ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 223 



upper part of the filaments; anthers dehiscing widely on both sides downwards from 

 apex, pollen subglobose, smooth; ovary rudimentary, glabrous. 



Java, Zollinger! n. 2651. A specimen from Assam, collected by Col. Jenkins, has 

 also abortive buds arranged in a considerable panicle; it does not however appear to belong 

 to this species, having a somewhat different foliage, resembling in this respect D. variegata, Kurz. 



99. DIOSPTROS CILIATA, Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. p. 229. n. 31 (1844), non Kafin. 



D. foliis alternis, ovato-ellipticis, basi obtusis, apice acuminatis acutisve, ciliatis, membra- 

 naceis; floribus femineis axillaribus, breviter pedicillatis, tetrameris, calyce partita, lobis ova- 

 tis obtusis, corolld campanulatd. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptical, obtuse at base, acuminate or 

 acute at apex, ciliate, 2 3 in. long (including petiole T 5 ? in. long) by 1 1| in. wide, 

 membranous, with the nervation of the leaves as in D. virginiana except that the 

 margin is ciliate and the acumen is usually acute. 



9 . Flowers axillary, on glabrous pedicels much shorter than the petiole or flower, 

 tetramerous or sometimes pentamerous, J in. long. Calyx 4-partite, silky inside at base, 

 with ovate obtuse reflexed lobes; corolla glabrous, campanulate, narrower above, 4-fid, with 

 obtuse lobes. Styles 4, united to the middle, glabrous, longer than the calycine lobes. 

 Fruit edible. 



S. Mexico, Pavon! 



100. DIOSPYROS LOTUS, Linn. Sp. PL p. 1057 (1753). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus, utrinque scepius obtusis, submembranaceis, subtus scepe pallidiori- 

 bus et pubescentibus, petiolatis; floribus masculis 2 3-nis brevissime cymosis, subsessilibus, 

 wrceolatis, 4- rarissime 5-meris, axillaribus, calyce campanulato, lobis acutis, corolld breviter 

 lobatd, staminibus 16, geminatis, antheris glabriusculis, filamentis glabris; floribus femineis 

 solitariis, staminodiis 8, ovario apice excepto glabro, 8-locularibus, fructibus subglobosis, 

 edulibus. 



Pallas, Fl. Ross. t. 58 et t. 59 fig. inferior, torn. I. pars. II. p. 20 (1788). 

 Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Me"th. vol. V. p. 428 (1804), t. 858 fig. inf. (1823). 

 Nouveau Duhamel, vol. VI. p. 83. t. 26 (180119). 

 Turpin, Diet. Sc. Nat. Planch, vol. ill. t. 65 (181629). 

 Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 228. n. 28 (1844). 



Reichenb. PI. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. (xvii) t. 1079 (1855), non Lour. FL Cochinch. 

 p. 226 (1790). 



Ermellinus, Cesalp. De Plantis, lib. III. cap. XXI. p. 104 (1583). 



Pseudolotus, Gamer. Epit. p. 156 (1586). 



Lotus africana altera, Gamer. Epit. p. 157 (1586). 



Lignum Vitas, Gerarde Herball, p. 1309 (1597). 



Ouaiacum patavinum, Gerarde Herball, p. 1310 (1597). 



