflexed, thick, ferruginous-tomentose on both 

 sides. Albumen equable. 



13. D. nig ricans, Wall. Cat. 6351 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 

 glabrous, male flowers subsessile, calyx-lobes small ovate, corolla tubular nearly 

 glabrous without. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 239 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 

 xii. 207 ; Bedd. For, Man. 144. 



KHASIA MTS. ; H.f. T. SELHET ; Wallich. 



A tree, attaining 50 ft. ; branchlets subpersistently grey-pubescent. Leaves 3 by 

 1^ in., base broad-cuneate, often turning black in drying, chartaceous hardly coria- 

 ceous ; primary nerves slender, indistinct, oblique, reticulating nerves distinct ; petiole 

 in. Malefl. 3-6 together; calyx-tube very short, lobes 4, ^ in., sparsely pilose; 

 corolla ^ in., deeply lobed. Female fl. unknown. Fruit solitary, subsessile f by in., 

 ellipsoid, glabrous, 4-celled ; fruiting calyx divided nearly to the base, blackish ; lobes 

 3 by ^ in., ovate or elliptic, foliaceous, nearly flat and glabrous. 



14. D. varieg-ata, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 73; leaves large 

 broadly oblong acute glabrous, male flowers in very short sparingly pubescent 

 cymes, corolla salver-shaped nearly glabrous without. Hiern in Trans. Camb. 

 Phil Soc. xii. 203 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236, and For. Fl. ii. 

 137. 



ASSAM; Jenkins. PEGU and MARTABAN ; alt. 0-1000 ft., not infrequent, Kurz. 



A tree, attaining 70 ft. (Kurz) ; glabrous. Leaves 7^ by 2-3 in., base cuneate 

 or subobtuse, coriaceous ; primary nerves oblique strong, reticulating nerves distinct; 

 petiole % in. Male fl. : cymes 3-8-flowered, crowded ; calyx | in., 4-lobed more 

 than half-way down, lobes elliptic minutely pubescent ; corolla-tube 5- in., narrowed 

 upwards, lobes 4^- in., ovate, subacute, patent; stamens about 16, anthers glabrous. 

 In an Assam fruiting example (n. 275 Herb. Kew); peduncle | in.; fruit solitary 

 | in. diam., globose, ferruginous-villous ; calyx-lobes 4, f by in., auriculate, ferru- 

 ginous-pubescent within. This was matched with Kurz's male examples of D. 

 variegata by the leaves, apparently correctly by Hiern, who nevertheless hesitated to 



