168 ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



shortly pubescent, subferruginous. Leaves ovate-oblong, alternate, thinly coriaceous, some- 

 what narrowed and mucronulate at apex, rounded at base, nearly glabrous above except that the 

 depressed midrib is sometimes puberulous, paler with soft appressed pubescence beneath 

 and rufous-pubescent on the raised midrib and lateral veins; 1 3| in. long by $ If in. 

 wide, including petiole -fa in. long, rufous, densely puberulous ; lateral veins about 6 on 

 each side the midrib. 



9 . Flowers solitary, on distinct densely puberulous rather slender peduncles, axillary ; 

 bracts small, rufous-hairy, caducous, near base of peduncle ; fruiting peduncles stout, thickened 

 upwards with wide articulation at apex, nearly ^ in. across, puberulous or subglabrate, J in. 

 long, patent ; fruiting calyx subtomentose-pubescent on both sides, spreading, 4-fid, ^ in. 

 across; with depresso-deltoid lobes slightly recurved at apex. Fruit oblong or globose, 

 pulpy, roundedly 4-sided, verrucose, at length smoother with pale ferruginous short pubes- 

 cence between the raised warty prominences, obtusely umbonate at apex, 1 l^in. long by 

 1 in. across from one side to the opposite side, 4-celled ; cells 1-seeded ; seeds | f in. 

 long, enclosed in a thin chartaceous envelope, transverse section a quadrant of a circle 

 of radius -$jin., shewing several intrusions of the testa into the albumen corresponding 

 with depressed lines on the exterior of the seed ; embryo nearly straight, nearly the length 

 of the seed; radicle superior, much shorter than the compressed 1 3-nerved cotyledons. 

 In one case the calyx is triangular and flat. The pulp of the fruit is eaten. 



E. Africa, Prov. Zanguebar, Dr Kirk ! ; Zambesia, Rovuma R., 20 miles above the mouth. 

 Dr Kirk!, August 1862. 



16. DlOSPTROS KOETHALSIANA. 



D. glabra, foliis altemis ellipticis, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, costis 

 inconspicuis ; fructibus solitariis, axillaribus, pedunculatis, glabris, apice cum stylorum reliquiis 

 appresse ferrugineo-hirsutis, ellipsoideis, 8-locularibits, 8-spermis ; seminibus oblongis, albumine 

 ruminato. 



Diospyros macrocarpa, Korthals MSS. in Hb. Lugd. Batav. Ebenacese No. 2, non mihi. 



Glabrous ; branches (in dry state) drab. Leaves elliptical, cuneate at base, obtusely 

 acuminate at apex, alternate, coriaceous, 2 4 in. long (besides petiole \ | in. long) by 

 | 1| in. wide, palish brown (in dry state) on both sides, shining above, midrib depressed 

 above ; veins inconspicuous. 



Fruit solitary, on axillary peduncles which are fin. long, suberect, thickened upwards 

 and thicker than the extension of the young branches from which they grow; fruit ellip- 

 soidal, glabrous except at apex, dark and shining, about lin. across, by scarcely 2 in. (?) 

 long, 8-celled, 8-seeded, tipped by appressedly ferruginous-hairy remains of style. Pericarp 

 in the dry state ^in. long; seeds | in. long by |in. wide and in. thick in the dry 

 state, pendulous from inner side ; albumen somewhat ruminated. 



Fruiting calyx nearly glabrate outside, appressedly hairy and smooth inside, very crass, 



