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dense cymosis, ferrugineo-tomentosis, tetrameris, calyce campanulato, lobis deltoideis, corolla 

 tubulosd, lobis rotundatis patentibus, staminibus 16, glabris, geminatis, inaqualibus, corollce 

 tubo brevioribus, ovarii rudimento rufo-tomentoso. 



A slender straight tree, 60 feet high, with ferruginous-pubescent branches. Leaves ob- 

 long, nearly rounded at base, much acuminate and sub-caudate at apex, coriaceous, glabrous 

 and with depressed veins on the upper side, ferruginous-tomentose with strong veins beneath, 

 alternate, about 1 ft. long by 3 3f in.- wide, edges recurved ; petioles J f in. long, thick, 

 "recurved" (Spruce). 



$ . Flowers ferruginous-tomentose outside, in many-flowered ferruginous cymes ; cymes 

 about Jin. long (excluding the flowers); pedicels about ^ in. long, stout. Calyx in. long, 

 campanulate, shortly tomentose on both sides, 4-fid with deltoid lobes. Corolla about J in. 

 long, tubular, with 4 patent lobes, glabrous inside, tube -fin. long; lobes ^ in. long, rounded, 

 pale green. Stamens 16, nearly or quite glabrous, in 8 pairs, sub-equal in those pairs which 

 are opposite the corolla lobes and unequal in the alternate pairs ; the longer ones in. long 

 with the anthers about equalling the filaments ; inserted at base of corolla ; anthers with 

 very few hairs on the back or glabrous ; filaments glabrous. Ovary rudimentary, rufous- 

 tomentose. 



South America, Columbia, San Carlos, frequent in the woods near river Guasie", $ fl. 

 October. Spruce ! 3138. 



Plate VIII. A branch in male flower, natural size. a. A male flower-bud, magnified 

 2 diameters, b. A male flower expanded, magnified 2 diameters, c. A male corolla laid open 

 shewing the stamens, magnified 3J diameters, d, e. Contiguous pairs of stamens, magnified 

 3J diameters. 



82. DIOSPYROS MARITIMA, Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. p. 669 (1825). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus vel oblongis, utrinque obtusis, coriaceis, glabris, petiolatis, flo- 

 ribus masculis aggregates, 3 7-nis, subsessilibus, elongato-campanulatis, pubescentibus, calyce 

 campanulato, apice 4 5- rarius 3-dentato, corolld tubulosd, 4<-fidd, staminibus 15 18, ince- 

 qualibus, plerisque geminatis, antheris glabris, filamentis basi hirsutis brevissimis; floribus 

 femineis solitariis vel binis, staminodiis 4 10, glabris, ovario 8-loculari, ferrugineo-pubescente, 

 fructibus subglobosis, glabrescentibus, seminum albumine non ruminato. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. VIH. p. 234. n. 62 (1844), Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. III. p. 406 (1834). 

 Cargillia laxa, R. Br. Prodr. p. 526. n. 1 (1810), Alph. DC. Prodr. vni. p. 243. n. 2 (1844), 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. IV. p. 287 (1869). 



Cargilia maritima, Hassk. Cat. PI. Hort. Bot. Bogor. II. p. 159 (1844). 



Cargillia megalocarpa, F. Muell. Fragm. V. p. 163 (1866). 



Maba megalocarpa, F. Muell. I.e. 



Diospyros tetrandra, Spanoghe ! in Linnaea xv. p. 336 (1841), non mihi. 



Diospyros megalocarpa, F. Muell. Austral. Veg. in Intercolonial Essays, 1866 67, p. 35 



(1867). 



A small tree 8 10 feet high with moderately thick trunk, dense head and drooping 

 branches, or a handsome tree attaining 50 feet, glabrous except the buds and inflorescence; 



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