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123. DlOSPYROS PERFORATA, sp. noV. 



D. gldbra, foliis ovali-oblongis, alternis, apice acuminatis, basi angustatis, firmiter mem,' 

 branaceis, perforato-punctatis, breviter petiolatis, nervis patentibus; floribus masculis aggregates, 

 subsessilibus, pubescentibus, campanulatis, calyce profunde 4*-fido, corolld urceolatd (?), 4>-fidd, lobis 

 latis, staminibus 16, geminatis, receptaculo insertis, interioribus brevioribus, antheris hispidis, 

 filamentis superne hispidis inferne glabris, ovario 0, receptaculo leviter hispido. 



Glabrous except the inflorescence and buds; branches cinereous, longitudinally wrinkled. 

 Leaves alternate, oval-oblong, acuminate, narrowed at base, firmly membranous, scattered with 

 small dark glands especially alongside the midrib beneath, in places perforated, 6-jr7^ in. long 

 by If 2J in. wide, dark and shining above with depressed patent lateral veins, pale brown 

 beneath with rather distinctly marked lateral veins ; petioles channelled above, \ in. long. 



<J. Flowers clustered, subsessile, few or several together on axillary or lateral nodules, 

 tawny-pubescent, in bud about -Jin. long; bracts small, imbricated, on very short pedicels, 

 dark-cinereous; calyx deeply 4-fid, lobes deltoid, glabrous inside; corolla urceolate (?), 4-fid, 

 glabrous inside, appressedly silky outside, contorted sinistrorsely in aestivation, 4-fid, slightly 

 exceeding the calyx, lobes rounded ; stamens 16, united by their filaments in 8 pairs, inner 

 ones rather shorter, anthers longer than the filaments, with hairs on the back and front 

 especially on the back of the outer ones and on the front of the inner ones, connective 

 apiculate, filaments with spreading hairs above, glabrous beneath ; ovary or minute, repre- 

 sented by a few short hairs on the receptacle. 



Ceram Island, Moluccas, De Vriesef 1857 61. 



124. DIOSPYROS OBLONGA, Wall. List n. 4124 (1828 32). 



D, foliis oblongis, alternis, apice breviter acuminatis, basi obtusis, subcoriaceis, glabris, 

 petiolatis; floribus femineis I S-nis, brevissime cymosis, confertis, pentameris, calyce profunde 

 lobato, hispidis, lobis undulatis basi auriculatis, corolld calycem cequante, carnosd, ovario 

 ferrugineo-pubescente, 10-loculari ; fructibus subglobosis, subglabratis, seminum albumine non 

 ruminato. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vin. p. 228. n. 26 (1844) ; G. Don, Gen. Syst. Gard. and Bot. iv. p. 40 

 (1837) excl. synon. 



A tree or shrub; branches terete or warty, glabrous, puberulous at the extremities, 

 dark. Leaves oblong, subcoriaceous, alternate, rounded near base, glabrous, shortly acu- 

 minate at apex, 5 9J in. long by 2 4 in. wide, with petioles | |in. long; midrib strong 

 and lateral veins numerous clear parallel and spreading, both depressed on upper surface. 



2 . Flowers crowded, subsessile or in very short 1 3-flowered cymes, on short young 

 shoots or axillary, pentamerous. Calyx covered on both sides with a mixture of black and 

 ferruginous short hairs, ^yin. long, deeply 5-lobed, rather crass; lobes erect-patent with 

 wavy margins auricled at base. Corolla 5-lobed, ferruginous-hairy outside, glabrous inside, 

 fleshy, not exceeding the calyx (in bud). Staminodes 5, glabrous. Ovary 10-celled, ferruginous- 

 hairy; cells 1-ovuled. Fruit subglobose, nearly glabrate, fin. long; surrounded at base by 

 blackish hispid calyx in. across with appressed or somewhat spreading lobes having wavy 

 margins and auricled pouting bases; albumen horny, not ruminated. 



Penang, Wallichf n. 4124; Singapore, Maingay! n. 967. 



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