264 MB HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



THE FOLLOWING SPECIES OF DIOSPYROS ARE TOO IMPERFECTLY KNOW1J TO BE PLACED 

 IN THEIR POSITIONS IN THE SECTIONS. 



154. DIOSPTROS GRATA, Wallioh, List n. 4142 (1828 32). 



D. foliis alternis, dblongis, utrinque angustatis, obtusis, glabris, floribus femineis solitariis, 

 subsessilibus, ovario fulvo-hispido ; fructibus globosis, subglabratis, calyce fructifero 5-fido, pen- 

 tagono, utrinque pubescente. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. p. 232.. n. 48 (1844). 



Branches nearly glabrous, pubescent at the extremities. Leaves alternate, glabrous, 

 oblong, narrowed at both ends, obtusely acuminate at apex, 3 6 in. long by 1 2 in. wide ; 

 midrib depressed above ; veins slender, crowded, not conspicuous ; petioles | ^ in. long, 

 glabrous. 



9 . Fruit solitary, subsessile, globose, about 1 in, in diameter, glabrate or with remains 

 of ferruginous hairs ; fruiting calyx stellate, 5-fid a.nd 5-cornered, hairy on both sides, tawny, 

 | in. across; peduncles very short, hairy, . 



Nepal, Wallich ! Cfr. D. lancecefolia, Roxb. 



155. DIOSPYROS ORIXENSIS, Wight Hb. !, non Klein. 



D. foliis alternis, ettipticis, apice obtuse angustatis vel breviter acuminatis, basi obtusis, 

 glabrescentibus, tenuiter coriaceis, breviter petiolatis ; fructibus solitariis axillaribus subglo- 

 bosis, breviter pedunculatis ; calyce fructifero profunde 4>-fido, appresso vel leviter patente, extus 

 piloso, lobis obtusis. 



Young shoots petioles and peduncles hirsute, afterward puberulous, ultimately glabrous, 

 terete; leaves alternate, thinly coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse at base, obtusely narrowed or 

 shortly acuminate at apex, glabrescent, brown on both sides, midrib slightly depressed above 

 and veins inconspicuously raised above, more manifest beneath, subnitescent, 1 3^ in. long by 

 1 in. wide ; petioles % in. long, strong. 



9 . Fruit solitary, axillary, dark, subglobose, about $ in. in diameter, on peduncle about 

 equalling the petiole ; bracts caducous ; fruiting calyx deeply 4-fid, appressed to base of 

 fruit or somewhat spreading, in. across, subpilose outside ; lobes obtuse ; seeds 2 3, oblong, 

 . long. 

 Courtallum, Hb. Wight! 



156. DIOSPYEOS DODECANDEA, Loureiro PI. Cochinch. p. 228. n. 5 (1790). 

 D. foliis alternis, late-lanceolatis ; floribus axillaribus; corollce tubo subgloboso, lobia 4, 

 brevibus ; staminibus 18, corollce basi insertis; baccis compressis, lentiformibus, 8-spermis. 

 Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 238. n. 86 (1844). 

 Embryopteris Loureiriana, G. Don, Gen. Syst. Card, and Bot. IV. p. 41 (1837). 



