564 xc. EBENACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Diospyros. 



cuneate not decurrent on the petiole ; fulvous woolly when young, ultimately glabres- 

 cent above, coriaceous ; secondary nerves slender ; petiole \ in. Male fl. : cymes- 

 -! in., fulvous-hairy; calyx -tube ^ in., terete; teeth ^ in., triangular; corolla 

 in., very woolly without; stamens 12; filaments and anther-cells glabrous, connec- 

 tive fulvous-pilose behind, scarcely produced. Female fl. : pedicels ~j in. ; calyx (at 

 flower time) ^ by ^ in., lobed nearly to the base ; lobes broad ovate with recurved 

 margin ; corolla in. ; styles 2-3, bifid at the apex. Berry f in. diam., globose, 

 smooth ; often 4-seeded. Hamilton says that the calyx of the male (in D. Tupru) is- 

 like that of the female ; but this must have been a slip, as his authentic specimen 

 in the British Museum shows. 



34. X>. tomentosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40, and Fl. 2nd. ii. 532 ; leaves 

 large ovate from a rounded base reticulated nerves impressed on the upper 

 surface, male fl. cymose, calyx funnel-shaped, corolla ferruginous-lanate without, 

 female solitary short-ped uncled with 4-5-gonal calyx. Wight Ic. tt. 182, 183, 

 not of Poir. D. exsculpta, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 110 ; A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 223, not of Dalz. nor of Bedd. D. insculpta, Ham. I. c. 112 ; A. DC. I. c. 

 D. Roylei, A. DC. I.e. 239. 



BENGAL ; Roxburgh, Hamilton. BEHAR ; H. f. Sf T. CHOTA NAGPORE ; Clarke. 

 BUNDELCUND ; Edgeworth. OTJDH ; It. Thompson. 



A small, crooked tree. Leaves alternate and opposite, 8 by 5 in., sometimes 13 in., 

 commonly broad-ovate, rarely ovate acute, young very hairy, mature glabrous above 

 hairy beneath, base cordate or rounded (rarely obtusely cuneate), ultimately glabres- 

 cent on both surfaces, very coriaceous ; secondary nerves impressed as broad furrows, 

 giving the leaf a wrinkled and thickened aspect ; petiole ^ in. Flowers nearly as in 

 D. Tupru, but rather larger ; calyx of the male widened at the mouth, teeth ovate 

 often j^ | in. ; stamens about 16, filaments glabrous, connective fulvous-pilose on the 

 back, shortly produced. Berry as of D. Tupru, but rather larger. 



35. D. melanoxylon, Roxb. Cor. PL 36, t. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 530; 

 leaves elliptic narrowed at both ends reticulating nerves raised on the upper 

 surface, male fl. cymose, calyx short cylindric, corolla yellow-lanate without, 

 female solitary short-peduncled with 4-5-gonal calyx. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 224; 

 Hiem in Trans. Comb. Phil. Soc. xii. 159, partly ; Brand. For. Fl. 294, partly, 

 not of Blume. D. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 4406; A. DC. I.e. 223; Bedd. FL 

 Sylv. t. 67. D. dubia, Wall. Cat. 4407 ; A. DC. I. c. 223 ; Wight Ic. t. 1223. 



DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON ; frequent. 



A tree, attaining sometimes 60-80 ft., or a shrub. Leaves 4 by If in., alternate 

 or rarely subopposite, base nearly always narrowed, or if broad yet with a narrow 

 decurrence on the petiole. Otherwise as D. tomentosa. 



VAR. Beddomei ; calyx of the female (as of the male) tubular terete with small 

 teeth. D. exsculpta, Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 66, not of Ham. Not seen. If the figure 

 of the female calyx is incorrect, this tree will be D. menaloxylon, Koxb. type (not D. 

 tomentosa as Hiern doubtfully suggests). 



36. D. Packmanni, Clarke ; all young parts ferruginous-woolly, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong acute, male fl. pedicelled by threes on short peduncles 5-merous, 

 stamens 16 paired, anthers oblong-lanceolate fulvous-pilose, connective not 

 produced. 



TAVOY ; Packmann (from Herb. Wight). 



Branchlets slender, densely ferruginous- woolly, finally glabrate. Leaves 2% by f 

 in., alternate, base obtuse, ferruginous-woolly on both surfaces, ultimately nearly 

 glabrous except the midrib beneath ; primary nerves slender, reticulating nerves close 

 distinct ; petiole in. Male fl. : peduncles ^ in., pedicels --^ in. ; calyx ^ by ^ in., 

 shortly campanulate, lobed half-way down ; lobes ovate, ferruginous-villous on both 

 sides; corolla ^ in. shortly campanulate, deeply lobed, densely ferruginous-villous 

 without ; filaments glabrous below, fulvous-pilose upwards, anther-cells and connec- 

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