194 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE.E. 



reflexed; stamens 14 16, inserted at the base of the corolla or on the disk, often in pairs 

 united by their short hairy filaments ; anthers glabrous ; ovary rudimentary, minute. 



9 . Cymes corymbose, many-flowered, 1 3 in. long, frequently on older branches, 

 bracteate, fuliginous ; flowers f \ in. long ; calyx \ \ in. long, like ^ but occasionally 

 5-partite; corolla tetragonal, 4-partite ; staminodes 12, in one row, attached by their hairy 

 filaments to base of corolla, anthers glabrous ; styles 4, short, spreading ; ovary densely 

 hispid, with black and rufous mixed hairs, 8-celled ; cells 1-ovuled. Fruit globose, with 

 a central pit at apex around remains of styles, about \ f in. in diameter, black-hairy or 

 nearly glabrescent ; fruiting calyx reaching about \ in. up fruit, lobes auricled at base. 



Malacca, Griffith! 3620; Java, Dr Hvrsfield ! Eben. 1 (1182) drawings n. 128 (pt.) in 

 Hb. Kew. ; Leschenault! 1669; Perrottet ! 



58. DIOSPYROS BOIVINI, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis, ovato-lanceolatis vel-oblongis, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi cordatis, sub- 

 glabris, subcoriaceis, breviter petiolatis; floribus masculis laxe cymosis, tomentoso-pubescentibus, 

 tetrameris, calyce campanulato, corolla 4>-fidd, lobis late rotundatis, staminibus 12 14, glabris, 

 plerisque geminatis, ovarii rudimento pubescente. 



Young branches and inflorescence ferruginous-pubescent ; shoots terete, shining, rather 

 dark. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate or -oblong, rather obtusely acuminate at apex< 

 cordate at base, subcoriaceous, shining brown and nearly glabrous above with somewhat 

 sunken veins, rather paler and nearly glabrous beneath with somewhat ruddy raised mid- 

 rib and clear but not close net-veins, 2| 6J in. long by 1 2f in. wide ; petiole T J 2 J in. 

 long, thick, pubescent. 



<J . Cymes lax, many-flowered, near ends of branches, \ 2 in. long, shortly hispid- 

 pubescent, ferruginous ; bracts lanceolate ; flowers campanulate, f in. long, in. wide, tetra- 

 merous, tomentose-pubescent ; calyx nearly | in. long, campanulate, shortly 4-lobed or 

 occasionally deeper, lobes depresso-deltoid, somewhat wavy ; pubescent on both sides ; corolla 

 just exceeding the calyx, 4-fid, ferruginous-velutinous outside, glabrous within, lobes widely 

 rounded, contorted sinistrorsely ; stamens (12 ex Baillon in note) 14! (in 2 flowers), glabrous, 

 mostly in pairs, nearly equal, inner ones rather shorter, \ in. long, anthers oblong-linear, 

 \ in. long, dehiscing laterally ; ovary rudimentary, pubescent. 



Madagascar, Voyage of M. Boivin! 1847 1852. 



59. DIOSPTROS LOUREIEIANA, G. Don, Gen. Syst. Gard. and Bot. iv. p. 39. n. 22 (1837). 



1). foliis alternis, dblongis vel obovato-oblongis, apice plus minus acuminatis, basi rotun- 

 datis vel subcordatis, glabrescentibus, ciliatis, submembranaceis, supra saturate- subtus flaves- 

 centi-viridibus, petiolatis; pedunculis axillaribus sub-Z-floris, glanduloso-pubescentibus, pedicellis 

 basi bracteis foliaceis ovatis glandulosis deciduis suffultis ; calyce 4<-fido in fructu aucto, corolla 

 urceolatd 4<-lobd, staminibus 8 uniserialibus pilosis in fl. fern, effcetis, ovario in fl. fern. 8- 



