230 MB HIERN, ON EBENACEJ3. 



that many differences have been acquired under cultivation extended over a wide geographical 

 area which, while worthy of distinct notice in a horticultural point of view, yet do not properly 

 amount to specific importance. The allied species D. virginiana, L. and D. Lotus, L. are in a 

 similar manner subject to great variation and from similar causes. 



I have examined the herbaria both of Linnaeus and of Sir J. E. Smith (including that of 

 Linnaeus the younger) without finding an authentic specimen of D. Kaki ; but I think there is 

 no doubt but the D. Kaki of Thunberg is identical with that of Linn. fil. 



103. DIOSPYROS CHARTACEA, Wall. List n. 4135 (182832). 



D. glabra, foliis alternis, elongato-lanceolatis, apice acuminatis, basi obtusis, submembra- 

 naceis, minute pellucido-punctatis, breviter petiolatis; floribus masculis ternis, subsessilibus, 

 tetrameris, calyce elongato-cylindrico, ^-fido, lobis ovatis, ciliatis ; corolla brevi, 4t-fidd, lobis 

 obtusis, staminibus 16 20, geminatis, antheris pilosis, ovarii rudimento glabro. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vin. p. 232. n. 51 (1844). 



Glabrous or veiy nearly so. Leaves elongate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, rounded or 

 somewhat narrowed at base, submembranous, minutely pellucid-punctate, alternate, 2 9 in. 

 long, by | 3 in. wide ; petioles 1 * 5 J in. long ; lateral veins prominent below. 



<J. Flowers subsessile, subglobose (in bud), ^in. in diameter, ternate, crowded, in small 

 very short cymes ; bracts 2 or 3 times shorter than the flowers, ovate, acute, subciliate. 

 Flowers ^ in. long, quite glabrous except the margins of the ciliated calyx-lobes. Calyx 

 shortly cylindrical, 4-fid, with ovate rounded much imbricated lobes. Corolla (in bud) scarcely 

 longer than the calyx, 4-fid; lobes ovate, obtuse. Stamens 16 20, in pairs; anthers shortly 

 pilose, filaments short, T Vin. long (in bud). Ovary rudimentary, glabrous. 

 Burma, Trogla hills, Bank of Sallun, Wattich ! 4135. 



104. DIOSPYROS VACCINIOIDES, Lindl. in Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 139 (1825). 



D. fruticosa, foliis alternis, ovalibus, apice apiculatis scepe acutis, basi angustatis, supra 

 glabris nitidis, coriaceis, subsessilibus ; floribus masculis 1 S-nis subsessilibus axillaribus 

 4-mem, bracteis ovatis ciliatis imbricatis, calyce ^-partita, cor olid lobatd, lobis lanceolatis 

 acutis patentibus, staminibus 16, geminatis, glabris, corollce basi insertis ; floribus femineis 

 solitariis, subsessilibus, staminodiis 4 8, glabris, uniserialibus, ovario inferne glabro, 8-loculari; 

 fructibus -globosis vel ellipsoideis, albumine non ruminato, calyce non accrescente. 



Loddiges, Cab. t. 1549 (1829) ; Wall. List n. 4130 (182832). 



Rospidios vaccinioides, Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 220 (1844), Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 210 

 (1861), Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. V. vol. V. p. 227 (1866). 



Non Vaccinium Sprengelii, Wall. List 6296 ! Vide Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. p. 333 

 (1845). 



Vaccinium fragrans, Wall, ex Voigt, I. c. p. 345. 



D. vaccinifolia, Ettingsh. Beitr. Kenntniss. FOBS. Fl. v. Sotzka in Untersteiermark, in 

 Sitzungsberichte der Math.-naturw. Cl. Kais. Akad. Wissensch. xxvili. p. 494. t. V. fig. 5 6 

 (1858). 



