568 xc. EBENACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) "JJiospyros. 



Male fl. about 3 together, in very small cymes, 4-merous ; calyx in., lobes wide 

 acute; corolla- tube \ in. and upwards, lobes short round; stamens 20. Female fl. 

 solitary, on very short peduncles ( Kurz). Fruit | in. diam., globose, fulvous-pubes- 

 cent ; fruiting-calyx \ in., 4-fid, in one case 3 -fid, tomentose within ; lobes ovate- 

 deltoid. 



49. D. undulata, Wall. Cat. 4136; leaves broadly oblong cuneate at 

 the base glabrous, nerves strongly elevated beneath, male flowers in very short 

 densely ferruginous cymes, corolla tubular densely ferruginous without, stamens 

 about 16 nearly glabrous except the connective. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 233; 

 Stern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 216, partly ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 23, and For. Fl. ii. 135, partly. 



AMHERST; Wattich. MEBGTJI; Griffith. MALACCA: Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3636). 



A large tree (Kurz) ; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 8 by 2-3 in., shortly 

 acuminate or acute, coriaceous, nerves somewhat impressed above ; petiole ^ in. 

 Malefl. : cymes less than in. ; bracts ^ - in., triangular ; calyx nearly in. long and 

 broad, lobes 4, short, broad- triangular ; corolla ^ in., lobed half-way down ; filaments 

 nearly glabrous, anthers linear, connective villous with fulvous ascending hairs, hardly 

 produced above the anther. Female fl. solitary, shortly peduncled ; calyx soon ob- 

 pyramidal enlarged, teeth broadly triangular, incurved over the young fruit, margins 

 of the lobes not reflexed. Fruit l-l by f-1 in., apex remarkably truncate, fulvous- 

 villous ; fruiting calyx much thickened, woody, not plicate nor reflexed. Much of the 

 material referred to this species by Hiern is D. lucida, Wall. 



VAR. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 4141 (sp.). not of Blume ; leaves 14 by 4f in. much 

 acuminated, nerves of the upper surface not impressed. Tavoy ; Wallich, Packman. 

 Mergui ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3629) Fruit not seen ; fide Hiern larger than 

 that of D. undulata, typ. ; but it may be feared than Hiern attributed to D. undulata 

 the much smaller globose fruit of D. lucida (marked by him D. undulata), and sup- 

 posed the large truncate fruits to belong to D. macrophylla. 



50. D. pachyphylla, Clarke-, leaves elliptic or oblong coriaceous gla- 

 brous base rounded, male fl. in small ferrugmous-villous cymes, corolla tubular 

 rusty-tomentose beneath, stamens about 12 nearly glabrous except the connec- 

 tive. D. undulata, var. macrophylla, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 215 

 (neither D. undulata nor D. macrophylla, Watt.}. 



MALACCA ; Maingay (n. 974). 



Branchlets thick, soon glabrous. Leaves 7 by 2 in., acute, midrib much elevated 

 beneath, other nerves inconspicuous, very smooth shining above ; petiole in. Male 

 fl. : cymes -1 in., often compound ; bracts ~ in. ovate ; calyx |- by in., lobed 

 half-way down, lobes 4 oblong ; corolla in., tube narrowed upwards, lobes hardly 

 in., small oblong; stamens nearly as of D. undulata. Female fl. not seen. Allied 

 no doubt to' D. undulata, but the corolla differs much, neither do the leaA r es *^ree. 



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51. D. lucida, Wall. Cat. 4127 ; leaves oblong narrowed at both ends 

 coriaceous glabrous, male fl. sessile fascicled, corolla tubular yellow-tomentose 

 without, stamens 12-14, anthers and connectives glabrous filaments densely 

 pilose. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 233. D. undulata, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. 

 Soc. xii. 215, partly, not of Watt. Diospyros sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 288. 



SINGAPORE; Wallich. MALACCA; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3637, n. 3619, not 

 Heifer under same Distrib. n.) ; Maingay (nn. 970, 973, 977). 



Leaves 4 by 1 in., soon glabrescent, primary nerves not numerous or prominent, 

 reticulating nerves beneath little elevated ; petiole -| in. Male fl. : calyx in. 

 lobed half-way down; corolla nearly ^ in., lobed scarcely half-way down, buds 

 narrower upwards. Female fl. 1-2 together, subsessile; calyx by \ in., divided 

 nearly to the base, lobes broad-ovate with recurved margins ; corolla nearly in. 

 Fruit f in. diam., globose, umbonate at the apex, hairy nearly till ripe, 4-6-seeded. 

 Albumen equable. 



