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glabris, ovarii rudimento hirsute ; floribus femineis solitariis, pedunculatis, pentameris, calyce 

 inter lobos marsupio-dilatato, lobis acutiusculis; fructibus subglobosis, externe rugosis, subgla- 

 bris, seminibus compressis, albumine non ruminato. 



Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. (Pt. vn.) p. 26. t. 128 (1871). 



A large tree, nearly glabrous except the buds and flowers ; branches terete, dark, spreading 

 at about 40. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, elliptical or oblong, abruptly and shortly acumi- 

 nate, somewhat narrowed at base, glabrous except a few scattered weak appressed hairs 

 beneath ; 3 7 in. long by 1J 3 in. wide, turning fuscous in drying, with petioles canalicu- 

 late and about in. long, midrib depressed on the upper surface, lateral veins numerous, not 

 conspicuous. 



$ . Cymes 3 9-flowered, pilose, about equalling the petiole ; flowers (closed) | f in. 

 long. Calyx -^ in. long by -^ in. wide, obscurely 4 5-lobed at apex, pubescent, tubular, 

 somewhat inflated about middle; lobes depresso-deltoid ; corolla about Jin. long (closed), 

 oblong, clothed outside with subferrugiuous felt, 4 5-lobed; lobes ovate, about ths depth 

 of corolla-tube ; stamens 16, hypogynous, glabrous, not united in pairs, in. long ; anthers 

 longer than the filaments; ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



? . Flowers solitary, pentamerous ; corolla shortly 5-lobed ; fruiting calyx 5-fid, mar- 

 supio-dilatated with ovate cordate lobes having reflexed sides and base, hairy inside, 1 in. 

 across ; fruiting peduncle stout, patent, f in. long ; fruit subglobose, 2 in. in diameter (imma- 

 ture), rugose, nearly glabrous, 8-celled (?) ; seeds 1 in. long, shining, compressed ; albumen not 

 ruminated. 



According to Dr Thwaites this tree is the true Calamander of the Cinghalese ; in Ceylon 

 it is called Kaloomidereya-gass. 



Ceylon, Thwaites! C. P. 3010. 



27. DlOSPYROS TOXICARIA, sp. nov. 



T>. foliis alternis, elongato-ovatis, apice acuminatis, basi rotundis, glabris, nitentibus, 

 coriaceis, subtus reticulatis ; petiolis robustis ; floribus masculis ferrugineo-tomentosis, sessilibus, 

 aggregatis, e pulvino convexo surgentibus, bracteis basi obtectis, calyce apice lobato, corolld 

 breviter k-fidd, staminibus 11 13, glabris, ovarii rudimento dense piloso ; fructibus solitariis, 

 subsessilibus, ferrugineo-tomentosis, subglobosis, 8-locularibus ; calyce fructifero, cyathiformi, 

 breviter 4t-lobo, aucto. 



A tree, 20 30 feet high, glabrous except the fruit and inflorescence, bark rather rough, 

 gum sometimes exudes from it. Leaves elongate-ovate, rounded at the base, acuminate 

 at the apex, alternate, coriaceous, shining, 2| 5 in. long (besides robust petiole about \ in. 

 long) by 1 2 in. wide, midrib depressed above, finely reticulated as in D. tessellaria. 



$. Flowers 5 12 together sessile or axillary, very short ferruginous hairy dense 

 nodular cymes; bracts imbricated, unequal, ferrugineo-tomentose outside, nearly glabrous 

 inside, oval, some (outer ones) J in. long; buds ovoid, ferrugineo-tomentose, in. long; 

 calyx lobed at apex, hairy outside, glabrous inside. 'Corolla shortly 4-fid, hairy outside, 

 glabrous inside. Stamens 11 13, glabrous; ovary wanting ; receptacle hairy. Native names 



