558 xc. EBENACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Diospyros, 



describe the fruit of D. variegata from it. Griffith's Assam examples, referred to by 

 Hiern 1. c. 223, were finally referred to 2). variegata, with which the leaves exactly 

 agree ; the examples exhibit only leaves and dense panicles 4-6 in. diam. of abortive 

 buds : these are doubtful. 



15. D. Ebenum, Koenig ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 234 ; leaves elliptic obtuse 

 or obtusely cuneate at both ends coriaceous reticulating nervation hexagonal 

 prominent, male fl. in short-peduncled cymes, corolla tubular glabrous without 

 riot clavate in the bud, stamens about 16. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40, and FL Ind. 

 ii. 529; Wall. Cat. 4120; Wight Ic. t. 188; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 108; Sedd. 

 FL Sylv. t. 65 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 208, partly. D. Ebenaster, 

 Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 529, not of Retz. 



SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA ; fide Beddome. ASSAM ; Griffith (an culta ?). CEYLON ; 

 alt. 2-5000 ft., frequent. DISTRIB. Malaya (Hiern). 



A large tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4 by If in., coriaceous; primary 

 nerves oblique; petiole f- in. Male fl. 3-12 together, almost fascicled on pe- 

 duncles 0-^ in. ; calyx in., funnel-shaped, nearly glabrous, lobes 4, not reaching 

 half-way down, rounded, glabrous or ciliate-pubescent on the margins ; corolla-buds 

 J in., narrower upwards, lobed half-way down ; filaments minutely pilose, anthers 

 linear glabrous, connective long produced. Female fl. solitary, very shortly peduncled ; 

 calyx larger than in the male ; style 1, stigmas 4; ovary 8-celled. Fruit f in diam., 

 globose, glabrous or adpressedly pubescent ; fruiting calyx a subhemi spheric wooden 

 cup, fitting the base of the fruit ; below its margin without spread the 4 ovate calyx- 

 lobes. No specimens seen from Bengal except cultivated. Thwaites sends a variety 

 in which the primary nerves of the leaves are more distant and very oblique. 



16. D. assimilis, Bedd. in Madras For. Rep. 1866-7, 20, t. 1 ; leaves 

 broadly o"blong acuminate glabrous thin reticulating nervation rhomboidal con- 

 spicuous, male fl. in short-peduncled cymes, calyx pubescent, corolla tubular 

 glabrous without not clavate in bud, stamens 24-32. D. nigricans, Dalz. in 

 Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 110; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 141, not of Wall, nor of 

 Bedd. D. Ebenum, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 208, partly. 



MALABAE ; Concan and Canara, Dalzdl ; South Canara, Beddome. 



Leaves more parallel-sided than in D, Ebenum, much thinner in texture, drying 

 black. Calyx more pubescent, lobed more than half-way down. Filaments glabrous, 

 anthers linear, connective hardly produced. The examples are all male, but the tree 

 seems closely allied to D. Ebenum (Beddome), with which Hiern unites it. 



17. X>. clavigfera, Clarke; leaves elliptic obtusely rhomboid at both 

 nds glabrous coriaceous reticulated nervation obscure, male fl. in small dense 

 cymes, corolla tubular glabrous without clavate in the bud, stamens about 

 16 glabrous. D. Ebenum, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 208, partly. 



MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3635), Maingay (n. 971). 



Whole plant glabrous, except the minutely ciliate-pilose margin of the calyx. 

 Leaves 2f by ! in. (much larger occur), drying red; petiole | in. Male fl. 3-16 

 together in very small subsessile cymes ; calyx in., divided deeply; lobes 4, obtuse; 

 corolla (in the bud) ^ in., glabrous, the upper portion containing the lobes much 

 thicker than the tube ; anthers oblong, connective very shortly produced. Female fl. 

 and fruit unknown. 



SECT. III. Brachyanthos. Leaves alternate. Flowers small, 4- 

 (rarely 3- or 5-) merous ; males in very small cymes (or in D. microphylla almost 

 fascicled), females solitary or (in D. Kurzii) in very small cymes. Calyx 

 nearly 4-partite, larger in the female, accrescent in fruit. Corolla subglobose in 

 the male bud, when expanded urceolate small, glabrate (in D. fiTMmYcinereous- 

 lomentose). Stamens 12-24, glabrous or slightly hairy ; anther dehiscing at 



