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corolla glabrous inside, in. long, shortly 5-fid, lobes rounded ; stamens 20, mostly in pairs, 

 subequal ; anthers linear glabrous, filaments very short, hispid, more or less combined at base. 

 Ovary rudimentary, represented by a bunch of hairs. 

 Borneo, 0. Beccari! 2542, 2615. 



56. DlOSPYBOS ASTEROCALYX, Sp. nOV. 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus, apice breviter acuminatis, basi obtusis, glabris, coriaceis, subtus 

 conspicue reticulatis, petiolatis; floribus femineis racemosis tetrameris, racemis 5 7-floris, basi 

 bracteatis ; calyce profunde 4<-lobo, ferrugineo-velutino, stellate, lobis margine revolutis, corolla 

 urceolatd 4-jidd ; staminodiis 3 4,- ovario velutino, 8-loculari, loculis \-ovulatis. 



Buds and inflorescence ferruginous-velutinous, in other parts glabrate ; leaves alternate, 

 oval, shortly acuminate at apex, obtuse at base, coriaceous, conspicuously net-veined beneath, 

 2| 7| in. long by 1 3^ in. wide; margins recurved; petioles J fin. long. 



9 . Flowers racemose ; racemes 1 2 \ in. long, pedicels patent, unequal, ranging up to 

 ^ in. long, the lower ones the longer. Calyx thickly coriaceous, deeply 4-lobed, stellate, f | in. 

 in diameter ; lobes widely ovate but much revolute. Corolla widely urceolate, under in. 

 high, 4-fid, lobes hairy on both sides, obtuse ; staminodes 3 (in one case), glabrous, inserted at 

 base of corolla, alternate with its lobes. Ovary velutinous, ovoid, conical at apex, 8-celled, 

 cells 1-ovuled ; style very short, lobed at apex, velutinous ; stigmas glabrous. 



Borneo, 0. Beccari I n. 2612. 



57. DIOSPYROS HORSFIELDII, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus vel oblongis, apice acuminatis, basi subrotundatis vel obtusis, 

 glabrescentibus, tenuiter coriaceis, supra nitentibus depresso-venosis, subtus reticulatis, breviter 

 petiolatis; cymis later alibtts vel axillaribus, fuligineo-hispidis, calyce plicato, 4s-lol>o, cor olid 

 urceolatd 4:-lobd, staminibus 14 16 (in fl. fern. 12, sterilibus), antheris glabris, filamentis 

 hispidis, ovario in floribus femineis dense hispido, 8-loculari ; fructibus globosis. 



Diospyros frutescens, Hasskarl, Plant. Javan. Rar. p. 467 (1848), non Blume. 



Branches numerous, terete and glabrous, spreading at about 70, green when young, 

 afterwards turning black. Leaves oblong or elliptical, alternate, soon quite glabrous, acuminate 

 at apex, somewhat narrowed or nearly rounded at base, with veins plainly depressed on 

 upper surface and in conspicuous relief beneath, shining above, thinly coriaceous, 4 9J in. 

 long by If 4 in. wide ; petioles J J in. long. 



<J. Cymes chiefly in the upper axils, fuliginous-hispid, bearing 3 5 flowers, drooping; 

 peduncles -^ f in. long ; pedicels ^ ^ in. long ; bracts oval, leaf-like ; flowers | J in. 

 long ; calyx ^ ^ in. long, 4-lobed, lobes ovate, plicate-connivent, thickened and fuliginous- 

 hispid on both sides over a lanceolate area proceeding from base to above the middle and 

 with broad membranous everted glabrous and green margins ; corolla urceolate, tetragonal, 

 fuliginous-hispid outside, straw-coloured and glabrous inside, 4-lobed, lobes ovate, rather obtuse, 

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