246 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



127. DIOSPYROS OLEN, sp. nov. 



D. gldbra, foliis alternis, ovalibus, apice breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, 

 nitidis, utrinque delicate reticulatis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus femineis solitariia, breviter pedun- 

 culatis, axillaribus, bracteatis, 4- rarius 3-meris, calyce subglabro profunde lobato, lobis late ovatis 

 acuminatis basi cordatis, tubo intus margine elevato, corolla 4 3-fidd, lobis acutis, staminodiis 

 6, glabris, ovario superne pubescente, inferne glabro, 8-loculari. 



Dark-cinereous, and except the inflorescence glabrous. Leaves oval, alternate, coriaceous, 

 narrowed at base and usually with a short obtuse acumen at apex, of the same cinereous colour 

 on both sides, somewhat shining on upper surface, with midrib depressed on upper side and net- 

 veins delicately raised on both sides, 2^ 4 in. long by 1 1 in. wide ; petioles j^ | in. long. 



9 . Peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, axillary, \ Jin. long, patent, pubescent, bearing caducous 

 patent lanceolate alternate bracts. Flowers usually tetramerous, rarely trimerous. Calyx 

 about 1 in. across when spreading, deeply lobed, very nearly glabrous ; lobes widely ovate 

 acuminate, widened and cordate at base, \ \ in. long, spreading or reflexed, with numerous 

 parallel slight longitudinal veins ; tube with raised internal hairy border at top. Corolla about 

 \ in. high, glabrous in upper part, puberulous at least in places beneath, 3 4-fid, conical above 

 in bud ; lobes acute arching in flower outwards ; tube urceolate in flower. Staminodes inserted 

 on corolla, glabrous, about 6 (in a trimerous flower) or wanting (m a tetramerous one). Ovary 

 glabrous beneath, pubescent and suddenly narrowed towards apex ; terminating in a short 4-fid 

 style glabrous at apex ; ovary 8-celled ; cells 1-ovuled. 



Indigenous name Olen. I. Lifu, Deplanchef No. 31. 



128. DIOSPYROS CARGILLIA, F. Muell. Austral. Veg. in Intercolonial Exhibition Essays, 



186667, p. 35 (1867). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus vel oblongis, apice obtusis, basi cuneatis, coriaceis, glabris, 

 pallidis, breviter petiolatis, nervis subtus inconspicuis ; floribus masculis breviter cymosis, pubes- 

 centibus, tetrameris, axillaribus, campanulatis ; calyce k-fido, lobis deltoideis, corollce lobis obtusis, 

 staminibus scepius 16, glabris, geminatis, corollas basi insertis; floribus femineis 1 3-nis, bre- 

 vissime cymosis, axillaribus tetrameris; staminodiis 8, uni-serialibus, glabris, corollce basi 

 insertis; ovario ovoideo, pubescente, 4>-loculari, loculis bi-ovulatis; fructibus glabratis, ovoideis 

 vel globosis, I-spermis, albumine non ruminato. 



Annona microcarpa, Jacq. Fragm. Bot. p. 40. t. 44. f. 7 (1800 1809). 



Monodora microcarpa, Dunal, Monogr. Anon. p. 80 (1817). Cfr. Brown in Tuckey, 

 Congo, p. 475 (1818). 



Cargillia australis, K. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. et Ins. Van-Diem, p. 527. n. 2 (1810) ; 

 Alph. DC. Prodr. vnr. p. 243. n. 1 (1844); Bot. Mag. t. 3274(1833); Ettingsh. Blatt-skel. 

 Dikot. p. 90. t. 35. f. 6 (1861) ; Benth. Fl. Austral. IV. p. 288. n. 3 (1869); F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 

 p. 82 (1864). 



Maba Cargillia, F. Muell. Fragm. V. p. 162 (1866). 



This species is cited on pages 30, 31, 36, 46, 54 by the name of Diospyros 

 australis. 



