190 ME HIEEN, ON EBENACE^E. 



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50. DIOSPYROS SQUAEROSA, Klotzsch in Peters Mossamb. I. p. 184 (1862). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus, utrinque rotundatis vel obtusis, tenuiter coriaceis, breviter 

 pubescentibus prcesertim secus nervos vel subglabrescentibus, petiolatis; floribus femineis axil- 

 laribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, tetrameris; calyce profunde 4<-fido, corolld b-partitd, parti- 

 tionibus obtusis, patentibus, subglabris, staminodiis 0, ovario subgloboso, glabro, 8-loculari; 

 stylis 4, bifidis ; fructibus subglobosis nitidis, calycis fructiferi lobis dependentibus, seminibus 

 compressis. 



A tree, or much branched shrub, with young shoots delicately hispid, virgate ; branches 

 glabrescent, terete, spreading at about 80. Leaves elliptical or somewhat obovate, alternate, 

 thinly coriaceous, rounded at both ends or sometimes narrowed; with scattered patent pubescence 

 or subglabrescent, subnitescent above ; paler, with patent pubescence, rufous and denser on 

 midrib and lateral veins beneath; patent, delicately reticulated, \\ 3 in. long by | 2 in. 

 wide ; petiole -fa J in long, pubescent 



9 . Flowers axillary, solitary, drooping, tetramerous ; peduncles recurved, J J in. long, 

 patently pubescent; bracts caducous, at about middle of peduncle, lanceolate, -$7 in. long; 

 calyx covered with short appressed tawny hairs on both sides, loosely hemispherical, J in. 

 long, with 4 deep oval or ovate lobes ; corolla 4-partite, openly cup-shaped or rotate nearly 

 glabrous, but with scattered pale appressed hairs along middle of lobes ; lobes reflexed, about 

 \ in. long, obtuse ; stamens ; ovary glabrous, somewhat 4-sided, -fa in. high, 8-celled, cells 

 1-ovuled; styles 4, glabrous, bifid to about middle, not persistent on fruit; fruit glabrous, 

 somewhat 4-sidedly globular, about in. high ; fruiting calyx with pendent lobes, not accrescent. 



Africa, K. Zambezi at Senna (left bank), and Rivoque near Tette, January, in ? flower 

 and fruit, local name " Mutshenje tuna tuna," Sechuana dialect, Dr Kirk !; Sena, Dr 

 Peters !, in hedges near water-courses. 



51. DIOSPYROS PANICULATA, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 109. n. 1 (1852), Bedd. Ic. 

 PL Ind. Or. (Pt. vil.) p. 25. t. 125 (1871). 



D. foliis oblongis, alternis, utrinque obtusis, glabris, subcoriaceis vel submembranaceis, 

 reticulatis, petiolatis ; floribus masculis numerosis paniculatis pentameris fuligineo-pubescentibus, 

 calycis lobis foliaceis reticulato-venosis, staminibus 20 geminatis glabris ; floribus femineis 

 solitariis. pedunculatis pentameris; fructibus ovoideis glanduloso-hirsutis, 4i-locularibus, calyce 

 aucto plicato. 



A middle-sized or large tree with glabrous somewhat angular branches. Leaves oblong, 

 alternate, thinly subcoriaceous or submembranous, narrowed rounded or obtusely acuminate 

 at apex, but little narrowed at base, highly reticulated, with veins, except the midrib, in 

 relief on both sides, 4 9 in. long by 1 3| in. wide ; petioles J in long ; net-veins 

 pellucid when young. 



. Cymes paniculate, many-flowered, in axils of fallen leaves, pubescent with fuliginous 

 hairs, 1 1 in. long ; flowers f J in long. Calyx 5-partite shortly nigro-puberulous on both 

 sides, J in. long, lobes foliaceous, widely oval, obtuse, net-veined, with a callous internal keel 



