MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 169 



shallowly cup-shaped, 1 in. across, 4-cornered and shortly 4-lobed ; about J in. high ; tube 

 with elevated rim ; lobes much thinner, reflexed ; verrucose-rugose outside. 

 Borneo, Korthals! 



17. DIOSPYROS AFFINIS, Thw. Enum. Ceyl. PL p. 179. n. 6 (1860). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus vel oblongis, apice obtusissimis, basi anyustatis vel subrotundis, 

 tenuiter coriaceis, glabris, petiolatis ; floribus masculis 3 7-nis, cymosis, pubescentibus, 4-mm's, 

 calyce apice lobato, corolld urceolato-oblongd ; staminibus 6 16 glabris vel leviter hirsutis ; 

 floribus femineis sotitariis, pedunculatis; staminodiis 6 8, glabris, ovario 6 (?) -loculari; 

 calyce inter lobos marsupio-dilatato, lobis acuminatis; albumine ruminato. 



Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. (Part vn.) p. 26 t. 127 (1871). 



A moderate-sized tree; buds ferruginous hairy; branches quickly glabrescent. Leaves 

 oval or oblong, alternate, quite obtusely narrowed at apex, narrowed at base, thinly coria- 

 ceous, glabrous or puberulous below, 1J 4 Jin. long by \ l^in. wide; petioles \ in. 

 long ; midrib canaliculate above, net-veins numerous, raised on both sides. 



$ . Flowers in. long, cymose, 3 7 together; cymes fin. long excluding the flowers; 

 ultimate pedicels short, not exceeding -j^in. long. Calyx semi-ellipsoidal, with short hairs 

 on both sides, 4-toothed at apex, -Jin. long. Corolla shortly salver-shaped, tawny-hairy 

 outside ; tube inflated below, constricted at top ; lobes 4, spreading, oval, somewhat pointed 

 at apex, about ^ the length of the tube. Stamens 6 16, usually about 9 and some or 

 all in pairs, short, usually hypogynous and unequal ; filaments glabrous, shorter than the 

 anthers which are glabrous or somewhat hairy. Ovary rudimentary, represented by a bunch 

 of hairs. 



? . Flowers solitary, in. long and wide ; peduncles axillary, \ ^ in. long, equalling 

 or rather shorter than the flower, puberulous. Calyx -^jin. long, hairy inside, subglabrate 

 outside, 4-fid, plicate ; lobes acuminate with very wide sinuses ; somewhat enlarged in fruit. 

 Corolla shortly 4-fid with 6 8 glabrous staminodes at base inside. Ovary 6-celled (4-celled ?, 

 conical), hairy ; styles 2, bifid at apex. Fruit globular, apiculate, usually 4-seeded, 1 in. 

 long, finally glabrous ; seeds $ in. long or more by ^ in. wide, with ruminated albumen. 



Ceylon, Thwaites ! C.P. 2924. 



18. DIOSPYROS CRUMENATA, Thw. Enum. Ceyl. PL p. 179. n. 5 (1860). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus vel oblongis, obtuse et breviter acuminatis, coriaceis, glabris, 

 petiolatis ; floribus masculis breviter cymosis, 3 5-nis, tetrameris, pubescentibus, staminibus 

 circiter 12, glabris; floribus femineis solitariis, breviter pedunculatis, tetrameris, calyce inter 

 lobos marsupio-dilatato, staminodiis 8, glabris; ovario 8-loculari, hirsuto; fructibus subglobosis 

 glabrescentibus, albumine ruminato. 



Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. (Part VII.) p. 26. t. 126 (1871). 



A large tree; branches glabrous. Leaves oval or oblong, alternate, obtusely shortly 



VOL. XII. PART L 22 



