MR HIKRN, ON EBENACILE. 189 



culatis, calyce 4<-partito, lobis lanceolatis acutis, staminodiis 0, ovaria rufo-hispido, ^-loculari, 

 local is 1-ovulatis. 



Gunisanikus pilosuhia, Alph. DC. Prodr. vin. p. 220 (1844). 



A tree or shrub ; branches terete, fulvo-pubescent when young, afterwards glabrescent 

 and cinereous. Leaves narrowly elliptical or obovate-oblong, acuminate at apex, somewhat 

 narrowed at base, alternate, thinly coriaceous, glabrous and shining above with depressed 

 midrib, appressedly pubescent beneath and ciliate when young, glabrescent except the 

 veins beneath, 3 4^ in. long by 1 lin. wide; petioles about Jin. long, pubescent when 

 young; lateral veins not conspicuous. 



<$ . Flowers on the young shoots, tetramerous, pilose, about | in. long, on slender 

 peduncles about J in. long ; calyx in. long, lobes deep lanceolate acute lax ; corolla rather 

 slender, tube tapering upwards i J in. long, lobes lanceolate acute rather longer than the 

 tube, at length spreading; stamens 12, glabrous, very unequal, -fo ^ in. high, inserted on 

 the receptacle, filaments often geniculate, anthers about ^ in. long. 



V . Flowers solitary, on the young shoots, rather slender; peduncles ^ |in. long, pubescent, 

 articulated at the apex to the flower, without bracts, tapering downwards in fruit; calyx of 

 the young fruit 4-partite, pubescent outside, glabrous inside, lobes lanceolate, ^ Jin. long, 

 spreading, acute ; corolla deeply 4-fid, silky outside, tube cylindrical, narrowed upwards, 

 shorter than the calyx, lobes acute ; young fruit rufous-hispid, 4-celled ; staminodes ; style 

 very short, covered by the hairs of the ovary ; stigmas 2, glabrous ; ovary 4-celled, cells 

 1-ovuled. 



Among the mountains of Silhet, Wallichl; Pegu, Dr BrandisI, local name Gjut. 



49. DIOSPYROS SUBERIFOLIA, Decaisne MSS. in Hb. Mus. Paris. 



D. foliis altemis, ovalibus vel obovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis emarginatis vel apicidatis, 

 basi obtusis, subtus subtomentosis, margine minute repando-crenulatis, subsessilibus ; floribus 

 masculis pubescentibus, pedunculis axillaribus, 1 2-nis, \-floris, basi e bractearum nidulo ex- 

 orientibus, calyce 5-partito, corolld urceolatd, breviter 3 6-dentatd, staminibus circiter 20, antheris 

 hispidulis, filamentis glabris, ovarii rudimento hirsute. 



Stems dark-cinereous, rough, glabrescent, softly subtomentose when young. Leaves oval 

 or obovate-oblong, alternate, coriaceous, subsessile, softly sub-tomentose at least beneath, 

 slightly convex from above, rounded emarginate or apiculate at apex, rounded or somewhat 

 narrowed at base, margins minutely repand-crenulate, 1 3 in. long by J l|in. wide, net- 

 veins not very conspicuous ; petioles very short. 



<? . Flowers pedunculate, axillary ; peduncles solitary or 2 together, arising from a nest 

 of bracts at base, pubescent, J in. long or more ; calyx 5-partite, pubescent outside, glabrous 

 inside, ^ in. long, lobes ovate ;. corolla urceolate, shortly or irregularly 5 6-lobed, puberulous 

 outside, glabrous inside, -$jin. long; stamens 21 (one of which is very thin) in one case, 

 inserted on the receptacle 'or some at the very base of the corolla, some in pairs ; anthers 

 hispidulous upwards, lanceolate-linear, apiculate ; filaments very short, slender, glabrous ; ovary 

 rudimentary, hairy. 



Cultivated in. hort. Paris.!; supposed to have been, brought from Chili. 



