ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 157 



2. DIOSPYROS INSIGNIS, Thw. En. Ceyl. PL p. 180. n. 10. (1860). 



D. foliis suboppositis et alternis, firmiter membranaceis, ovatis vel oblongis, acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis vel angustatis, glabris ; floribus masculis lateralibus, glomeratis, subsessilibus, 

 tetrameris, staminibus 14 20 ; floribus femineis 1 3-nis, axillaribus, sessilibus, ovario 8-loculari, 

 fructibus subglobosis Icevibus, calyce aucto crasso tignoso, margine reflexo ; albumine ruminato. 



Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. (Pt. vn.) p. 26. t. 130 (1871). 



A very large tree, with young shoots somewhat pubescent. Leaves subopposite and 

 alternate, toughly membranous, glabrous, ovate or oblong, acuminate, rounded or some- 

 what narrowed at base, midrib and lateral veins clearly marked on the under surface, 

 tertiary veins nearly parallel and transverse to the midrib, 4 14 in. long by 1| 6 in. 

 wide ; petioles \ r ^ in. long. 



$ Flowers crowded many together in subsessile lateral clusters. Calyx \ ^in long, 

 campanulate, shortly 4-fid, lobes ovate, acute, shortly pubescent outside, glabrous inside; 

 corolla \ in. long, shortly tubular, 4-lobed, pale-tomentose outside, lobes short ; stamens 

 14 20, nearly glabrous, many in pairs, the longer filaments geniculate and with light- 

 coloured hairs. 



$ Flowers 1 3 together, axillary, sessile. Ovary 8-celled ; fruit subglobular, smooth, 

 subglabrous, inconspicuously depresso-areolated, IJin. in diameter, supported on a thick 

 accrescent woody calyx whose tube forms a cup with elevated rim, margin reflexed ; seeds 

 f j^ in. long by ^ \ in. wide ; albumen ruminated. A valuable timber tree. 



Ceylon Thwaites! 2000ft. alt., C.P. 2730, 3477; S. India, Anamallays, Beddome, 

 20003000 ft. alt. Called " Gona-gass" in Ceylon. 



3. DIOSPYROS OPPOSITIFOLIA, Thw. En. Ceyl. PL p. 181. n. 11. (1860). 



D. foliis oppositis, obtusis, breviter acuminatis, basi rotundatis, coriaceis, glabratis, breviter 

 petiolatis; floribus masculis anguste tubulosis, subsessilibus, tetrameris, calyce 4<-fido, campa- 

 nulato, corolld breviter 4<-fidd, staminibus circiter 8, incequalibus. 



Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. (Pt. vn.) p. 27. t. 131 (1871). 



A moderate-sized tree ; branches glabrous terete. Leaves oval, firmly coriaceous, glabrous 

 (or the younger ones slightly pubescent), rounded at base, obtuse or shortly acuminate at apex, 

 opposite or subopposite, 2 6 in. long by 1J 3 in. wide; net-veins inconspicuous, nearly 

 transverse and feebly depressed on the lower surface; petioles ^ ^in. long, tumid- 

 crass, dark, glabrous. 



Flowers sessile or subsessile, few together, fin. long. Calyx ^in. long, not quite 

 glabrous, 4-lobed nearly to the middle, with acute lobes. Corolla slender, hispid, in. long, 

 lobes about J the depth of the corolla. Stamens about 8, very unequal ; (the filaments 

 and connectives are figured as having short hairs). The timber of this tree resembles 

 that of D. gucBsita, Thw., Calarnander. 



Ceylon, Thwaites!; C.P. 3011; Hinidoon Corle, up to elevation of 1000 feet; local name 

 " Kaloomidereya-gass." 



