188 MB HIERN, ON EBGENACE^l. 



47. DIOSPYROS FOLTOLOSA, Wall. List IK 414? (182832). 



D. glabra, foliis alternis, oblongo-lanceolatis, apice attenuato-acuminatis, basi oibtusis, 

 nitidis, tenuiter coriaceis, reticulatis, petiolatis ; floribus masculis laxe cymosis, ovoideis, tetra- 

 meris, calyce parvo, corolla ovoideo-urceolatd, breviter lobatd, staminibus 12 16, geminatis, 

 connectivo et filamentis leviter pubescentibus, ovarii rudimento acuminato ; Jloribus femineis 

 solitariis t axillaribus, pedunculatis, 4- rarius 3-meris, staminodiis nullis, stigmatibus 4 3, 

 sessilibus, ovario 4t-loculari, locubis 1-ovulatis; fructibus globosis, junioribus pubescenti-squa- 

 mosis, senioribus glabratis ; calyse fructifero fructum eequantibus ml eaicedentibws, lobis cordato- 

 ovatis, foliaceis, nervosis. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. viil. p. 234. n.. 58 (1844). 



Diospyros calycina, Bedd., Ann.. Rep. Forests, Madras Pres. for 1867 68, p. 26 (1868), 

 Flora Sylvatica, Madras, t. 68 (1870), Ic. PI. Ind. Or. (Part vii.) p. 25. t. 123 (1871), non 

 Audib. 



D. auriculata, Wight! (MS. in Hb. Kew), Hb. Wight!,. Kew List n. 1716, non Stiehler. 



A good sized tree, glabrous in all parts except the stamens ovary and young fruit. 

 Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, thinly coriaceous, attenuate-acuminate at apex, narrowed 

 or rounded at base, shining, green on both sides, 2 4J in. long by \ \\ in. wide, mid- 

 rib depressed on upper side ; net-veins delicate in relief on both sides \ petioles \ \ in. long. 



<J . Cymes axillary, lax, about half the length of the leaves, 3 9-flowered ; flowers \ in. 

 long, ovoid ; calyx small, about ^ in. high by \ in. across, 4-fid, with deltoid or ovate lobes ; 

 corolla urceolate, often gibbous at base, 4-fid, bright yellow in colour, much contracted at 

 the top of the tube, lobes short, pointed, spreading ; stamens 12 16, inserted on the recep- 

 tacle and united in pairs by their short compressed more or less hairy filaments; anthers 

 equal, lanceolate, dehiscing from the base, converging at the apex above the rudimentary 

 5-lobed ovary which terminates with a long acumen ; connective somewhat hairy. 



$ . Flowers solitary, axillary, on peduncles | 1 in. long ; calyx with 4 or rarely 3 cordate 

 imbricated veined accrescent partitions ; corolla urceolate, gibbous ; tube nearly globose, lobes 

 4 or rarely 3, short, reflexed ; staminodes ; stigmas 4 or 3, sessile ; ovary 4-celled ; cells 

 1-ovuled. Fruit globose, covered when young with hairlike scales, glabrescent, f in. in 

 diameter ; fruiting calyx about as long as the fruit or longer, sometimes 1 in. long, some- 

 what glandular at base within around base of fruit; lobes cordate-ovate, foliaceous. 



Very abundant in the ghat forests from bottom to 3000ft. alt. in the Tinnevelly 

 district and southern portions of Madura; it is called Vellay Toveray, and yields a valuable 

 light-coloured wood, Beddome ; Courtallum, Wallich! 



48. DIOSPYROS PILOSULA, Wall. List. n. 4132 (182832). 



D. foliis alternis, obovato-oblongis vel anguste ellipticis, apice acitminatis, basi obtusis, 

 tenuiter coriaceis, supra glabris, nitidis, subtus secus neruos pubescentibus, petiolatis; jloribus 

 masculis pedunculatis, staminibus 12, glabris, mcequalibus ; jloribus femineis aolitariis, pedun- 



