ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. . 237 



115. DioSPYROS MACROPHYLLA, Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. p. 670 (1825). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus vel ovali-oblongis, apice acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel interdum 

 subcordatis, tenuiter coriaceis, supra glabris, subtus glabriusculis, nervis gracilibus, breviter 

 petiolatis ; floribus masculis paniculatis, pedicellis brevibus, calyce breviter 3 5-fido,- urceolato, 

 corolla breviter 5-lobd, crasso-ligned, staminibus 12, geminatis, glabris, cymis femineis pauci- 

 floris brevibus, fructibus tomentosis subglobosis, calyce fructifero aucto. 



Alph. DO. Prodr. vin. p. 228. n. 27 (1844), non Wall. 



D. phyllomegas, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. edit. ii. vol. I. p. 514 (1840). 



A tree 60 feet high, with dark terete branches. Leaves alternate, oval or oval-oblong, 

 acuminate at apex, rounded or sub-cordate at base, thinly coriaceous, nearly glabrescent 

 above with clear slender arching lateral veins, glabrous above, 3 10 in. long by 1J 4j in. 

 wide ; petioles J J in. long. 



,J. Flowers axillary, paniculate, in. long, pubescent ; panicles many-flowered; 1 1 J in. 

 long, ultimate pedicels mostly short. Calyx shortly 3 5-fid, globose-urceolate, T 3 ff in. long, 

 lobes deltoid ; corolla silky outside, ovoid in bud, shortly 5-lobed, tube very crass and hard ; 

 stamens 12, unequal, in pairs, glabrous. 



2 . Cymes few-flowered, short, calyx 4 5-fid, hairy on both sides, accrescent in fruit ; 

 fruit tomentose, sub-globose, 1 in. or more in diameter. 



Java, in mountainous places, Blume ! Local name Kitjallung. 



116. DIOSPYROS OVALIFOLIA, R. Wight, Ic. t. 1227 (1850). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus, apice obtusis, basi angustatis, tenuiter coriaceis, glabris, 

 petiolatis, jloribus aggregatis, 3 6-m's, brevissime cymosis, 4 5-mem, urceolatis, calyce brevi, 

 pubescente, corolla subglabrd, lobis obtusis, staminibus 13 20, glabris, subcequalibus, plerisque 

 geminatis ; in Jlore femineo staminodiis 7, ovario hirsuto 4- vel 6-loculari, loculis l-ovulatis ; 

 fructibus solitariis, globosis, glabratis, seminum albumine non ruminato. 



Thw. Enum. Ceyl. PL p. 181. n. 13 (1864). 



A moderate-sized tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves oval- or obovate-oblong, 

 rounded or obtusely pointed at apex, more or less narrowed at base, thinly coriaceous, 

 alternate, midrib depressed above, 1^ 6 in. long by \ 2| in. wide, with petiole \ Jin. 

 long, turning yellowish when dry, paler beneath with reddish midrib. 



$ . Flowers clustered, 3 6 together, on very short hairy cymes, in the axils of fallen 

 or present leaves, 4 5-merous, \ \ in. long. Calyx -fa in. long, tawny-hairy on both sides, 

 openly campanulate, with rounded or somewhat deltoid lobes about half the length of the 

 calyx. Corolla twice the length of the calyx or more, urceolate, glabrous, or nearly so, 

 4 5-fid or less deeply lobed, with obtuse spreading or recurved lobes. Stamens 13 15 20, 

 glabrous, mostly inserted on the receptacle and in pairs, nearly equal, J in. long, filaments 

 j^ in. long. Ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



9 . Flowers clustered, 3 6 together, on very short cymes, 4 5-merous, thicker than 

 in <J. Staminodes 7, glabrous, hypogynous or at base of corolla. Ovary conical, tawny 



