216 MB HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vill. p. 233. n. 55 (1844) ; G. Don, Gen. Syst. Card, and Bot. IV. p. 40. 

 n. 38 (1837). 



Var. ft (?). D. macrophylla, Wall n. 4141 (1828 32), non Blume ; foliis fructuque majoribus. 



A tree ; branches glabrous or young shoots puberulous. Leaves oblong or lanceolate- 

 oblong, more or less acuminate at apex, acute or more or less rounded but not subcordate 

 at base, firmly membranous, glabrous, shining, alternate, 3 15 in. long by 1 5 in. wide, 

 besides petioles \ J in. long, thinly coriaceous ; margins reflexed ; midrib depressed above ; 

 lateral veins inconspicuous or depressed above. Inflorescence axillary, ferruginous-hairy. 



(J. Flowers J Jin. long (in bud), conic-oblong, ferruginous- hairy, sessile on 3 9-flowered 

 cymes not exceeding them in length, except in var. /8; bracts ovate. Calyx short, 4-fid, 

 with deltoid acute lobes, less hairy inside except near the margins. Corolla tubular, glabrous 

 inside, shortly 4-lobed, with obtuse spreading lobes. Stamens 11 14, inserted on the receptacle 

 or at base of corolla, some in pairs, unequal except var. y3; anthers linear, hairy, sub- 

 sessile, filaments short, hairy. Ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



? . Flowers solitary or 3 together ; peduncles or cymes short, not exceeding -J in. long. 

 Fruit subglobose, about 1 in. long by nearly the same width, flat at the top and slightly 

 urnbilicate at base of style, appressedly brown-hairy, about 6-celled and 6-seeded ; pericarp 

 thick ; pulp mucilaginous ; seeds compressed, about f in. long ; albumen not ruminated ; 

 embryo ^ in. long ; cotyledons foliaceous, lanceolate, about as long as the radicle ; fruiting 

 calyx erect, embracing about half the fruit, very crass, hairy inside ; 4-fid, with the sinuses 

 nearly filled on the inner side ; lobes deltoid, occasionally spreading at the tips. 



Amherst, Wattich! 4136; Moulmein, Parish.'; Malacca, Griffith/ 3619, 3636, Maingay ! 

 977. Var. /3. Tavoy, Wallich! 4141; Mergui, Griffith!; Malacca, Maingay! 974. 



89. DIOSPYROS MULTIFLORA, Blanco, Fl. Filipin. p. 303 (1837), non Wall. 



D. foliis alternis, lanceolato-oblongis, apice obtusis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, subtus puberulis, 

 petiolatis ; floribus masculis 8-nis, aggregatis, brevissime cymosis, pubescentibus, calyce 4 5-fido, 

 corolla tubulosd, apice lobatd, staminibus 15 18, filamentis hirsutis, antheris alabris ; fructibus 

 venenosis. 



Diospyros Canomoi, Alph. DC. Prodr. vill. p. 237. n. 78 (1844). 

 D.^Lotus, Blanco, Fl. Filipin. edit. IT. p. 210 (1845), non Linn. 



A tree, glabrous except the buds, inflorescence and underside of leaves ; branches terete, 

 dark ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, alternate, coriaceous, obtusely lanceolate or rounded at apex, 

 cuneate at base and often with 2 glands on the upper side, glabrous with depressed and 

 not conspicuous veins above, tomentose-puberulous, subglabrescent beneath, 6 8 in. long by 

 1| 2J in. wide; besides petioles J Jin. long; margins revolute. 



<J . Flowers ferruginous-pubescent, in. long, axillary in clusters of about 8 each, sessile, 

 in very short ferruginous-pubescent cymes, tetramerous or pentamerous. Calyx -fa in. long, 

 4 5-fid, ferruginous-tomentose on both sides; lobes deltoid, spreading in flower. Corolla 

 glabrous inside, lobed at apex, rather fleshy, in. long, tubular. Stamens 18 (in one case), 



