210 ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



fruit globose, subglabrate, \ in. in diameter, unequally 8-celled. Fruiting calyx not 

 lengthened, spreading, about in. high, supporting base of fruit ; tube with raised rim 

 within. 



Philippine Islands, Cuming ! 1496, 1506. 



80. DIOSPYROS TETRANDRA, sp. nov., non Span. 



D, foliis alternis, elliptico-oblongis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, tenuiter coriaceis, glabris, 

 graciliter reticulatis, petiolatis; floribus masculis 3-nis, brevissime cymosis, tetrameris, tubu- 

 losis, extus hispidis, calyce late campanulato, 4s-fido, corolla breviter ^-fidd, staminibus 4, 

 csqualibus, antheris hispidis, ovarii rudimento hirsute ; floribus femineis, 1 3-nis, subsessilibus, 

 stylis 4 ; fructibus solitariis, subsessilibus, globosis, nitidis ; calyce fructifero aucto, concaw- 

 plicato. 



A tree (?), shining and quite glabrous except buds, inflorescence, &c. ; young branches 

 terete, with smooth bark. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, somewhat narrowed 

 at base, thinly coriaceous, 4 8 in. long by If 3 in. wide ; midrib narrowly depressed 

 above ; lateral veins elear and slender beneath, arching and anastomosing within the 

 margin, inconspicuous and very delicate as well as the net- veins above ; petioles ^ f 

 in. long, with bladdery tumours on the under-side (especially on the younger ones of the 

 male plants) extending from the top downwards and disappearing from the older petioles. 



$ . Inflorescence axillary, very short, 3-flowered, with short rufous setae ; flowers sub- 

 sessile, f in. long, slender, with short rufous hairs. Calyx in. long, 4-fid ; lobes acute, 

 somewhat spreading. Corolla tubular, shortly 4-fid ; lobes spreading, rounded, -fa in. long. 

 Stamens 4, inserted on the receptacle or at very base of corolla, equal, distinct ; anthers 

 linear, with reddish short hairs, apiculate, as long as the glabrous filaments. Ovary ru^ 

 dimentary, rufous-hairy. 



9 . Inflorescence axillary, 1 3-flowered, shortly pubescent, without the flowers about 

 equalling the petiole ; bracts ovate, shortly pubescent ; pedicels J^ in. long ; flowers nearly 

 % in. long, 4 5-, usually 4-, merous, with short appressed hairs. Calyx .J in. high by ^ in. 

 wide, rather larger in fruit, 4-lobed, lobes cordate, acuminate or emarginate, roundly plicate. 

 Corolla elongate-urceolate, with reflexed ovate lobes. Staminodes . . Ovary . . . Styles 4, 

 hairy. Fruit solitary, globose, f in. in diameter, shining, with short inconspicuous ap- 

 pressed hairs, or subglabrate ; fruiting calyx \ f in. wide, \ f in. high ; lobes forming 

 below dependent hollows, ascending above. 



Guiana, Martin!, Budge! A. D. 1806, Foiteau! 



Plate VI. A branch in male flower-bud, natural size. a. A piece of a male branch 

 with more advanced flowers, natural size. b. A male flower on branch, magnified 3 dia- 

 meters, c. A male calyx, magnified 6 diameters, d. The andrcecium with rudimentary 

 ovary in centre, magnified 6 diameters, e. A female branch with empty calyx, natural 

 size. f. A piece of a fruiting branch, the fruit fractured, natural size. 



81. DIOSPYROS SPRUCEI, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis oblongis, apice valde acuminatis, basi subrotundis, coriaceis, supra glabris 

 nitidis, subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis, nervis manifestis, petiolatis ; floribus masculis aggregatis, 



