MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^}, 177 



D. rubra, Gaertn. fil. Fruct. et Sem. PL m. p. 138. t. 208 (1805), differs by a flat 

 5-lobed fruiting calyx and 10-celled fruit; it may however belong to Z>. tessettaria, Poir. 

 or if not to D. chrysophyllos, Poir. 



29. DlQSPYEOS HAPLOSTYLIS, Boiv. MSS. 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus, apice anguste acuminatis, basi angustatis, C3riaceis, nitidis, 

 snbglabris, subtus tenuiter reticulatis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus masculis 3 6-nis, brevissime 

 cymosis vel aggregatis, ferrugineo-sericeis, 4 5-meris, calyce breviter lobato, staminibus 1012, 

 glabris, biserialibus ; floribiis femineis solitariis, brevissime pedunculatis, ferrugineo-sericeis; 

 4 5-meris, staminodiis 4, glabris, ovario sericeo, depressoglob&so, 8-loculari, stylo apice 

 4<-lobo; fructibus subglobosis, glabrescentibus, 8-locularibus. 



A shrub of 12 feet or an erect tree 22 feet high or more ; heart-wood black, very- 

 hard ; young parts puberulous ; branches glabrescerit, terete, subcinereous, smooth. Leaves 

 alternate, oval, narrowly acuminate at apex, somewhat narrowed at base, coriaceous, glabrous 

 with depressed midrib above, highly and minutely reticular beneath with scattered appressed 

 inconspicuous hairs, somewhat undulated, 2 3| in. long by 1 If in. wide; petioles \ in. 

 long. 



<J . Flowers clustered, 3 6 together, subsessile on young branches, ferruginous-pubescent, 

 I in. long by in. thick; bracts caducous, smaller than the flowers; calyx hairy on both 

 sides, in. long by in. thick, lobes 4, erect, deltoid, one-third the depth of the calyxj 

 corolla hairy outside, glabrous inside, lobes one-third the length of the corolla ; stamens 

 10, 12, glabrous, hypogynous, biseriate, nearly equal, | | in. long, anthers -fa i n . long, 

 linear; ovary rudimentary, ferruginous-sericeous. 



9 . Flowers solitary, ferruginous-sericeous, nearly in. long, very shortly pedunculate ; 

 calyx -f s in. long by in? thick, campanulate, lobes 4 5, ovate deltoid, one-third depth 

 of calyx; corolla 4-fid, lobes somewhat spreading; staminodes 4> glabrous, short, alternate 

 with corolla-lobes ; ovary densely sericeous, fleshy, depresso-globose, ^ in. high by in. 

 thick, 8-celled, terminated at apex by style; style -^ in. long, 4-lobed at apex. Fruit 

 ferruginous-sericeous when young, glabrescent, subglobose, 1J in. long by 1 in. thick, 

 8-celled ; cells 1-seeded ; fruiting peduncle ^ in. long, sericeous ; fruiting calyx in, long 

 and wide, hairy on both sides, campanulate or nearly flat, spreading. 



Madagascar, Nossi Be, Boivin! 2108 bis, PervilUl 439> 505; mountains at Diego, 

 Suares, Bernier! 259 (excL fr.J. 



'-""-.. . . - - .> .. 



30. DIOSPYROS MELANIBA, Poir. in Encycl. Me'th. v. p. 431. n. 7 (1804). 



Z>. foliis alternis, avalibus, utrinque rotundatis vel obtuse angustatis, glabris, coriaceis, 

 petiolatis, mediocriter reticulatis ; flonbus masculis 1 3-m's, aggregatis, sessilibus, 5 6-meris, 

 calyce subglabro apice lobato, corolla 5 6-fidd, extus sericed, staminibus 22 24, glabris, basi 

 corollce insertis ; fioribus femineis solitariis, fructibus subglobosis, sessilibus, IQ-locularibus, 

 calyce fructifero aucto, 5 Q-lobo, tubo concava, lobis recurvis scepe undulatis ; seminibus oblongis, 

 albumine cavtilagineo t non ruminato. 



VOL. XII. PART L 23 



