232 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



9. Flowers axillary, 1 3 together, |in. long; pedicels equalling the petioles. Calyx 

 turbinate at base, deeply 4-fid; lobes wide, cordate. Corolla silky outside, rather longer 

 than the calyx. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 8-celled, fruiting calyx nearly Jin. high by more 

 than \ in. wide, 4-fid, with reflexed undulated lobes and shallowly cup-shaped crass tube 

 having internal elevated rim, appressedly and shortly hairy inside. 



Cayenne, French Guiana ! ; cultivated in Jamaica, Berter ! , but not mentioned in Grise- 

 bach's Flora of the British West Indies. 



106. DIOSPYROS LEVIS, Boj. ex Alph. DC. Prodr. Tin. p. 232. n. 50 (1844). 



D. gldbra, foliis alternis, ellipticis, utrinque angustatis, coriaceis, breviter petiolatis ; 

 floribus masculis, 1 3-nis, subsessilibus, tetrameris, calyce campanulato, corollce lobis obtusis, 

 staminibies 16, geminatis, glabris. 



Glabrous. Branches slender, black in dried state. Leaves alternate, elliptical, attenuate 

 at both ends, rather obtuse at very apex, coriaceous, revolute at the margins, 3 in. long 

 by 1^ lin. wide; lateral veins scarcely conspicuous; midrib depressed above; petioles^ in. 

 long. 



<J . Flowers solitary or 3 together, subsessile, in. long, glabrous ; calyx campanulate, 

 shortly 4-fid, with acute ciliated deltoid lobes ; corolla shortly 4-fid, double the length of 

 the calyx or less, lobes widely ovate, obtuse; stamens 16, in pairs, unequal, apiculate, 

 glabrous. 



Madagascar, East coast, Bojer! , Eelsonbergl 



107. DIOSPYROS THOUARSII, sp. nov. 



D. glabra, foliis alternis, ellipticis, utrinque paulum angustatis, coriaceis, subsessilibus ; 

 floribus masculis, aggregatis, brevissime cymosis, tetrameris, urceolatis, calyce parvo, 4-lobo, 

 staminibus 12, glabris, in flore femineo paucis, ovario ovoideo, 8-loculari. 



Dark, glabrous except the bracts. Leaves alternate, elliptical, subsessile, coriaceous, 

 somewhat narrowed at both ends, obtuse ; veins reticulated, inconspicuous ; midrib somewhat 

 depressed above; 1 Sin. long by \ lin. wide, rich dark brown beneath; margins just 

 thickened beneath. Cymes axillary, many-flowered, short ; bracts small, ciliated. 



$ . Flowers in. long by -^ in. wide, urceolate. Calyx ^ in. long by ^ in. wide, shortly 

 4 fid, 'lobes depresso-deltoid, apiculate; corolla |in. long, -j^in. wide, barrel-shaped, \ way 

 4-lobed ; lobes imbricated sinistrorsely, depresso-ovate ; stamens 12, mostly or all inserted 

 at base of corolla (some in pairs ?) , glabrous ; anthers much exceeding the filaments, de- 

 hiscing laterally from apex; pollen ellipsoidal, smooth. Ovary 0. 



? . Calyx ^ in. long by ^5 | in. wide, deeply 4-fid ; lobes widely ovate, sub-cordate 

 at base, apiculate at apex, suberect, accrescent. Corolla equalling the calyx, deeply 4-fid, 

 not spreading. Staminodes 2 or more, 4 (?), small, inserted at base of corolla. Ovary 

 ovoid, terminated by short 4-lobed style, 8-celled, cells 1-ovuled. 



Madagascar, Hb. Petit- Thouars f in Mus, Paris. 



