212 MB HIERN, ON EBENACE^. 



branches and shoots terete, rather slender. Leaves oblong or oval, coriaceous or thinly so, 

 of nearly same colour on both sides, shining above, alternate, usually rounded or obtuse 

 near base, obtuse at apex, 2 10 Jin. long by 1^ 3^ in. wide, often with 2 glands at base 

 near the petiole ; petioles | J in. long ; midrib depressed above ; lateral veins rather clear 

 beneath, raised and not conspicuous above. Bracts several, rather small, on very short 

 stalks. 



f. Flowers 3 7 together, crowded, subsessile, |in. long in bud, elongate-campanulate. 

 Calyx campanulate, 4 5- rarely 3-toothed at the apex, silky-puberulous on both sides, 

 in. long, coriaceous ; lobes depth of calyx, depresso-deltoid. Corolla 4-fid, silky outside, 

 2 4; times the length of the calyx, tubular, fin. long. Stamens 15 18, inserted at base 

 of corolla, mostly in pairs, unequal ; filaments very short, hirsute at base ; anthers lanceolate- 

 subulate or oblong, glabrous ; pollen white, globose. Ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



? . Flowers 1 2 together, subsessile, about in. long in bud. Calyx like $ but 

 thicker especially in fruit. Corolla rds 4-fid. Staminodes 4 10, glabrous. Styles 4, short. 

 Ovary ferruginous-pubescent, 8-celled ; cells 1-ovuled (4-celled, cells 2-ovuled according to 

 E. Brown). Fruiting calyx broadly cup-shaped or flatly appressed to base of fruit, 4 5- 

 lobed, coriaceous, about f in. across, often in. high. Fruiting peduncle very short and 

 much thickened and continuous with calyx. Fruit depresso-globular, glabrescent, f 1 in. 

 high by f 1 in. thick, 4 (?) -celled and seeded, marked at the apex by remains of short style. 

 Seeds nearly |in. long, somewhat compressed, brown and shining; albumen white, not 

 ruminated. Radicle longer than the ovate cotyledons. 



N. Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, opposite Groote Island, R. Brown! ; Escape Cliffs, 

 Hulls; Queensland, Cape York, W. Hill! ; Timor, Zippelius, Decaisne! , Gaichenol! , Spanoghef; 

 S. Java, JBlumef , Zollinger ! n. 1833; Java, Leschenault ! ; Straits of Sunda, Ld. Macartney! 

 Java, Hasskarl! ; De Vriese and Teijsmann! 1859 60. Menado, Celebes, poisonous tree. 

 Teijsmann and De Vriese/. 



83. DIOSPYROS PHILIPPINENSIS, Alph. DC. Prodr. vin. p. 231. n. 43 (1844). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi angustatis, tenuiter coriaceis, 

 glabrescentibus, breviter petiolatis ; floribus femineis 1 3-nis, breviter cymosis, bracteatis, tetra- 

 meris, pubescentibus, calyce profunde lobato, corolld tubulosd, 4>-fidd, staminodiis 6, leviter 

 pubescentibus, ovario ovoideo-conico, fulvo-pubescente, 4e-loculari, loculis 1-ovulatis. 



Young shoots buds inflorescence and underside midrib and margin of young leaves 

 covered with short tawny tomentum ; branches glabrescent. Leaves oval, rather shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate at apex, obtusely narrowed at base, thinly coriaceous, alternate, gla- 

 brescent, shining above, 2 5 Jin. long by 1^ 2^ in. wide; petioles in. long; midrib 

 depressed above ; lateral veins distant, slender, inconspicuous especially above. 



9 . Flowers in axillary 1 3-flowered bracteated cymes with several imbricated scales 

 at the base, or solitary near the base of the young shoots of the year; peduncles or pe- 

 dicels -3*5 % in. long ; bracts rounded, tawny-pubescent ; scales at the base of the young 

 shoots several, much imbricated ; flowers f in. long, tawny-pubescent outside, erect. Calyx 

 J in. long, loose, glabrous and shining inside, deeply 4-fid with rounded or sometimes api- 



