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mon peduncle J Jin. long; pedicels | in. long, hispidulous; flowers tetramerous, white. 

 Calyx nearly in. long, glabrous outside, densely fulvo-tomentose inside ; lobes wide, acute. 

 Corolla more than twice the length of the calyx, fulvo-tomentose outside ; tube wide and 

 inflated, about &i n - long; lobes short, rounded; stamens about 20, inserted at the base 

 of the corolla and on the receptacle; filaments very short; anthers linear, acuminate, about 

 in. long. Ovary rudimentary, minute, fulvo-pubescent. 



9 . Fruit solitary, on young branches, very shortly pedunculate, sub-globose, f f in. in 

 diameter, more or less rufous-pubescent, yellowish, in one case 3-celled and 3-seeded. Fruiting 

 calyx \ in. long, 4-fid (in one case 3-fid), tomentose inside, pubescent outside ; lobes ovate- 

 deltoid. 



Pegu, Dr Brandis, Kurz! no. 3012. Java, Wynkoopers Bay, Teijsmann (Malay name 

 Kayu arang) ; Amherst, Wallich! 4128, Anderson!, H. Falconer!, Herb. Hort. Bot. Calc. 

 No. 242. 



74. DlOSPYROS FLAVICANS. 



D. foliis altemis, ovali-oblongis, apice acuminatis, basi obtusis, tenuiter coriaceis, glabris, 

 breviter petiolatis ; inflorescentid atrillari, brevissime cymosd, pauciflord, bracteis longis im- 

 bricatis, floribus 4 5-meris, calyce partito, corolld hypocrateriformi tetragond, lobis obtusis, 

 staminibus in flore masculo geminatis, 14 20, corollas basi insertis, glabris ; ovario in flore 

 femineo glabro, tetragono-pyramidali, 4>-loculari, loculis 1-ovulatis ; fructibus oblongis, glabris. 



Guatteria ? flavicans, Wall. List, n. 7295 (182832). 



A dioecious shrub 8 10 feet high or small tree, with virgate terete and somewhat 

 flexuous branches, appressedly ferruginous-pubescent as well as the leaves when young, gla- 

 brescent, spreading at about 50. Leaves alternate, oval-oblong, usually much acuminate at 

 apex into a long obtuse point, somewhat narrowed at base, thinly coriaceous, 2 5|in. 

 long by | 2 in. wide, besides petioles T \j in. long; quickly glabrescent, somewhat shining 

 on both sides; midrib somewhat depressed and lateral veins not conspicuous on upper 

 surface, the latter clear and slender and anastomosing near margin beneath. Inflorescence 

 axillary, shortly cymose, ferruginous-pubescent, with long bracts, 1 several-flowered; flowers 

 white. 



ff . Cymes very short ; flowers clustered (or solitary) ; with short pedicels bearing long 

 lanceolate foliaceous bracts at base sometimes Jin. long. Calyx \ Jin. long, pilose on 

 both sides, 4-partite or deeply lobed rarely 5-lobed, lobes ovate acute foliaceous, with plicate- 

 valvate sides, lax. Corolla salver-shaped, about double the length of the calyx, pubescent 

 outside, glabrous inside ; tube tetragonal, 4 5-fid or partite. Stamens 14 16 18 20, 

 inserted at or near base of tube of corolla, in pairs, the inner shorter on bent filaments, 

 glabrous ; anthers apiculate, equalling or shorter than the filaments ; ovary 0. 



9 . Cymes 1 few-flowered, \ \ in. long ; bracts pubescent outside, glabrous inside, vary- 

 ing in size, leaf-like, at base of pedicels, \ Jin. long. Calyx ^j |in. long, pubescent 

 on both sides, 4-partite; lobes widely ovate, cordate, with undulated and recurved sides and 

 base, plicate, foliaceous. Corolla caducous. Ovary glabrous, tetragonally pyramidal, 4-celled, 

 terminated at apex by an erect glabrous bilobed style -fa in. long or shorter ; cells 1-ovuled. 



