170 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



and abruptly acuminate at apex, rounded or narrowed at base, coriaceous, glabrous, with 

 midrib channelled above and net-veins numerous and raised on both sides, 2 5 in. long by 

 1 2 in. wide; petioles in. long, canaliculate above. 



<J . Cymes 3 5-flowered, near together, about in. long, hairy. Calyx obscurely 4-dentate, 

 glabrous inside, ^ \ in. long. Corolla ^ in. long, shortly Globed ; lobes recurved. Stamens 

 about 12, glabrous, hypogynous. 



9 . Flowers solitary, rather more than J in. long ; peduncles hairy, \ in. long, thickened 

 upwards. Calyx Jin. high by fin. wide, shallowly 4-lobed, plainly plicate, coriaceous, 

 puberulous outside, hairy inside ; lobes obtuse or apiculate and rounded ; between the lobes 

 marsupio-dilated. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx ferruginous-tomentose, shortly 4-lobed ; 

 lobes with undulated margins and tomentose on both sides. Staminodes 8, in one row, 

 glabrous, inserted at base of interior of corolla-tube. Ovary 8-celled, hairy. Fruit subglobose, 

 6 8-seeded, 1J 2 in: in diameter, at length glabrous, resting at base on tetragonal thickened 

 spreading calyx, 1 \ in. in diameter ; seeds black, shining, 1 in. long, in. wide, with ruminated 

 albumen. 



Ceylon, 20004000 ft. alt. TJiwaites ! C. P. 2438. 



19. DIOSPYROS FRUTESCENS, Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. p. 668 excl. var. (1825). 



D. foliis alternis, ellipticis, apice acuminatis, basi angustatis, firmiter submembranaceis, 

 glabris, nitentibus ; floribus femineis axittaribus vel lateralibus, tetrameris, <x-nis; cdlycis 

 lobis margine revolutis ; corolla suburceolatd, 4>-fidd; staminodiis 8, osqualibus, uniserialibus ; 

 ovario hispido ; fructibus globosis, subgldbris, succulentis. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vin. p. 230. n. 38 excl. var. (1844), non Hassk. Plant. Javan. rar. 

 p. 467 (1848). 



Young shoots puberulous; branches dark, terete, smooth. Leaves alternate, elliptical, 

 firmly submembranous, somewhat narrowed at base, acuminate at apex, glabrous and shining, 

 2| Sin. long by 1J 2|in. wide, petioles \ Jin. long; veins inconspicuous above; midrib 

 depressed above ; margins neatly recurved. 



9 . Cymes axillary or lateral, fasciculate, many-flowered, J f in. long (excluding the 

 flowers), shortly pubescent, ferruginous (or fuliginous) ; common peduncle obsolete ; pedicels 

 J jin~ long; bracts ovate acuminate, near base of pedicels. Flowers about ^in. long; 

 calyx about in. long, puberulous outside, deeply 4-lobed ; lobes with sides reflexed from 

 a longitudinal internal edge ; corolla glabrous except 4 longitudinal puberulous lines outside, 

 4-fid, suburceolate ; tube in. long and thick, lobes f in. long spreading, ovate, subciliate 

 and pointed at apex by inflexion of sides near apex, contorted in asstivation ; staminodes 

 8, equal, inserted in one row near base of corolla, f in. long, appearing at mouth of corolla- 

 tube, filaments longer than the barren anthers, hairy near top ; ovary globose below, ovoid 

 above, terminated by 2 hairy styles, ferrugineo- or (nigro-) hispid, 4- (10-) celled, 4- (10-) 

 ovuled ; stigmas emarginate. Fruit globose, subglabrate, 1| in. in diameter, succulent ; (seed 

 scarcely 1 in. long by f in. wide, transversely sulcate outside ; albumen ruminated). Fruiting 



