30 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



Maba Mualala, Welw. Angola, West tropical Africa. 

 Euclea pseudebenus, E. Mey. South Africa. 



&c. &c. 

 The following species also produce good wood. 



Diospyros Malacapai, Alph. DC. Wood yellow with black spots. Philippine Islands. 

 Diospyros pilosanthera, Blanc. Ornamental wood. Philippine Islands. 

 Diospyros pilosa, Alph. DC. Timber fit for building purposes. Cochin China 

 Diospyros pentamera. Wood very hard, pale. Australia. 

 Diospyros australis. Wood close-grained, fit for turnery. Australia. 

 Diospyros chloroxylon, Roxb. Wood pale. Circars, India. 

 Diospyros Paralia, Steud. Wood white and hard. Guiana. 

 Diospyros foliolosa, Wall. Valuable light-coloured wood. S. India. 

 Diospyros leucomelas, Poir. White wood with black lines. Mauritius. 

 Diospyros lancesefolia, Roxb. Hard and handsome wood. E. Indies. 

 Maba geminata, Br. Australia. 

 Royena lucida, L. Cape of Good Hope. 



Euclea racemosa, L. and E. undulata, Thunb. Cape of Good Hope. 

 In New Caledonia the species of Maba and Diospyros furnish excellent woods for 

 building. 



Calamander or Coromandel wood, a finely variegated and scarce wood, is produced by 

 Diospyros qucesita, Thw. and by Diospyros oppositifolia, Thw. 



Black dyes are obtained from Diospyros mollis in Burmah, according to the Rev. Dr. 

 Mason; and from Diospyros Cunalon, Alph. DC., according to Blanco. 



Anchors for large boats are made, in the province of Tavoy id Burmah, of the wood 

 of Maba buxifolia, Pers. 



Birds are said to die soon after eating the fruit of Diospyros toxicaria; and Diospyros 

 multiflora, Blum., Diospyros Ebenaster, Retz, Diospyros samoensis, A. Gray, and a Brazilian 

 species of Diospyros are fish-poisoners (see Allemao, Considera<joes sobre as plantas medicinaes 

 da flora Cearense, pp. 41, 43 [1862]). 



A decoction of the bark of Diospyros Paralea, Steud. is valuable against fevers in 

 French Guiana; also in North America Diospyros virginiana, L. is used for a similar 

 purpose. 



The juice of the fruit of Diospyros Embryopteris, Pers. is very glutinous and charged 

 with tannic acid, and is used throughout South India for paying the seams of fishing boats 

 and for preserving fishing lines and nets. 



The fresh wood of Diospyros Malacapai, Alph. DC. is said to keep off bugs (see Blanco, 

 "Flora de Filipinas," p. 303 [1837]). 



A decoction of the leaves of Maba buxifolia, Pers. in Madagascar is employed in cases 

 of gastritis. 



The fruits of the following species are edible. 



Diospyros Kaki, Linn. fil. China, &c. 

 Diospyros virginiana, L. North America. 

 Diospyros Lotus, L. Asia. 

 Diospyros chloroxylon, Roxb. Circars, India. 



