566 xc. EBENACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Diospyros. 



\ in., broad, deeply 5-lobed; corolla \-% in.; staminodes 5 ; ovary usually 10-celled. 

 Fruit 1 by f in., ellipsoid ; calyx densely ferruginous-silky within. 



41. D. Candolleana, Wight Ic. tt. 1221-2; leaves oblong shortly 

 cuneate at both ends coriaceous glabrescent, male fl. densely fascicled, corolla 

 tubular yellow-tomentose without, stamens 10 glabrous, fruit glabrous usually 

 5-4-seeded. Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142; Bedel For. Man. 144, not of 

 Thwaites. D. hirsuta, Stern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 164, partly. D. 

 Arnottiana, Miq. in PI. Hohenack. n. 562. D. canarica, JBedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t. 134, and For. Man. 145. D. oligandra, Bedd. Rep. Forests Madras, 1867, 68. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan to Quilon and Courtallum, common. 



Closely resembling D. hirsuta. Leaves 4-7 in., young with closely adpressed 

 fulvous hairs adfixed by their middle beneath, usually early glabrescent, without the 

 acuminated apex of D. hirsuta. Malefl. rather larger; calyx i in. ; corolla ^ in.; 

 stamens in 5 pairs, filaments of each pair attached one in front of the other at the 

 base. Female fl. rather larger than in D. hirsuta, 1-3 together or sometimes 6-10; 

 staminodes 5, or 10 in the form D. canarica, Bedd. 



42. Z>. nilagirica, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 136, and For. Man. 144 j 

 leaves oblong narrowed at both ends, young densely rufous-tomentose beneath, 

 male fl. densely fascicled, corolla tubular tomentose without, stamens 16, 

 filaments hairy. 



NILGHERBIES ; Sispara Ghat, Beddome. 



Female fl. 1-2 together ; staminodes 8 in one series ; ovary 8-celled ; fruit globose, 

 depressed, size of a small greengage. Not seen ; appears allied to D. Candolleana as 

 Beddome states, rather than to D. lucida as suggested by Hiern. 



43. D. BXoonii, Thwaites Enum. 182 ; leaves large oblong coriaceous 

 glabrescent, male fl. densely fascicled, corolla tubular densely rufous- villous 

 without, stamens 5-8 glabrous, female calyx wide-tubular, fruit glabrate 6-10- 

 seeded. Bedd. Ic. PI Ind. Or. t. 138, and For. Man. 146. D. hirsuta, Hiern 

 in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 164, partly. 



CEYLON ; Caltura, Moon ; Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



Leaves 11 by 3 in., base broad or rounded, primary nerves numerous sub- 

 horizontal obscure. Male fl. nearly as of D. hirsuta. Female fl. : calyx-tube at 

 flower time in. long and broad, slightly wider upwards, lobes hardly so long as the 

 tube. Fruit 1J in. diam., globose. Closely allied to D. hirsuta, the young leaves 

 being similarly hairy beneath. The female calyx however differs svrikingly. 



44. D . Thwaitesii, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. 1. 135, and For. Man. 144 ; leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate coriaceous glabrescent, flowers fascicled, corolla intensely 

 rufous-tomentose without, stamens 10-12 connective fulvous-pilose its whole 

 length, fruit rufous-tomentose usually 4-seeded. D. Candolleana, Thwaites 

 Enum. 181, not of Wight. D. hirsuta, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 

 164, partly. 



CEYLON ; Saffragam and Hinidoon Corle, Thwaites. 



Resembling D. hirsuta in the shape and texture of the leaves and in the fruit. 

 Young leaves intensely red-tomentose, soon glabrescent. Male fl. : calyx in., lobes 

 ^ in., triangular ; hairs on the connective numerous, short, extending to the shortly- 

 produced apex (the two long .cilise depicted by Beddome are not found in Thwaites' 

 authentic examples). Fruit in. diam., subglobose. 



* Leaves alternate, early glabrous, dryiny blackish, male flowers distinctly 

 cyn\ose with shortly-lobed calyx, fruiting calyx strongly plicate. 



45. Z>. affinis, Thwaites Enum. 179; leaves oblong narrowed at both ends 

 early glabrescent reticulatating nerves prominent, male cymes peduncled, calyx 



