206 ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



Fruit glabrous, oblong, f 1 in. long by -^ f in. thick, obtusely tetragonal, rounded at apex 

 and terminated by remains of style, 4-celled. Fruiting calyx loosely embracing base of fruit, 

 ^ in. high, deeply 4-fid ; margins wavy-reflexed. 



Mergui, Tenasserim, Griffith f (Cfr. Notulse, vol. iv. p. 291. n. 2. 1854) n. 3639 ; Malacca, 

 Griffith ! Kew List 454, 3623 ; Penang, G. Porter ! from the hills (Wall. List 7295 !) ; 

 (?) Tenasserim and Andamans, Herb Heifer f 3640; Malacca Maingay ! 972, "<5 Feb. 19, 

 1868, stamens 17 18, $ testa subosseous." 



An instance of phyllomania occurs in a specimen probably of this species collected 

 by Heifer I n. 423, Tenasserim or Andamans. 



75. DIOSPYROS SAPOTOIDES, Kurz MSS. 



D. foliis alternis, obovato-ovalibus, apice breviter acuminatis, basi cuneatis, mox glabrescen- 

 tibus, tenuiter coriaceis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus masculis aggregatis, subsessilibus, tetra- 

 meris, urceolato-oblongis, calyce profunde lobato, utrinque pubescente ; corolld 4<-fidd, lobis obtusis, 

 staminibus circiter 16, glabris, biserialibus, incequalibus, ovario rudimentario. 



Branches terete, smooth. Leaves alternate, obovate-oval, shortly acuminate at apex, 

 cuneate at base, quickly glabrescent, thinly coriaceous, glaucescent (bluish green in dry 

 state) above, 3 10 in. long by 1^ 3| in. wide ; lateral veins 12 15 on each side the 

 midrib, arching and anastomosing near the margin ; petioles % J in. long. 



. Flowers J in. long, urceolate-oblong, tetramerous, clustered, several together, sub- 

 sessile, in axillary nodose dense abbreviated cymes. Calyx about \ in. long, openly campa- 

 nulate, hairy on both sides, deeply lobed; lobes cordate-ovate. Corolla 4-fid, hirsute outside 

 at least along 4 hairy lines on tube; lobes oval, rounded. Stamens 15 16, in two rows, 

 glabrous ; inner row shorter. Ovary wanting. 



Pegu; flowers in April, 8. Kurz! n. 3013. 



76. DIOSPYROS AUREA, (?) Teijsmann et Binnendijk PI. Nov. Hort. Bogor. in Nederl. 



Kruidk. Arch. in. p. 405 (1855). 



D. ramis fastigiatis ; foliis bifariis, elliptico-oblongis, breviter acuminatis, basi acute 

 angustatis, glabris, nitidis, tenuissime coriaceis, petiolis crassiusculis ; floribus masculis aggre- 

 gatis subsessilibus tetrameris, calycis lobis deltoideis acutis, corolld tubidosd, lobis ovali-oblongis 

 patentibus, staminibus 16, glabris, antheris apiculatis; floribus femineis solitariis 4 5-meris, 

 staminodiis 10 11, "stigmate profunde 3-fido"; baccd globosd, aurantiacd. 



Walp. Ann. v. p. 478 (1858). 



A small tree ; trunk 4 feet high with fastigiate terete contiguous leafy branches which 

 form a dense head; young shoots petioles and pedicels ferruginous-puberulous as well as 

 the midrib of the leaves beneath. Leaves alternate, distichous, glabrescent, oval-oblong, 

 acuminate at apex, narrowed at base into petiole, very thinly coriaceous, shining, with 

 midrib depressed and lateral veins slightly raised above, 4 8 J in. long by 1| 2| in. wide ; 

 petioles ^ Jin. long, rather thick. 



