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tomentosd, breviter 4- rarius 3- vel o-fidd, lobis obtusis, staminibus 13 16, plerisque geminatis, 

 corollce basi insertis, antheris glabris, apice rimosis, filamentis tomentosis, ovario rudimentario. 



Young parts ferruginous, shortly pubescent ; branches pale, cinereous, terete. Leaves 

 alternate, obovate, rounded or emarginate at apex, narrowed or nearly rounded at base, 

 coriaceous, puberulous with curved hairs on both sides especially beneath, crowded, 1 3 in. 

 long by | 1| in. wide ; petioles | in. long, puberulous, margins revolute, reticulated with 

 delicate inconspicuous veins in faint relief on both sides, midrib slightly depressed above. 



$ . Inflorescence axillary on young shoots, \ f in. long, ferruginous, pubescent with 

 short hairs; peduncle -^ fin. long; pedicels -fa in. long; flowers ^ Jin., openly cam- 

 panulate ; calyx I in. long, hemispherical, tomentose outside, 4-fid, sometimes unequally 

 so, lobes widely ovate-deltoid ; corolla campanulate, shortly 4-fid, occasionally 3- or 5-lobed, 

 tomentose on both sides, lobes ovate-oval, obtuse; stamens 13 16, all or mostly in pairs, 

 inserted near base of corolla, inner ones shorter, anthers glabrous, equal, lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, filaments tomentose ; ovary rudimentary, receptacle tomentose. 

 Madagascar, Port Leven, Vesco ! , St Marie, Boivin! 2539 b. 



94. DIOSPYROS MORRISIANA, Hance ex Walp. Ann. iii. p. 14 (1852). 



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

 petiolatis ; floribus masculis S-nis, breviter cymosis, tetrameris, calyce utrinque pubescente, 

 4-fido, corolld urceolata, breviter 4>-lobd, lobis obtusis, staminibus 16 25, scepius 20, plerisque 

 geminatis, corollce basi insertis, antheris linearibus, pubescentibus, ovarii rudimento glabro; 

 fructibus glabris, nitidis, subglobosis, 4>-locularibus, loculis monospermis, seminum albumine non 

 ruminate, calyce fructifero patente, subglabro. 



A shrub (or tree ?) quite glabrous except the buds inflorescence and extremities ; branches 

 dark, terete, spreading at about 30 35. Leaves oval, acuminate at apex, more or less 

 narrowed at base, glabrous, alternate, thinly and firmly coriaceous, with recurved margins, 

 2 3|in. long by 1 l^in. wide, besides petiole | |in. long; shining above; veins few 

 and slight. 



<J . Flowers whitish, \ in. long, tetramerous, 3 together on short drooping ferruginous- 

 hairy axillary cymes ; peduncles and pedicels each about -fa in. long ; calyx ferruginous-hairy on 

 both sides, 4-fid, -fo in. long, erect-patent, with deltoid lobes ; corolla about -^ in. long, tu- 

 buloso-urceolate in flower, ovate-conical in bud, lobes -^ in. long recurved, obtuse ; stamens 

 numerous, 16 25, usually about 20, mostly united in pairs, outer ones the longer, inserted 

 at base of corolla, about in. long; anthers linear, apiculate, hairy, dehiscing from apex; 

 filaments short, glabrous; ovary rudimentary, glabrous. 



9 . Flowers unknown. Fruit glabrous and shining, yellow, nearly globular, J in. in 

 diameter, 4-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Fruiting calyx nearly flat, nearly glabrate, -fa in. across ; 

 seeds -$$ in. long, compressed, chestnut-coloured ; albumen cartilaginous, not ruminated. The 

 male flowers appear in May; the fruit gathered in December is edible. 



Hong Kong, Hance! no. 460, G. Wright! 313. 



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