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MB HIEKN, ON EBENACEJi 



. XIV. CAVANILLEA. 



Fruit not densely hairy ; corolla 4 6-lobed at apex. 

 $ flowers J | in. thick. 

 Leaves cuneate at base. 



Stamens 12 20; leaves oval or oblong-lanceolate. 

 Stamens 25 32; leaves obovate. 

 Leaves rounded or obtusely narrowed at base. 



Leaves subvelutinous beneath. 

 Leaves glabrous on both sides. 



Styles 4, hairy at base. 



Style glabrous, lobed at apex, 

 flowers | | in. thick. 

 Fruit densely hairy; corolla 4 5-fid. 

 Stamens glabrous. 

 Stamens densely pilose. 



145. D. Poeppigiana. 



146. D. emarginata. 



147. D. rigida. 



148. D. Eimbryopteris. 



149. D. coriacea. 



150. D. crassiflora. 



151. D. discolor. 



152. D. argentea. 



XV. AMUXIS. 



153. D. Toposia. 



1. DlOSPYROS CALOPHYLLA, sp. nov. 



D. foliis suboppositis, .oblongis, apice acuminatis, basi profunde cordatis, glabrescentibus, 

 subcoriaceis, nitidis, uni-coloribus, petiolatis ; floribus femineis aggregatis, breviter pedunculatis, 

 axillaribus; fructibus pyriformi-obconicis, rufo-tomentosis, pluri-locularibus ; calyce fructifero 

 apice 4-Zofco, rufo-tomentoso, appresso, fructum cequante. 



A small tree, of rich brown colour in the dry state, glabrous except the inflorescence 

 and young parts which are rufous-puberulous. Leaves oblong, subcoriaceous, deeply cordate 

 at base, acuminate at apex, subopposite, shining, of same colour on both sides, 6 12 in. 

 long or more by 1J 3| in. wide ; petioles J in. long, rufous-puberulous, glabrescent. 

 Fruits clustered, axillary, several together (5 10 in flower) on rufous-puberulous peduncles 

 ^ ^in. long; bracts small; fruit pyriform-obconic, rufous-tomentose, 1 IJin. long x | 1 in. 

 thick, several-celled ; enclosed to full height by appressed thick calyx Avhich is shortly 

 and roundedly 4-lobed at apex and rufous-tomentose on both sides; fruit tipped with re- 

 mains of rufous-tomentose style. 



Madagascar, not far from the sea at Angonsti, Richard! 36. 



