172 ME HTERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



towards base, inconspicuously veined with midrib canaliculate above, thinly coriaceous 2 4 J in. 

 long by 1 2 in. wide ; petioles f in. long. 



J. Flowers 3 7 together, arranged in dense axillary fulvous-silky cymes equalling 

 or falling short of the petioles, with very short pedicels and rounded concave bracts. Calyx 

 Jin. long, tubular, subentire or 3 4 dentate (or even 3 4-fid), glabrous inside. Corolla 

 f^in. long, 3 4-fid, with obtuse lobes, one of which is completely enclosed by the others 

 in bud, the other lobes imbricating sometimes dextrorsely and at other times sinistrorsely. 

 Stamens 9 12, alternately in pairs and single, glabrous, inserted at the base of corolla- 

 tube or some hypogynous ; the outer ones of the pairs the longer ; anthers shorter than 

 the longer filaments (at least in bud) ; ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



?. Flowers 1 3 together, scarcely longer than the male; ovary 6 8-celled. Fruit 

 egg-shaped when ripe, cylindrical when young, scattered with short appressed ferruginous 

 hairs, glabrescent, l^in. long by fin. thick when ripe, rugoso- or sub-verrucose, resting at 

 base on scarcely increased calyx, solitary, 2-or more-celled, "usually 6-seeded." Seeds with 

 albumen not ruminated. 



Ceylon, Thwaites! C. P. 1914; Concan, Dalzell! ; Bababoodun Hills, Mysore, Mr Law! 



22. DIOSPY.ROS TETJNCATA, Zoll. et Mor. in Moritzi, Systemat. Verzeichn. Javan. 



Pflnzn. p. 43. n. 1156 (1846). 



D. foliis alternis, ovali-oblongis, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi cuneatis, gldbris, tenuiter 

 coriaceis, breviter petiolatis, marginibus revolutis; floribus masculis 2 8-nis in alis siib- 

 sessilibus vel brevissime cymosis, gldbris; calyce tubuloso subintegro, corollce lobis acuminatis, 

 staminibus 11 14, glabris ; floribus femineis 1 2-nis, brevissime pedunculatis, tetrameris; 

 calycis lobis latissimis retusis reflexis ; corollce lobis acutis, patentibus ; staminodiis 8 10 ; 

 stylis 4; fructibus 8-locularibus, glabris. 



D. laxa, Teijsmann et Binnendijk, PI. n. h. Bogor. in Kruidk. Arch. in. p. 406 (1855). 

 D. melanoxylon, Blume ! Bijdr. Fl. "Ned. Ind. p. 669 (1825), non Roxb. 



A tree with terminal buds slightly hairy; branches glabrous, terete, lax, widely spreading 

 and forming a beautiful crown or top. Leaves oval-oblong, obtusely acuminate at apex, 

 attenuate or narrowed at base, thinly coriaceous, with margins more or less reflexed, midrib 

 depressed above, and delicate not contiguous lateral veins inconspicuously raised on both 

 sides; of a yellowish green colour, alternate, glabrous, 3 6 in. long by 1 2 in. wide; petioles 

 i in. long. 



<? . Flowers 2 4 8 together on very short axillary somewhat pubescent cymes, glabrous, 

 yellowish green, slender, J^ in. long ; bracts small, pubescent ; pedicels very short. Calyx 

 tubular, somewhat inflated in middle, 4-toothed at apex, ^ in. long by in. thick ; corolla 

 tubular, narrowly conical in bud, 4-fid (?), with acuminate lobes; stamens 11 12 14, glabrous, 

 at base of corolla or on disk ; filaments short ; ovary obsolete. 



9 . Flowers 1 2 together, ^ J in. long, on peduncles about ^ in. long, axillary, as 

 long as the petioles. Bracts caducous. Calyx glabrous with 4 very wide retuse reflexed 



