ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 171 



calyx | in. across, spreading, puberulous outside, with raised 4-sided thickened stellate border 

 inside; lobes wide, short, undulated. 



Java, Blume! , Horsfield drawings n. 128 (part) in Hb. Kew. 



20. DIOSPYROS DENSIFLORA, Wall. List, n. 4140 (182832). 



D, foliis altemis, anguste ovalibus, utrinque obtusis, interdum subacutis, glabris, coriaceis, 

 supra nitidis venis inconspicuis, petiolatis; floribus cymosis, tetrameris, pubescentibus, calyce 

 profunde lobato, lobis margine refiends, corolld tubulosd, staminibus 15 16, antheris glabris, 

 filamentis brevissimis hirsutis; fructibus globosis, ferrugineo-pilosis, calyce fructifero plicato, 

 seminibus oblongis, transverse notatis, albumine ruminate (?). 



Alph. DC. Prod. vin. p. 233. n. 56. (1844). 



Branches glabrous terete. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, oval-oblong, glabrous, obtuse or 

 obtusely acuminate at apex, slightly narrowed at base, 4 Sin. long by 1J Sfin. wide; 

 petioles about ^ in. long, glabrous, strong, wrinkled ; midrib depressed and lateral veins 

 slightly raised on upper face. 



<J . Cymes panicled, about 1 in. long, hairy, many-flowered with hairy bracts and short 

 pedicels ; flowers about in. long, tetramerous ; calyx in. long, hairy on both sides, 4- 

 partite, lobes ovate with reflexed sides; corolla cylindrical, hairy outside, glabrous inside, 

 4 times the length of the calyx; stamens 15 16, anthers glabrous, on very short hairy 

 filaments ; ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



9. Cymes fin. long, puberulous, about 12-flowered, trichotomous ; pedicels longer than 

 the peduncle ; bracts lanceolate, at base of pedicels ; flowers 1 in. long. Fruit globose, | | in. 

 long, ferruginous-pilose ; seeds oblong, transversely scored, albumen ruminated (?). Fruiting 

 calyx 4-partite, the length of the fruit, puberulous, lobes much widened at base with 

 auricled imbricated bases forming 4 dependent processes, plicate ; pedicels | | in. long. 



Moolmyne and Amherst, Wallich/; Martaban, Burma, below 500 feet alt., a small tree, 

 Dr Brandis ! 



21. DIOSPYROS OOCARPA, Thw. Enum. Ceyl. PI. p. 180. n. 9 (1860). 



D. foliis atternis, glabris, ovatis vel ovalibus, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi rotandatis 

 vel parum angustatis, tenuiter coriaceis, nervis inconspicuis; fioribus masculis, 3 7-nis, bre- 

 vissime cymosis, 3 4-merts, calyce subintegro, vel dentate', corollce prceftoratione irregulari, 

 staminibus 9 12, glabris; floribus femineis 1 S-nis, subsessilibus ; ovario 6 8-loculari ; 

 fructibus subglobosis vel oblongis, puberulis vel glabratis, rugoso-areolatis, albumine non rumi- 

 nato ; calyce fructifero vix aucto, 



D. Arnottiana, Miq. (in PI. Ind. Or. Hohenacker, n. 562!) ex Thw. I.e. p. 423 (1864). 



Ceylon name Kaloo-kadoombaireya-gass. 



A moderate-sized tree; young shoots pubescent or puberulous, quickly glabrescent. 

 Leaves alternate, glabrous, ovate or oval, obtusely acuminate at apex, more or less rounded 



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