204 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^]. 



$ . Flowers in bud nearly in. long, tetramerous, shortly pedicelled, arranged in short 

 tawny-pubescent cymes, axillary or above the scars of fallen leaves ; bracts suborbicular, pu- 

 berulous, ciliated, about -fa in. long. Calyx ferruginous-pubescent, lobed almost to the base ; 

 lobes rounded, ciliated. Corolla-tube appressedly tawny- or ferruginous-pubescent, \ in. long, 

 widely tubular; corolla-lobes equalling the tube, acute, oblong, canescent-velutinous outside. 

 Stamens about 16, inserted at the base of the corolla ; filaments very unequal, some % ^ in. 

 long, but mostly very short; anthers oblong, acute. Ovary rudimentary, with tawny hairs. 



Karen hills, Taipo mountains, Burmah (between Sitang Hills and Salween River), at 

 4000 ft. alt., Dr Brandia ! 



72. DIOSPYBOS BECCAEII, sp. nov. 



D. ramulis petiolis el inflorescentid ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis alternis, ovali-oblongis, 

 apice acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel rarius parum angustatis, tenuiter coriaceis, superne glabris, 

 subtus ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; floribus femineis solitariis, subsessilibus, basi pluribracteatis, 

 aodllaribus; calyce 4>-partito, lobis margine revolutis vel undulatis; corolld 4t-fidd, lobis obtusis; 

 staminodiis 8, glabris; ovario glabro, 4>-loculari, loculis I-owlatis. 



Young parts, petioles, underside of leaves and inflorescence ferruginous-pubescent ; shoots 

 longitudinally wrinkled. Leaves oval-oblong, narrowly acuminate, obtuse at apex, rounded or 

 rarely slightly narrowed at base, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above with indistinct veins, flat, 

 2 6 in. long by 1 2J in. wide ; petioles stout, terete, $ J in. long. 



? . Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile, with several caducous ovate bracts at base ; 

 bracts unequal, shorter than the calyx ; calyx campanulate, \ f in. long, hairy on both 

 sides, 4-partite; lobes ovate, with reflexed or undulated margins; corolla (immature) 4-fid, 

 glabrous inside ; lobes obtuse ; staminodes 8, glabrous, equal, in one row ; ovary glabrous, 

 ovoid, 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. 



Borneo, 0. Beccari! nn. 2492, 2591. 



73. DIOSPYEOS OLEIFOLIA, Wall. List n. 4128 (182832). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus vel dblongis apice obtuse acuminatis, basi angustatis, subco- 

 riaceis, glabrescentibus, utrinque l<Bvibus nitidisque, nervis subtilissimis impressis inconspimis, 

 petiolatis; floribus masculis ternis, breviter cymosis, tetrameris; calyce extus glabro, intus to- 

 mentoso, lobis latis acutis, corolld urceolato-oblongd, lobis brevibus rotundatis, staminibus cir- 

 citer 20, ovarii rudimento pubescente; fructibus solitariis, subglobosis. 



DC. Prodr. VIIL p. 239. n. 88 (1844) ; Kurz in Joura. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vol. XL. Pt. II. 

 p. 72. n. 94 (1871) ; Flora, 1871, p. 342. 



A moderate-sized tree with dark bark, glabrous except young parts, which are fer- 

 ruginous-tomentose. Leaves alternate, oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at 

 both ends, 2| 6 9 in. long by 1 2| 2f in. wide, subcoriaceous, pale, smooth and shining 

 on both sides, the yellowish midrib and inconspicuous veins all slightly depressed on the 

 upper surface ; petioles J J | in. long ; margins just recurved. 



<J. Cymes drooping, J 1 in. long, axillary, slightly pubescent, usually 3-flowered; com- 



