260 ME HIERN, ON EBENACE^i. 



staminodes 5 (in one case), glabrous ; ovary subglobose, glabrous, covered with minute gland- 

 ular pulverulence, 8-celled, cells 1-ovuled; style lobed at apex, glabrous; fruit subglobose, 

 | in. high, glabrous, smooth ; fruiting calyx j in. in diameter, widely plicate, about as high 

 as the fruit. 



Borneo, 0. Beccari! n. 1422, 3455. 



150. DlOSPYROS CRASSIFLORA, sp. nOV. 



D. foliis alternis, dblongis, apice anguste acuminatis, basi angustatis, glabris, unicoloribus, 

 tenuiter coriaceis, patentibus, petiolatis, nervis inconspicuis ; fioribus masculis crassis, 1 3-ra's, 

 brevissime cymosis, aarillaribus, calyce depresso-hemisphcerico, 4 5-fido, utrinque puberulo, lobis 

 rotundatis, corolld ettipsoided, carnosd, apice 4 6-lobd, staminibus oo oo , subcequalibus, pluri- 

 serialibus, dorso pubescentibus, hypogynis, ovario minuto, hirsute. 



A tall tree, nearly glabrous except the inflorescence ; branches dark, terete. Leaves 

 alternate, spreading, oblong, narrowly acuminate at apex, narrowed more or less at base, 

 of same green colour on both sides, very thinly coriaceous^ shining above with depressed 

 midrib and inconspicuous veins, with clear lateral and delicate tertiary veins beneath, 

 7 Sin. long by 2 2f in. wide; petioles J Jin. long. 



<J . Flowers in. long, 1 3 together, on very short, shortly pubescent axillary 

 peduncles or cymes. Calyx depresso-hemispherical, toughly coriaceous, in. in diameter, 

 shortly puberulous on both sides, 4 5-fid ; lobes rounded. Corolla " fleshy, of a light pink 

 colour and of the size and form of a pigeon's egg," shortly tomentose outside, nearly 

 glabrous inside, 4 6-toothed at apex; teeth contorted sinistrorsely as regarded from within, 

 -j^ Jin. deep, obtuse. Stamens very numerous, about fin. long, inserted on the receptacle, 

 subequal, in several rows ; anthers linear, acute, 2-celled, somewhat hairy on the back ; 

 filaments very short. Ovary minute, hairy. 



Female flower and fruit unknown. 



West Tropical Africa, Old Calabar, Sea. W. C. Thomson!, 12 March, 1863. 



151. DlOSPTROS DISCOLOR, Willd. Sp. PI. IV. p. 1108 (1805). 



D. foliis alternis, oblongis, apice acuminatis, basi rotundatis, coriaceis, supra nitidis glabris, 

 subtus pallidis appresse pilosis vel glabrescentibus, petiolatis, nervis inconspicuis; floribus 

 masculis in cymis brevibus trifloris secus ramulos juniores terminaliter confertis, scepius 

 tetrameris, sericeis, calycis lobis ovalibus, rotundatis, corolld infundibuliformi profunde 4/-fidd, 

 staminibus 24 28, subcequalibus, glabris, geminatis; floribus femineis solitariis, axillaribus, 

 sessilibus, staminodiis 4, 5, 10, glabris, corollas basi insertis, ovario dense piloso, 8-loculari; 

 fructibus subglobosis, carnosis, pilosis, 4 G-spermis, albumine non ruminato, calyce fructifero 

 fructus basi appresso. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 235. n. 66 (1844). 



Cavanittea philippensis, Desrouss. in Lam. Encycl. III. p. 663 (1789). 



C. Mabolo, Lam. EncycL tab. 454 (1823), 



D. Mabola, Eoxb. Hort. Beng, p. 40 (1814), Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1139 (1828)* 



