

186 MB HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



<J . Peduncles near together in the upper axils, ^ in. long, 1- or 2-flowered ; 

 flowers Jin. long or more; bracts rounded, caducous, glabrous inside; calyx Jin. long, 

 4-partite, fulvo-pilose on both sides, lobes linear-oblong, lax; corolla appressedly sericeous 

 outside, glabrous inside, f in. long, deeply 4-fid, constricted at top of tube, lobes ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, imbricated sinistrorsely. Stamens 13 14, glabrous, unequal, hypogynous, 

 connate at base, shorter than the corolla-tube, surrounding the hairy rudiment of the 

 ovary; filaments about as long as the anthers. 



9 . Flowers solitary, crowded in the upper axils on peduncles -^ m - l n g 5 calyx 

 J in. long with oblong spreading lobes, hairy on both sides, 4 5-partite; corolla f in. long, 

 4-fid, constricted about middle ; staminodes 5 (in one case), inserted at base of corolla, 

 glabrous, linear; ovary ferruginous-hispid, 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled; styles 2, short, almost 

 concealed by the long hairs on the ovary, glabrous, bifid at apex. Fruit ovoid-conical, 

 | 1 in. long, 4-celled, 4-seeded, densely clothed with fulvous stinging hairs. Fruiting 

 calyx spreading or reflexed, not accrescent. 



Bombay, Chorla Ghaut, Dr Ritchie! 1833 ; Dalzell! ; Bababoodun hills, Mysore, Mr 

 Law!; (?) Ceylon, Safiragam district, 2000 ft. alt., Dr Thwaites, C.P. 2836. 



44. DlOSPYROS APICULATA, Sp. nOV. 



D. foliis alternis, oblongis, apice acute acuminatis, basi cordatis, tenuiter coriaceis, supra 

 glabrescentibiis, subtus prcesertim secus nervos hispidis, breviter petiolatis; floribus masculis 

 sub-3-nis, subsessilibu&, axillaribus; calyce 4 5-partito, piloso-pubescente, corolla tubulosd, glabrd, 

 4<-lobd, staminibus 6 7 vel 12, incequalibus, glabris, ovarii rudimento hirsuto ; floribus femineis 

 1 S-nis, brevissime cymosis ; fructibus solitariis, subsessilibus, ferrugineo-setosis, ovoideo- 

 conicis, apice apiculatis, 4-locularibus ; albumine seminum non ruminato. 



A tree with slender stem, about _4 feet high in the specimen seen; young parts 

 ferruginous-hispid. Leaves oblong, alternate, thinly subcoriaceous, much acuminate at apex, 

 cordate at base, hispid beneath, especially on the clearly marked veins, glabrescent above, 

 with depressed midrib, of the same colour on both sides except the hairs, 4 7J in. long 

 by 1| 2f in. wide, margins just reflexed; petioles ^5 ^ in. long, hispid. Bracts finely hispid. 



<J. Flowers about 3 together, subsessile, axillary, -^ in. long; calyx 4 5-partite, 

 about | in. long, pilose-pubescent on both sides except near the base inside, lobes lanceolate- 

 linear; corolla glabrous, f in. long, tubular, 4-lobed, lobes spreading, oval, obtusely pointed 

 at apex, contorted sinistrorsely in bud, -j^ in. long; stamens glabrous, 6 7 or 12, unequal, 

 anthers linear-oblong, pointed at apex; filaments often geniculate, dilated and connate at 

 base, inserted in a very short tube at the very base of the corolla; ovary rudimentary, 

 small, hairy. 



2 . Flowers 1 3 together, on very short axillary finely hispid cymes. Fruit solitary, 

 subsessile, finely ferruginous-setose especially upwards but not densely so and subglabrescent 

 in lower part, ovoid-conical, about 1 in. long by | | in. wide, apiculate at apex, ovoid at 

 base, with indications inside of 4 cells, terminated by 2 (?) adjacent styles; seeds 4 (?), 

 in. long; albumem somewhat farinaceous (in dry state), not ruminated. 



Penang, Goot hill, Dr Maingay! no. 1514, 



