262 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



Guadalope, Perottet! cultivated (?); Malaya, Pulo Ticus, "Stem thin," Dr Maingay! 970/2; 

 Borneo, 0. Beccari! n. 1892, Wallichf 4131. 



A form with leaves pale and having numerous inconspicuous veins on hoth sides, pro- 

 bably introduced, is found at Eio de Janeiro, Brazil, Glaziou! 1560, 1561. 



152. DIOSPYEOS ARGENTEA (D. argenteus), Griff. Not. rv. p. 288 (1854). 



D. foliis alternis, oblongis, apice acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel cordatis, coriaceis, supra 

 glabris, subtus dense argenteo-pilosis, breviter petiolatis; floribus masculis breviter cymosis, 

 scepius tetrameris, sericeis ; calyce 4-fido, campamdato-cylindrico, lobis ovalibus; corolld bre- 

 viter tubulosd, lobis ovalibus; staminibus 22 24, subwqualibus, hirstttis, geminatis, ovarii 

 rudimento pubescente ; floribus femineis solitariis, breviter pedunculatis, staminodiis 4 5, ovario 

 dense hirsute 4i-loculari, locidis imperfecte dinisis; fructibus ellipsoideis, strigoso-pilosis, 

 8-locidaribiis, seminibus 6 8, albumine non ruminato; calyce fructifero 4t-partito, aucto ; 

 lobis oblongis. 



Buds lanceolate-acuminate, with silvery silky hairs ; branchlets somewhat compressed, 

 covered as well as inflorescence and petioles with very brilliant silvery and silky hairs which 

 at length become ferruginous-silvery. Leaves alternate, oblong, coriaceous, cordate or rounded 

 at base, sharply acuminate at apex, glabrous above, densely velutinous-pilose beneath with 

 silky shining silvery hairs, which afterwards become ferruginous-silvery and at length mostly 

 fall off, leaving an appressed pubescence and the under surface of the leaf pale, 7 11 in. 

 long by 2 3| in. wide ; petioles ^ ^ in. long ; margins reflexed ; midrib stout, depressed 

 above ; lateral veins inconspicuous. 



$ . Cymes axillary, spreading, near ends of branchlets, \ | in. long (exclusive of the 

 flowers), bearing 3 oo flowers ; common peduncle \ f in. long ; ultimate pedicels short ; 

 bracts ovate, glabrous inside. Flowers (closed) nearly | in. long, silky outside, usually tetra- 

 merous. Calyx ^in. long, campanulate-cylindrical, silky on both sides, 4- (in one case 3-) 

 fid, lobes oval. Corolla -| in. long, shortly tubular, 4-lobed, silky on both sides especially 

 outside, lobes ^ in. deep, oval. Stamens 22 24, in pairs, nearly equal, very hairy, filaments 

 much shorter than the anthers ; ovary rudimentary, hairy. 



9 . Flowers solitary, in axil? of upper leaves ; peduncles \ in. long. Calyx about 

 \ in. long, 4-fid, densely furred on both sides, campanulate; calyx-lobes ovate, apiculate. 

 Corolla - T 7 ff in. long, 4-fid, tomentose ; lobes oval, apiculate, imbricated, hairy inside. Stami- 

 nodes 4 5, alternate with corolla-lobes, hairy above ; ovary globose, densely hairy, 4-celled ; 

 cells imperfectly divided ; ovules 8 ; styles 4, hairy, erect, \ in. Fruit with 1 oval bract at the 

 base | in. long, ^ in. wide, glabrous inside, egg-shaped, 2| 3 in. long by \\ 2 in. thick, 

 very strigosely pilose, greenish-white or yellowish, shortly cuspidate at the apex, 8-celled. 

 Fruiting calyx 4-partite, sometimes 3 in. wide ; lobes very large, oblong, concave, obtuse, 

 with metallic lustre, very silvery-silky outside, veined inside, 1| 2 in. long by | in. wide ; 

 seeds 6 8, subcylindrical, slightly attenuated at both ends ; ranging up to 2 in. long by 

 | in. wide, imbedded in pulp ; albumen cartilaginous or horny, white ; embryo ^ f in. long ; 

 radicle thick, clavate, about equalling or shorter than the cotyledons. 



Malacca, Griffith! 3625; Maingay! n. 968. 



