562 xc. EBENACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Diospyros. 



28. D. lanceeefolia, Roxb. Cat. PL Fl. Ind. (1813), and Fl. 2nd. ii. 

 537 ; leaves oblong or lanceolate acuminate glabrous coriaceous, male fl. sessile 

 clustered, corolla salvershaped fulvous-tomentose without, calyx-lobes in the 

 female flower ovate with reflexed margins. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 232 ; Hiern. 

 in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 213 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236, 

 and For. Fl. ii. 136. D. multiflora, Wall. Cat. 4144; A. DC. I.e. 231. D. 

 amcena, Wall. Cat. 4139; A. DC. I.e. 231. 



SELHET ; Roxburgh. KHASIA MTS. ; Terrya Ghat, H. f. $ T. ; Mahadeo, Griffith. 

 CACHAB; H.f. $ T., Keenan. MOULMEIN ; Falconer (fide Kurz\ 



A pretty large tree ; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2 in., base 

 rhomboid or subobtuse, coriaceous; midrib deeply impressed from above, much 

 elevated below; primary nerves oblique, secondary not prominent. Malefl.: calyx 

 ^ in., lobes 4, ovate, ferruginous sericeous ; corolla in D. lancecsfolia in., in D. 

 multiflora \ in., narrowed upwards, lobes \ in. ; stamens about 16, filaments minutely 

 pilose ; anthers linear, glabrous or slightly pilose at the base. Female fl. solitary, 

 subsessile ; calyx |~ by \-\ in., lobes cordate-ovate densely fulvous tomentose, 

 margins recurved even before the corolla is expanded ; corolla nearly as of the male ; 

 ovary 8-celled, hairy. Fruit 1 by| in., ovoid or subgloboe ferruginous-villous ; fruit- 

 ing calyx 1 in. diam., with thickened tube and spreading lobes. 



VAR. am&na, Wall. Cat. 4139 (sp.) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate widest very near the 

 base, calyx-lobes in the female smaller without recurved margins. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 231. Khasia; Wallich. Referred here by Hiern, but the material is very 

 scanty (not showing either the male inflorescence or fruit) ; and the leaves and female 

 calyx appear more like those of D. undulata, Wall. var. macrophylla. 



29. D. sapotoides, Kurz : Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 206 ; 

 leaves large obovate-oblong shortly acuminate glabrate, male fl. sessile clustered, 

 calyx-lobes broad reflex-margined, corolla salvershaped, tube fulvous-pilose 

 without, lobes glabrate. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236 ; For. Fl. ii. 

 136. 



BRITISH BIEMA ; eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah, frequent, Kurz. 



A tree, attaining 50 ft. (Kurz) ; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 11 ty 3 in., 

 base cuneate or subobtuse, coriaceous, midrib beneath obscurely silky otherwise ulti- 

 mately glabrous ; primary nerves oblique, secondary not conspicuous ; petiole \ in. 

 Malefl. densely clustered, bracts \ in., ovate; calyx \ in., openly campanulate, deeply 

 lobed, fulvous-silky; corolla-buds \ in., tube densely fulvous-silky at least on the 

 4 angles ; stamens 15-16, glabrous. Female fl. (from Kurz's description) nearly as of 

 the male ; staminodes 12; ovary ^glabrous, style tolerably long, 4-cleft. Resembles 

 D. flavicans but has much larger leaves ; the specimens do not exhibit the long bracts 

 conspicuous in D. flavicans, nor does Kurz notice that such ever occur. 



30. D. flavicans, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 205 ; leaves 

 elliptic acuminate to an obtuse apex glabrescent, male fl. clustered subsessile, 

 calyx-lobes broad reflex-margined, corolla salvershaped fulvous-pilose without, 

 sometimes glabrate towards the apex, female flowers 1-3 together on - in. 

 ferruginous-villous pedicels. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 236, and 

 For. Fl. ii. 135. Guatteria ? flavicans, Watt. Cat. 7295. Ebenocea sp. 2, Gh-iff. 

 Notul. iv. 291. 



MERGTJI and TAVOT ; Griffith. TENASSEBIM ; Heifer. MALACCA ; Griffith (Main- 

 gay, n. 972, male specimens only). 



A small tree ; branches soon glabrescent. Leaves 5|- by 2 in., base rhomboid or 

 subobtuse, midrib beneath obscurely pubescent, otherwise at length glabrous, coria- 

 ceous, when dried yellowish-green above, cinnamoneous -brown beneath; primary- 

 nerves distant, oblique, secondary obscure ; petiole ^- in. Male fl. ; pedicels ^ i n . 

 bracts 5 in., oblong; calyx | in. long and broad, lobes ovate acute ferruginous- 

 pubescent auriculate ; corolla nearly in., slender, lobed half-way down ; stamens 

 14-20, glabrous. Female fl. : bracts as of the male ; calyx as of the male, slightly 



