248 MR HIERN, ON EBENACPLE. 



masculis brevissime cymosis, parvis, tetrameris, calyce hemisphcerico, corolld profunde 4-lobd, 

 staminibus 16, glabris, ovarii rudimento glabro. 



Dull, spinous ; young parts and inflorescence ferruginously tomentose-pubescent ; branches 

 terete. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, oval, acuminate or pointed at apex, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at base, with whitish loose hairs beneath when young, subglabrescent, dark green above, 

 browner beneath, 1| 3 in. long by f 1 in. wide; margins recurved; petioles in. long, 

 pubescent, terete. 



tJ. Inflorescence arranged in very short axillary cymes on the young branches; flowers 

 jtj in. long fin bud), subglobose, tetramerous. Calyx about half the length of the flower, hemi- 

 spherical, appressedly hairy outside, glabrous inside, deeply 4-fid ; lobes rounded, sinistrorsely 

 contorted in bud. Corolla subglobose, glabrous except 4 hairy lines outside along middle of 

 lobes, deeply 4-lobed ; lobes rounded, sinistrorsely contorted in aestivation. Stamens 16, glabrous, 

 subequal (?), in two rows (?), distinct, inserted at or near base of corolla ; anthers lanceolate, 

 acute, longer than the filaments, dehiscing laterally from the apex ; ovary rudimentary, 

 glabrous. 



Brazil, Nartius! Herb. Eeg. Monac., Ebenaceae n. 144. 



131. DIOSPYROS OVALIS, sp. nov. 



D. fruticosa, foliis alternis, ovalibus, utrinque rotundatis, apice mucronatis, basi subcorda- 

 tis, suprcu glabris nitidis, subtus villosis, subcoriaceis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus masculis 

 breviter cymosis, tetrameris, profunde lobatis, corollas lobis obovatis patentibiw, staminibus circ'- 

 ter 20, glabris. 



A shrub, 2 3 feet high. Young parts underside of leaves and inflorescence and especially 

 the buds subferruginous-pubescent. Branches terete, glabrescent and nitescent, numerous. 

 Leaves (of the shoots of the current season) oval, alternate, subcoriaceous, mucronate at apex, 

 subcordate at base, dark shining and glabrous above except depression of midrib, without 

 conspicuous veins, shaggy underneath with ciliated margins, about 1 in. long by | in. wide ; 

 petioles about ^ in. long, pubescent. 



(5. Inflorescence 'at the base of the shoots of the current season, cymose, with few or 

 several flowers rather loosely arranged ; cymes (excluding the flowers) J in. long ; pedicels 

 abeut \ in. long ; bracts oval, densely pubescent. Flowers -fa in. long, tetramerous, green. 

 Calyx % in. long, partite with lanceolate erect-patent lobes, pubescent on both sides. Corolla 

 in. high (^ in. long when straightened), glabrous except 4 lines of hairs outside; lobes $7 in. 

 deep, obovate, erect-patent and recurved at apex. Stamens 20 (18 20 ex Benth. MS. in Hb. 

 Cantab.), equal, glabrous; anthers linear; filaments short, united almost in a short tube. 

 Ovary rudimentary, glabrous (?), minute. 



Brazil, Pernambuco, sandy open places, Rio Preto, September. Gardner! 2813. 



