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2 . Flowers solitary, erect, axillary, \ in. long ; peduncles -^ in. long. Calyx \ in. long, 

 covered with short tawny pubescence, openly campanulate, 4-fid ; lobes with undulated and 

 recurved margins. Corolla-lobes lanceolate, about the length of the tube. Ovary 8-celled. 

 Fruit depresso-globose, about 1 in. long (unripe), glabrate or with remains of ferruginous 

 pubescence. Fruiting calyx accrescent, about \ in. high by 1 J in. across at top ; lobes pointed 

 and patent at apex; tube hemispherical. The timber of this tree is valuable for building 

 and for cabinet-work, Dr Thwaites loc. cit. 



Ceylon, Thwaites! C. P. 1908, Macrae! 30, Walker /, Gardner! 532, up to 2000ft. alt, 

 called Kadoombaireya-gass. 



87. DIOSPYROS HEUDELOTII, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis, ovato-ovalibus, apice breviter acuminatis, basi obtusis, tenuiter coriaceis, 

 subglabratis, breviter petiolatis; floribus masculis aggregatis, 4 Q-nis, subsessilibus, pubescenti- 

 bus, calyce breviter 4 5-fido, corolla tubulosd, lobis obtusis, staminibus 13 15, filamentis bre- 

 vibus hirsutis. 



Bushy tree 3 4 metres high; young parts puberulous; branches terete, dark, at about 

 35, quickly glabrescent. Leaves ovate-oval, alternate, obtusely narrowed at base, shortly 

 acuminate at apex, thinly coriaceous ; dark green, glabrous and with depressed veins above ; 

 paler with few weak scattered appressed whitish hairs and with raised veins beneath ; 2 3 in. 

 long by 1 1J in. wide; petioles ^ in. long, wrinkled, glabrous; margins of leaves just 

 recurved. 



cJ . Cymes very short, 4 6-flowered, ferruginous-hairy ; bracts short, hairy. Flowers 

 (closed in specimen) shortly and appressedly pubescent, whitish, sweet-scented, subsessile. 

 Calyx -^ in. high, campanulate, 4 5-fid, with ovate lobes. Corolla oblong, inflated in middle, 

 4 5-lobed at apex, glabrous inside, J in. long ; lobes emarginate. Stamens 15, or in a tetra- 

 merous flower 13, inserted at very base of corolla or on receptacle, nearly equal, -fa in. long ; 

 filaments pubescent, very short, more or less connate at base ; anthers linear, narrower towards 

 apex, with a few hairs on back; dehiscing laterally by slits. Ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



Africa, Senegambia, Heudelot ! 638, October, January. 



Plate V. fig. 2. A male flowering branch, natural size. a. Male flower-bud, magnified 

 4 diameters, b. Half the corolla laid open, shewing some of the stamens, magnified 4 dia- 

 meters, c. A pair of stamens, magnified 4 diameters. 



88. DIOSPYROS UNDULATA, Wall. List, n. 4136 (182832). 



D. foliis lanceolato-oblongis, alternis, apice acuminatis, basi angustatis vel subrotundatis, 

 glabris, nitidis, firmiter membranaceis, petiolatis; floribus masculis breviter cymosis, 3 9-nis, 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus, tetrameris, calyce 4-fido, corolla tubulosd, breviter 4-lobd, lobis obtusis, 

 staminibus 11 14, pubescentibus ; floribus femineis 1 3-nis, breviter pedunculatis vel subsessi- 

 libus, fructibus subglobosis, appresse pilosis, plurilocularibus, seminibus compressis, albumine non 

 ruminato, calyce fructifero aucto, crasso, fructus basim amplectente. 



