236 MR HIEEN, ON EBENACK&. 



beneath with the lateral veins prominent mostly patent united within the margin and 

 loosely reticulated, 9 10 in. long. 



9 . Flowers densely crowded on the old branches, with short pedicels and hirtellous 

 bracts ; ovary rather thickened, resting on a coriaceous cup-shaped patent obtusely 5-lobed 

 calyx sparsely covered outside with appressed puberulence, abruptly stipitate-constricted at 

 the base, ovoid-heptagonal, glabrous, marked at the apex with 7 pits and teeth, 14 (? 16)- 

 celled. 



According to Miquel it is clearly related to D. ramiflora, Roxb., but quite a distinct 

 species. Malay name Djantoe-dipo. I have not seen a specimen. 



West Sumatra in Province Priaman, Diepenhorst. 



113. DIOSPYROS SUMATRANA, Miq. Plantse Junghuhnianse, p. 203 (1851 55). 



,D. foliis distichis, oblongis, apice anguste acuminatis, basi cuneatis, submembranaceis, 

 "breviter petiolatis ; floribus femineis laxiuscule cymosis, fructibus immaturis ovoid eo-oblongis, 

 subglabris, 4>-locularibus, loculis monospermis, albumine non ruminato, calyce fructifero pro- 

 funde 4>-lobo appresse pubescente, aucto, foliaceo, lobis suberectis, ovatis, acuminatis, basi cor- 

 datis. 



Young parts inflorescence petioles and midrib of leaves beneath covered with short 

 stiff puberulence. Leaves firmly submembranous, oblong, alternate, with a long narrow 

 acumen at apex, cuneate at base, distichous, 2| 5 in. long by |? 2 in. wide ; petioles 

 J ^ in. long ; veins slightly depressed above, in relief beneath ; lateral veins 5 6 ; very 

 minutely and vaguely pellucid-punctate. 



9 . Cymes rather lax, about \ in. long or shorter (excluding the flowers) ; peduncles \ in. 

 long, about 3-flowered ; pedicels with yellowish hairs, thickened upwards ; bracts foliaceous, 

 caducous. Fruit (unripe ?) oblong, f \ in. long, glabrous ; style, erect, glabrous (broken), dis- 

 tinct. Fruiting calyx deeply 4-lobed, appressedly pubescent, erect or sub-erect, nearly as long 

 as the young fruit ; lobes ovate, acutely acuminate, wide and cordate at base, foliaceous, wavy ; 

 seed \ in. long; albumen not ruminated; young fruit glabrous, 4-celled; cells 1-seeded. 



Sumatra, Korthals !, distr. Angkola, Junghuhn /; Borneo, Kortlwh / 



114. DIOSPYROS PENIHJLA, Hasselt ex Hasskarl PL Javan. p. 468. n. 352 (1848). 



D. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, utrinque acuminatis, gla'jris, breviter petiolatis, Jloribus 

 masculis solitariis, femineis I 2-ra's vel breve-racemosis, calyce 4<-fido, nigro-piloso, corolla} 

 lobis revolutis, jilamentis 8, villosis, antheras 2 3 gerentibus, ovario ovoideo, 4 8-loculari, 

 fructibus carnosis. 



A lofty dioecious tree. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, 2J 3| in. 

 long by 1 2 wide, shortly petiolate, glabrous. 



$. Flowers solitary. 9- Flowers solitary 2 together or collected in small racemes, 

 pendulous. Calyx 4-fid, bright green, nigro-pilose. Corolla pale yellow, with reflexed lobes. 

 Filaments 8, short, hairy, bearing 2 3 anthers. Ovary ovoid, 4 8-celled ; style thick, 

 attenuate at the apex (or 2 4 connate styles) ; stigmas 4, emarginate. Fruit fleshy, pilose 

 when young, 4 8-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 



Java, Bantam Province, Mt. Pulassarie, flowers in June, between 4000 ft. alt. and the 

 crater, Hasselt. 



