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D. Kaki, var. /S. Thunb. Fl. Japon. p. 158 (1784), var. 7. glabra, Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. 

 p. 229. ru 30 (1844); non Linn. 



D. microcarpa, Sieb. in Ann. Soc. Hortic. Pays Bas 1844, p. 28. 



D. japonica, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abh. Bayer. Acad. IV. 3. p. 136 (1846). 



D. Umlovok, Griff Itin. Not. p. 355 n. 137. (1848). 



Dactylus trapezuntinus, Forskal Fl. ^Egypt. Arab. p. xxxvi. (1775). 



A dioecious moderate-sized tree or shrub, from 15 ft. high upwards; bark dark, rough, 

 scored, but less so than in D. virginiana, L.; young parts pubescent. Leaves alternate, 

 submembranous, more or less elliptical, usually paler beneath and often pubescent, 2 6 in. 

 long by 1 2 in. wide; petioles ^ | in. long. Flowers tetramerous, or by exception 

 pentamerous, axillary. 



<J . Flowers subsessile, 2 3 together, about in. long, urceolate. Calyx campanulate, 

 about J in. long, shortly 4-fid; lobes ovate, acute. Corolla urceolate-oblong, nearly or quite 

 glabrous, rd way 4-lobed; lobes ciliate, obtuse, recurved. Stamens 16, combined by their 

 glabrous filaments in 8 pairs; two pairs opposite each corolla-lobe; each pair consists of a 

 shorter inner and longer outer stamen; filaments inserted at base of corolla-tube; anthers 

 not quite glabrous. Ovary rudimentary. 



9 . Flowers solitary, subsessile, wider than in the <J . Calyx ultimately spreading. 

 Corolla often remaining at apex of the young fruit, urceolate, yellowish white. Staminodes 8, 

 in One row inserted at the base of the corolla, hairy. Ovary glabrous, except at apex from 

 which 4 hairy lines often descend down the fruit, 8-celled, cells 1-ovuled; styles 4, some- 

 what pubescent below. Fruit subsessile or apparently sessile, often with a glaucous tinge, 

 subglobose, | fa in. thick ; fruiting calyx spreading, J | in. across, with a ring of short 

 dense appressed silky hairs on the inside below the fruit. Flesh of the fruit astringent. 



Naturalized in the countries on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Russia in Asia, 

 Pallas, called Kurma by the Persians, Churma or Kard-churma in Tartary, Dikoi Phenik 

 in Astracan; Asia Minor, Zohrab/; Turkey in Asia, Lazistan, near Rhize, spontaneous, 

 Boissier! n. 1464; Caucasus; China, Hance! n. 13753, Canton; Pekin Mountains, Bunge; 

 Zsing Yune Pass, along North river, about 120 miles from Canton, Hance; Afghanistan, 

 Griffith/ n. 1289; N. W. India, common on the Huzara from 30006000 ft. alt., male plant 

 called Gwaladar, female Amlok, Dr Stewart ! n. 424 ; Tsu-sima Island, Straits of Corea, 

 Wilfordf; Japan, Nagasaki, Oldham! n. 529, called Sinanokaki. 



101. DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1057 (1753). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus, utrinque obtusis, submembranaceis, pubescentibus vel glabrescen- 

 tibus, petiolatis, floribus masculis 1 3-nis, breviter cymosis, axillaribus, 4- rarius 5-meris, 

 urceolatis, calyce campanulato, lobis lanceolatis, corolld breviter lobatd, staminibus 16, geminatis, 

 paulum pubescentibus; floribus femineis solitariis breviter pedunculatis, staminodiis 8, ovario 

 apice excepto glabro, &-locularibus, fructibus subglobosis, edidibus. 



Gaertn. fil. Carp, (in) p. 138. t. 207 (1805). 

 Michaux, Arb. Amer. Septr. II. p. 195. t. 12 (1812). 

 Collin, Forslag af nagra Nord-americas Trad, p. 23 (1823). 



