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W. Tropical Africa, Angola, Distr. Golunto Alto, frequent in dense primitive woods, 

 flowers from December to February, fruits in March, Dr Welwitsch! nos. 2537, 2538. 

 Native name Dendo or N-Dendo. 



61. DIOSPYKOS (?) CUNALON, Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 237 n. 79 (1844). 



D. foliis alternis, late lanceolatis, apice obtusis, glabris, brevissime petiolatis, margine 

 revolutis ; floribus breviter racemoso-cymosis, calyce campanulato, lobis 4 rarius 5 rotundatis, 

 corolla lobis 4 profundis acutis, staminibus 8, corollce adnalis, 4 basi, 4 media loborum ; 

 ovario globoso, stylis 2 ; baccis globosis, ^-locularibus, loculis monospermis. 



(Cunalon), Blanco, Flora de Filipinas pp. 304, 305 (1837). 



A tree with erect and branching trunk. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate, obtuse 

 at apex, glabrous ; the margins entire and reflexed ; petioles very short. Flowers in small 

 racemose panicles. Calyx free, persistent, campanulate, with 4 or rarely 5 rounded lobes. 

 Corolla longer than the calyx, with 4 deep acute lobes. Stamens 8, inserted on the corolla, 

 4 at the base and the other 4 at the middle of the lobes ; filaments shorter than the 

 corolla, compressed ; anthers erect, acute. Ovary globose, enclosed within the flower ; styles 

 2, linear, compressed; stigmas simple. Fruit baccate, globose, juicy, 4-celled ; cells 1-seeded; 

 seeds oblong, convex and canaliculate outside, angular inside, very hard and horny, and 

 " covered with a thin aril." 



Cebu, Philippine Islands, Blanco, loc. cit. 



The leaves and fruit turn very black at maturity and are used by the islanders to 

 dye cloth. The black colour produced is good and fast and without notable smell. Flowers 

 in October. Called Cunalon in Bisayas, Philippine Islands. 



62. DIOSPYROS TETKASPEBMA, Sw. Prodr. p. 62 (1788). 



D. foliis alternis, anguste obovatis, apice obtusis, basi cuneatis, glabris, subcoriaceis, breviter 

 petiolatis; floribus masculis 3 4-m's, breviter cymosis, calyce campanulato, subglabrescente, 

 4- rarius o-fido, corolla, tubulosd, extus sericed, breviter 4i-fidd, staminibus 8, glabris, gemi- 

 natis ; floribus femineis solitariis, staminodiis 4, ovario conico, pubescente, 4<-loculari, loculis 

 I-ovulatis, fructibus globosis, glabris, seminum albumine " radiato-striato quasi flbroso, car- 

 noso, albo." 



Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 678 (1800), Gaertn. f. Carp. iii. p. 138. t. 208 (1805), Alph. DC. Prodr. 

 vin. p. 222. n. 1 (1844). 



D. obovata, Jacq. Hort. Schosnbr. iii. p. 34. t. 312 (1798), non Wight. 



A shrub glabrous except the inflorescence and young parts ; stem 1 in. thick ; branches 

 pale, at about 40; shoots slender, subvelutinous. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate-oblong or 

 obovate, subcoriaceous, the younger ones sometimes pellucid-punctate, cuneate at base into 

 short petiole, rounded or obtuse at apex, deep green above, paler beneath ; veins raised 

 on both sides; 1^ 3 in. long by -| 1 in. wide; petioles -fa fin. long. 



$ flowers in 3 4-flowered cymes ; cymes recurved, \ in. long, with short appressed 

 hairs. Flowers about in. long. Pedicels very short. Bracts small, caducous. Calyx about 



