250 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



134. DIOSPYROS GAULTHERLEFOLIA, Mart. Fl. Bras. vii. (Eben.) p. 5. n. 5. t. 2. f. 1 (1856). 



D. foliis distichis, oblongis, apice obtusis, basi subcordatis, tenuiter coriaceis, subtus 

 prcssertim secus nervos ferrugineo-hispidis, breviter petiolatis, marginibus in sicco late refiexis ; 

 Jloribus masculis aggregates, brevissime cymosis, 5-meris, calyce campanulato, o-fido, corolld 

 profunde lobatd, staminibus oo oo pilosis, Jloribus femineis subsessilibus aggregates ; fructibus 

 solitariis vel binis, globosis, apice abrupte conicis, setosis, papilloso-verrucosis, albumine non 

 ruminato. 



A shrub or small tree 12 14 feet high ; with rufous-hairy terete branches, spreading 

 at 60", glabrescent. Leaves oblong, distichous, obtusely lanceolate at apex, subcordate at 

 base, thinly coriaceous, margins widely reflexed in the dry state ; dark shining and glabrous 

 except the midrib, with depressed veins above ; ferruginous-hispid especially on the veins 

 beneath ; 2 5 in. long by 1 2 in. wide ; petioles -fa in. long. 



<J . Flowers clustered in axils of leaves ; cymes short, with oblong bracts glabrous inside, 

 T 3 T in. long, pentamerous ; calyx campanulate, ferruginous-hairy on both sides, -fo in. long, 

 lobes ovate-oblong, | in. long ; corolla glabrous outside except a few pilose hairs along 5 

 longitudinal lines outside, 5-sided in bud, deeply 5-lobed; stamens 45 75, anthers linear, 

 slender, with long scattered ferruginous hairs, filaments short, combined at base and inserted 

 at base of corolla or on the receptacle, nearly glabrous ; ovary or minute. 



i . Flowers in subsessile clusters. Fruit solitary or 2 together, globose but abruptly 

 pointed at apex, with long ferruginous stiff hairs that easily rub off, papillose-verrucose, 

 scarcely 1 in. long, pulpy. Fruiting peduncle hairy, in. long ; testa thick ; albumen not 

 ruminated ; fruiting calyx with (4 or) 5 deep lanceolate lobes hairy inside, spreading, nearly 

 1 in. across. 



Brazil, Bahia, Blanchet 1886 ; common in sandy shrubby places near Ma9eio, Alagoas, 

 Februaiy, 1838, Gardner/ 1412, in 9 fl. and fr. The anthers in the figure quoted above 

 are incorrectly drawn as glabrous except the apex. 



135. DIOSPYROS SUBROTATA, sp. nov. 



D. foliis distichis, ovalibus, apice scepe acuminatis, basi subcordatis, tenuiter coriaceis, 

 breviter petiolatis, costd exceptd glabrescentibus ; Jloribus masculis axiUaribus, cymosis, 5 6- 

 meris, calyce aperte campanulato, corolla, partita, subrotatd, lobis obtusis patentibus, stamini- 

 bus circiter 20, antheris pilosis, linearibus ; Jloribus femineis sub-6-nis, fructibus pubescentibus. 



A shrub of 8 feet high, or a small tree of 18 30 feet ; young parts with pale appressed 

 pubescence, glabrescent except the midrib of leaves and inflorescence. Leaves oval- or ovate- 

 oblong, subcordate at base, more or less acuminate at apex, thinly coriaceous, with midrib 

 depressed on upper side, distichous, with margins slightly reflexed, 3 7 in. long by 1^ 

 3 in. wide ; petioles -fa ^ in. long. 



<J. Inflorescence axillary, cymose, with several or numerous flowers and spreading pedicels, 

 pubescent with short appressed hairs ; cymes ^ f in. long ; pedicels ^ fa in. long ; flowers 

 pentamerous or hexamerous ; calyx openly campanulate, with short deltoid lobes, with short 

 appressed inconspicuous pubescence, -fa J in. long ; corolla subrotate, nearly in. in diameter, 



