ME HIERN, ON EBENACEJE. 167 



usually 8, occasionally 14 16, hypogynous or inserted at base of corolla, about $in. long; 

 anthers linear, acute, longer than the filaments. Ovary rudimentary, fulvo-pubescent. 



9 . Flowers solitary, pentamerous. Fruit globose, shining, 1 1 in. in diameter, commonly 

 4-seeded. Seeds about f in. long, reticularly wrinkled outside, shining ; albumen grey, beau- 

 tifully ruminated. Fruiting calyx about Jin. in diameter, at base of fruit, tomentose; margins 

 undulated. 



Burma, in sandy and hilly woods, 3rd Kioudweng, 13 May, 1837, Griffith! 3638 [see 

 Journal of Travels, p. 104 (1847)] ; Pegu, Zeebenthlah, October, 1861, Dr Brandis ! 952 

 (vernacular name Tayben) ; M c Lelland ! ; Kurz! 3010. 



Authentic specimens of this species seen during the printing of this paper prove that it 

 embraces the specimens of Griffith and M c Lelland, which I had previously named D. octandra 

 and so printed on pages 33 and 41. 



14. DlOSPYEOS LATEEALIS, sp. nOV. . ' 



D. ramis teretibus cinereis glabris, gemmis et inflorescentid ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; 

 foliis alternis, ovalibus, apice acuminatis, basi angustatis, tenuiter coriaceis vel submembra- 

 naceis, glabris, petiolatis, nervis tenuibus manifestis ; floribus masculis tubulosis breviter cymosis ; 

 cymis lateralibus secus ramos et axillaribus, 3 9-floris; calyce oblongo apice 5 Q-lobo, 

 corolld tubulosd plerumque 5-fidd, staminibus 10 14, inaequalibus, fere glabris, antheris apice 

 minute setulosis, filamentis glabris ; ovario hirsuto rudimentario. 



Buds and inflorescence ferruginous-pubescent ; branches terete, glabrate, cinereous. Leaves 

 oval, alternate, narrowly acuminate, cuneate at base, glabrous, submembranous or thinly 

 coriaceous, 2 4 in. long by 1 2 in. wide ; lateral veins slender, manifest, about 6 on 

 each side the midrib, margins slightly recurved ; petioles | f in. long, glabrous. 



$. Cymes lateral on the older branches and axillary on the younger ones, \ Jin. 

 long, 3 9-flowered ; flowers tubular ; calyx oblong, T 3 ^ in. long, 5 6-lobed at apex, glabrous 

 inside, lobes somewhat spreading, often unequal ; corolla tubular, exceeding the calyx, usually 

 5-fid, lobes obtuse; stamens 10 14, very nearly glabrous, unequal, anthers minutely se- 

 tulose at apex, filaments glabrous; ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



Borneo, 0. Beccari! n. 1600. 



15. DIOSPYEOS VEERUCOSA, sp. nov. 



D. fructicosa, foliis ovato-oblongis, alternis, apice angustatis, obtusis, mucronulatis, basi 

 rotundatis, tenuiter coriaceis, supra mbglabris, subtus appresse pubescentibus ; fructibus soli- 

 tariis, pedtmculatis, subtetragono-ellipsoideis vel -globosis, verrucosis, pubescentibus, k-locularibus, 

 4<-spermis ; pedunculis robustis, patentibus ; calyce fructifero parvo, patente, 4s-lobo, pubescente ; 

 seminibus oblongis, sulcatis, albumine ruminate. 



A shrub; branches numerous, at length glabrescent, terete; young shoots densely and 



