Diospyros.] xc. EBENACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) 565 



tive with fulvous hairs. Female fl. not seen. Not taken up by Hiern, -who has 

 merely noted on the sheet " cfr. D. melanoxylon, Roxb. ; " it is near D. Tupru, Ham., 

 the leaves more acute, more finely reticulated. 



37. Z>. burmanica, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 73; leaves 

 oblong obtusely cuneate at both ends mature reticulated above by the impressed 

 nerves, male fl. in small peduncled cymes, corolla fulvous-tomentose without, 

 stamens 12-16 glabrous. Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 166 ; Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 235, and For. Fl. ii. 133. 



PROME, PEGU and MARTABAN ; McLelland, Kurz. DISTRIB. Ava. 



A tree, attaining 60 ft. (Kurz) ; all the young parts fulvous-pubescent. Leaves 3 

 by l in., alternate, hairy on both sides, ultimately nearly glabrous except near the 

 midrib beneath, coriaceous; primary nerves oblique, indistinct; petiole -|- in. 

 Malefl.: peduncle |- in., cymes 3-8 - flowered ; calyx |-i in., lobed less than half- 

 way down; corolla ^^ in.; anthers linear. Female fl.: solitary, peduncles i-4- in.; 

 calyx nearly in., lobes broadly cordate-ovate with recurved margins ; staminodes 8. 

 Fruit 1-1 in. diam., globose, glabrous, 2-4-seeded. Albumen ruminated. 



! * Leaves when mature glabrescent beneath, drying reddish or brownish^ male 

 jftowers fascicled with deeply-lobed calyx. 



38. D. insignia, Thwaites Enum. 180; leaves often subopposite large 

 ovate or oblong glabrous, male fl. clustered subsessile, corolla-buos narrower 

 upwards, stamens 14-20. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. i. 130, and For. Man. 145 ; 

 Stern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 157. 



ANAMAIXAYS ; alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddome. CEYLON ; alt. 2000 ft., Thwaites. 



A very large tree. Leaves subopposite and alternate, 13 by 6 in., or 8 by 3^ in., 

 acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, coriaceous ; secondary nerves strong, tertiary 

 manifest ; petiole in. Malefl. 4-merous ; calyx g_i in., campanulate, shortly 4-fid, 

 minutely pubescent; corolla in., tubular, tomentose, silky without, lobes short; 

 filaments and anthers glabrous or with very few scattered hairs, unequal. Female fl. 

 1-3 together, axillary, subsessile; ovary 8-celled. Fruit 1% in. diam., globose, 

 smooth ; calyx accrescent, tube forming a woody shallow cup If in. wide. Seeds f 

 by -| in. ; albumen ruminated. 



39. D. oppositifolia, Thwaites Enum. 181; leaves often subopposite 

 elliptic shortly obtusely acuminate glabrous, male flowers subsessile few together, 

 corolla-buds broader upwards, stamens about 8. Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 131, 

 and For. Man. 146 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 157. 



CEYLON; Hinidoon Corle, alt. 1000 ft., Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 4 by 2 in., broadly rhomboid or almost rounded, 

 coriaceous ; secondary nerves obscure, tertiary indistinguishable ; petiole ^-| in. 

 Malefl. : calyx ^ in., nearly glabrous, acutely 4-lobed half-way down; corolla in., 

 ferruginous-villous without, lobed one-third the way down ; filaments very unequal. 

 Female fl. (and fruit) unknown. 



40. D. hirsuta, Linn. f. Suppl. 440; leaves elliptic or oblong abruptly 

 acuminate coriaceous young hirsute beneath with short basih'xed hairs, male 

 fl. densely fascicled, corolla tubular ferruginous- tomentose without, stamens 

 5 glabrous, fruit rufous-tomentose 6-10-seeded. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 223; 

 Thwaites Enum. 181 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 137, and For. Man. 146 ; Hiern, 

 in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 163, partly, excl. syn. D. lucida. 



CEYLON ; Saffragam and Galle, Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree ; branchlets and inflorescence ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves 

 4 by l-2 in., alternate, 

 glabrous, coriaceous; nervation 

 terete, 5-fid half-way down 



