570 xc. EBENACE3!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Diospyros. 





fl. : cymes -2 in., often on the old branches ; calyx %-% by in. ; corolla by ^ in., 

 as of the male, but larger; staminodes 8-12; ovary hairy, 8-12-celled, stigmas 4-6. 

 Fruit 2-3 in. diam., globular, nearly glabrous ; fruiting calyx 1^ in. across. 



56. D. densiflora, Wall. Cat. 4140; leaves large elliptic or oblong 

 obtuse or scarcely acuminate glabrous, male fl. numerous in somewhat large 

 cymes, calyx 4-lobed nearly to the base lobes with reflexed margins, corolla 

 tubular fulvous-tomentose without, stamens 15-16 glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 233 ; Stern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 171 ; Kurz in Jburn. As. Soc. 

 1877, pt. ii. 236, and For. Fl. ii. 134. 



MOHLMEIN and AMHEBST ; Wallich. ABEACAN, MARTABAN and TENASSEBIM ; rare, 

 Kurz. 



Leaves 7 A by 2-3j in., base obtusely cuneate ; primary nerves wide apart, much 

 arched, slightly elevated above, reticulated nervation distinct on both surfaces ; 

 petiole \ in. Mcdefl.: cymes 1-2 in. diam., minutely rusty-pubescent; bracts f in., 

 ovate; pedicels 0-f in.; calyx-lobes by J- in.; corolla in., narrowly cylindric; 

 anthers and connective glabrous. Female fl. : cymes |-1^ in., 12-20-flowered ; calyx- 

 lobes 3 by i in. Fruit f in. diam., globose, ultimately glabrescent ; pedicels in fruit 

 J-3 in. Albumen ruminated (Hiern), but the affinity of this species seems to be with 

 D. undulata. 



57. D. Korsfieldii, Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 193; leaves 

 large ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong glabrous strongly reticulate beneath, male 

 fl. in compound cymes, calyx-lobes ovate with reflexed margins, corolla urceolate 

 ferruginous-hispid without, female fl. in large cymes. D. frutescens, Hassk. PI. 

 Jav. Rar. 467, not of Blume. 



MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3620). DISTRIB. Java. 



Branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 9 by 2f-4| in., shortly acuminate, base 

 rounded or obtuse, nerves (primary and secondary) impressed above very strongly 

 raised beneath ; petiole 5- in. Male flowers : cymes about 1 in., few-flowered ; calyx 

 i in., deeply 4-lobed, fuliginous-hispid ; corolla ^ in., urceolate, fuliginous-hispid 

 without, lobes 4 ovate ; stamens 14-16, filaments hairy, anthers glabrous. Female fl.: 

 cymes 14 in. ; bracts ^ in., elliptic ; calyx nearly as in the male ; corolla ^ in., very 

 deeply 4-5-lobed; staminodes 12 ; ovary 8-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit | in. diam., 

 globose, fuliginous hairy, ultimately glabrescent; lobes of the fruiting calyx ^ in., 

 margins strongly reflexed, auriculate. 



58. D. paniculata, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 109 ; leaves broad- 

 oblong obtusely cuneate at both ends glabrous, male fl. panicled, calyx-lobes 

 foliaceous ovate, corolla tubular black- velvety without, female flowers solitary 

 or few together. Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl 141 ; JSedd. Ic. PL 2nd. Or. t. 125, 

 and For. Man. 144 ; Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. xii. 190. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; in the Ghauts, Wight ; Concan, Dalzell ; Canara, Ritchie ; 

 Anamallays, Beddome. 



A large tree ; nearly glabrous except the flowers. Leaves 6 by 2 in., mature 

 strongly closely reticulate on both surfaces ; petiole |- in. Male fl. : cymes l-l in., 

 sparingly pilose, pedicels 0- in., bracts ovate caducous ; calyx 5-lobed nearly to the 

 base, lobes |-^ in., pubescent without and within ; corolla in. (or rather more) 

 lobed half-way down ; stamens 20, glabrous. Female fl. solitary or in 2-5-flowered 

 cymes, peduncled ; bracts ovate, caducous ; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit 1 by 

 f in., ellipsoid, ferruginous-hirsute ; fruit-calyx 5-lobed, enlarged, nearly glabrous ; 

 lobes |-f in. long and broad, plicate, auricled. 



59. D. Brandisiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 72 ; leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong acuminate base cuneate or subobtuse sparsely pilose or 

 ultimately nearly glabrous, male fl. in very short cymes, corolla tubular minutely 

 closely pilose, stamens about 16, female fl. in many-flowered cymes. Hiern in 



