Diospyros.] xc. EBBNAGE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 569 



52. D. Helferi, Clarke, leaves oblong obtuse apiculate base acute glabres- 

 cent reticulating nerves prominent, female fl. 1-3 together sessile, calyx-lobes 

 deep with reflexed margins, corolla rufous-hirsute without. D. Moonii?, 

 Hiern in Trans. Cumb. Phil. Soc. xii. 164. 



TENASSERIM (or Andamans) ; Heifer, n. 3632. DISTRIB. Cambodia. 



Branchlets rufous-tomentose. Leaves 6 by 2 in., broadly oblong, parallel-sided, 

 tip shortly cuneate, base broad, shortly suddenly attenuate, narrowed into the petiole, 

 ferruginous-pilose beneath when young; primary nerves numerous, subhorizontal, 

 much reticulated ; petiole ^- in. Male fl. unknown. Female fl. usually 3 together 

 sessile on thick peduncles scarcely ^ in. long ; calyx nearly ^ in., almost 5-partite, 

 lobes ovate-oblong ; corolla nearly \ in. Fruit (imperfectly ripe) f by in., ellipsoid, 

 glabrous ; fruiting calyx much enlarged, plicate, with much-reflexed margins auri- 

 culated at the sinus. Affinity doubtful, but cannot be D. Moonii ; the prominently 

 reticulated nerves of the leaves and the female calyx differ. 



53. D. arg-entea, Griff". Notul. iv. 288; leaves large oblong acute 

 glistening silky beneath, male fl. in stout dense cymes, stamens hairy, fruit 

 solitary hairy. Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 262. 



MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3625), Maingay (n. 968). 



Branchlets stout, with subpersistent yellowish hair. Leaves 10 by 2^-3 in., base 

 rounded, glabrous above, densely villous with fulvous or white soft hairs beneath, at 

 length glabrate ; nerves obscure, midrib impressed above ; petiole \ in. Male fl. : 

 cymes in., 3- 1 0-flowered ; bracts i in., ovate; calyx in., deeply 4-lobed, villous; 

 corolla ^ in., tubular, lobed half-way down, very villous without ; stamens 22-24. 

 Female fl. solitary, peduncles in. ; calyx \ in., campanulate, lobes ovate ; corolla 

 in. ; staminodes 4-5 ; ovary 4-celled, 8-ovuled, densely hairy ; styles 4, hairy, erect. 

 Fruit 2 by If in., ellipsoid, 8-celled; fruiting calyx greatly enlarged, lobes l in., 

 oblong, densely softly villous. Seeds 6-8, 1 by in., albumen horny. D. discolor, 

 WilM. (A. DC. Prodr. viii. 235), a Philippine species, greatly resembles D. araentea, 

 but has glabrous stamens; it is in the collections of Wallich and Maingay, but is 

 supposed only cultivated in India. 



SECT. VIII. Hoi sfieldia : as Sect. VII., except that the female flowers 

 are distinctly (though often shortly) cymose. 



54. D. oblong-a, Wall. Cat. 4124 ; leaves large oblong acuminate glabrous, 

 female flowers crowded in very short cymes 5-merous tomentose with black 

 hairs intermixed. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 243 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 

 xii. 243. 



PEXANG ; Wallich. SINGAPORE ; Maingay (n. 967). 



Branchlets stout, glabrous. Leaves 7$ by 2| in., base obtuse or almost bounded, 

 coriaceous; primary nerves numerous, nearly horizontal, reticulating nerves incon- 

 spicuous ; petiole in. Malefl. not known. Female fl. 1-5 together; calyx - ^ in., 

 deeply lobed, lobes ovate-oblong, auriculate, subplicate ; corolla ^ in., densely hairy 

 without, deeply lobed; staminodes 5 ; ovary 10-celled, ferruginous-hairy. Fruit f in. 

 diam., globose, glabrate; calyx f in. across, lobes auriculate. Albumen horny, not 

 ruminated. 



55. X> B ramiflora, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 40, and Fl. Ind. ii. 535 ; leaves 

 large broadly oblong acute glabrous, male fl. in short cymes, female in many- 

 flowered compound much larger cymes. Wall. Cat. 4119 ; Wight Ic. t. 189 ; 

 A. DC. Prodr. viii. 233. 



EAST BENGAL ; Tipperah, Roxburgh ; Khasia Mts., Wallich. 



A large tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 7 by 3-3 in., base cuneate or obtuse, 

 nerves not prominent ; petiole ^ in. Male fl. subfasciculate in in. rusty cymes ; 

 calyx by ^ in., subtubular, campanulate, lobed nearly halfway down ; lobes 5, oblong, 

 subobtuse; corolla in., tubular, lobed less than halfway down, densely villous 

 without; stamens 16, glabrous, anthers linear, connective hardly produced. Female 



