162 MH HIERN, ON EBENACE^. 



India, Circars, Roxburgh !; Concan, Law !; Bombay, Law /, 3000 ft. alt. Ceylon, Thwaites ! 

 C. P. 2729, damp forests up to 4000 ft. alt. 



8. DIOSPYROS KUEZII, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis, ovato-ovalibus, mox gldbratis, apice acuminatis, basi cuneatis, breviter 

 petiolatis, nitentibits, nervis lateralibus crebris tenuibus ; floribus femineis sub-S-nis, breviter 

 cymosis, tetrameris, urceolatis; staminodiis 4, gldbris ; ovario 4<-loculari, 4<-ovulato, stylis 2, 

 basi connatis. 



Young branches pubescent with short appressed silky fulvous or brown hairs; branches 

 at about 40. Leaves ovate-oval, quickly glabrescent, alternate, dark, very dark and shining 

 above with crowded delicate lateral veins which are also in relief beneath where the leaf 

 is slightly paler, acuminate at apex, more or less narrowed at base, thinly coriaceous; 

 2 3 in. long by 1 If in. wide ; petioles ^ \ in. long ; midrib depressed above. 



2 Cymes axillary, I \ in. long (excluding flowers), about 3-flowered, with very short 

 pedicels, pubescent, and with small caducous bracts at base of calyx. Flowers in. long. 

 Calyx T \>in. long, puberulous outside, glabrous inside, shortly 4-fid, bigger in young fruit. 

 Corolla 4-lobed at apex, with rounded lobes pubescent on both sides, urceolate ; staminodes 

 4, glabrous, alternating with corolla-lobes; ovary glabrous except apex, 4-celled; cells 

 1-ovuled. Styles 2, straight, erect, slender, hairy, long, connate at base. 



South Andaman, S. Kurz! 



9. DIOSPYROS EHRETIOIDES, Wall. List, n. 4137 (1828 32). 



D. foliis alternis, ellipticis, vix coriaceis, discoloribus ; floribus masculis x-nis, cymosis, 

 subglobosis ; staminibus 22 29, glabris, ovarii rudimento hirsuto ; floribus femineis solitariis, 

 breviter pedunculatis ; fructibus globosis, glabratis ; albumine ruminato. 



Alph. D.C. Prodr. vin. p. 231. n. 42 (1844). 



D. mollis, Wall, ex Steud. Nomencl. bot. edit. ii. I. p. 514 (1840). 



Young shoots and inflorescence ferruginous-pubescent; branches spreading, alternate, terete. 

 Leaves elliptical, rounded or somewhat narrowed at base, rounded obtusely pointed or 

 apiculate at apex, alternate, thinly coriaceous or submembranous, glabrous except the veins, 

 ferruginous or reddish-brown beneath, greener or slaty-brown above, 3 9 in. long by 

 21 5 in. wide; petioles \ |in. long. 



<? Cymes compound, trichotomous, 4 times the length of the petioles, patent, abundant 

 on the young shoots ; bracts hooked at the apex ; flowers in. wide, pubescent, o-lobose, 

 reflexed on very short pedicels. Calyx 4-fid, pubescent, with obtuse lobes. Corolla cairi- 

 panulate, twice the length of the calyx, with ciliated much contorted lobes. Stamens 

 22 29, glabrous, subequal, crowded on the receptacle, mostly distinct; filaments short. 

 Ovary rudimentary, represented by a few hairs. 



9 Flowers solitary; peduncles I $jin. long, on the young shoots. Fruiting calyx with 

 recurved lobes, somewhat pubescent or nearly glabrate, about f in. broad (when expanded) 

 fruit glabrous, globular, lin. in diameter; albumen ruminated. 



Tavoy and Moolmyne, Wallich!; Pegu, M'Lelland ! (Fruits in January) ; Pegu and 

 Ta Oo, Tenasserim, local name Aukchinza, Dr Brandis! 



