MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^. 213 



culate imbricated lobes. Corolla glabrous inside, 4-fid ; tube \ in. long by \ in. thick ; lobes 

 oval, spreading and recurved, somewhat cordate at base, round at apex, imbricated. Sta- 

 minodes 6 (in one flower), equal, somewhat tawny-hairy. Style very short, cut at apex. 

 Ovary ovoid-conical, tawny hairy ! 4-celled ! ; cells 1-ovuled ; according to Alph. DC. I. c. the 

 ovary is glabrous and 6- (or 6 8-) celled. 



Manila, Philippine Islands, Cuming ! 1142. 



84.. DIOSPTROS PILOSANTHERA, Blanco, Fl. Filipin. p. 304 (1837). 



D. caule arboreo, foliis alternis, lanceolatis, coriaceis, glabris, lasi 2 S-glandulosis, bre- 

 vissime petiolatis; floribus [femineis ?] axillaribus sessilibus, 6-nis vel ultra, calyce 4 5-lobo t 

 lobis revolutis, corolld calyce longiore pilosd, 5-lobd, staminibus 5 6, antlieris medio pilosis 

 (sterilibus 1\ stylis 4, baccd 10-spermd. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 237. n. 77 (1844). 



A tree with hard wood. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, glabrous, coriaceous, with 2 or 

 3 glandular depressions at the base beneath ; petioles very short. 



9 (?) Flowers axillary, sessile, 6 or more together; calyx with 4 or 5 large teeth 

 recurved and bordered at maturity; corolla longer than the calyx, covered with hair outside, 

 naked at the throat, 5-lobed ; stamens 5 6 ; filaments short ; anthers with a line of hairs 

 along the middle; stigmas 4; fruit baccate, 10-seeded, edible; like a small guava; seeds 

 horny, semicircular and thin at the two sides, and convex on the exterior. 



Philippine Islands, Blanco. 



85. DIOSPYROS LANCE^FOLIA, Roxb. Cat. PI. Fl. Ind. (1813). 



D. foliis alternis, oblongis vel lanceolatis, apice acuminatis, basi angustatis, coriaceis, 

 glabris ; floribus masculis fasciculatis, dense cymosis, 3 5 -mis, pubescentibus, tetrameris, calyce 

 campanulato, corolld tubulosd, staminibus 14 16, geminatis, incequalibus, subglabris ; floribus 

 femineis solitariis, subsessilibus, axillaribus, 4 5-meris, staminodiis 8 10, ovario pubescente, 

 8-loculari, fructibus subglobosis, tomentosis, seminum albumine non ruminato. ' 



Fl. Ind., Edit. 1832, vol. II. p. 537 ; Roxb. drawings no. 2508 ; Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 232. 

 n. 46 (1844). 



D. multiflora, Wall. List, n. 4144 (18281832), Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. p. 231. n. 45, 

 non Blanco. 



(?) D. amaena, Wall. List. n. 4139 (182832), Alph. DC. I.e. p. 231. n. 44 (1844), 

 Ettingsh. Blatt-skel. Dikot. t. 41. f. 11 (1861). 



Qoolal or Goolul is the vernacular name in Sillet, ex Roxb. I. c. 



A pretty large tree, furnishing hard durable timber suitable for the construction of 

 houses ; glabrous except the buds under side of young leaves inflorescence and fruit. 

 Leaves oblong oblong-lanceolate or -ovate, more or less narrowed at base, acuminate at apex, 

 with midrib depressed on upper side, coriaceous, alternate, rather pale on both sides, with 

 veins not conspicuous above, 2 3 6 9J in. long by 2 in. wide, besides petioles 

 $ Jin. long. 



