266 MR HIERN, ON EBENACE^L 



160. DlOSPYEOS PENDULIFLOBA, Zoll. Obs. Bot. Nov. p. 15. n. 2 in Natuurk. Tydschr. Neerl. 



Ind. Vol. xiv. (1857). 



D. foliis dblongis, utrinque acutis, acuminatis; floribus masculis lateralibus pendulis, pe- 

 dunculo bifido, pedicellis flores cequantibus, calyce nigro-piloso 4i-lobo, corottd apertd, staminibus 

 8 [circiter 20 1], filamentis brevibus pilosis, alternatim 2- vel 3-cruris; floribus femineis solitariis 

 pendulis, corollas lobis erectis, staminibus 12 sterilibus, baccd pilosd 5 8-loculari. 



Java. Described by Zollinger from a drawing of Kuhl and van Hasselt No. 2 a in the 

 Buitenzorg botanical garden. 



161. DIOSPYROS (?) CYSTOPUS, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. I. pp. 250, 584 (1860). 



D. ramulis teretibus prcesertim superne cum petiolis foliisque subtus maxime secus nervos 

 rufo-pubescentibus, glabrescentibus, foliis alternis, oblongis, apice caudato- acuminatis, basi ro- 

 tundatis, tenuiter subcoriaceis, supra glabris, subtus costulis patentibus utrinque 18 12 te- 

 nwibus venulosis pertensis, in sicco glauco-fuscescentibus. 



Young parts rufous-hispid ; branches terete. Leaves alternate, oblong, caudate-acuminate 

 at apex, rounded at base, thinly sub-coriaceous, glabrous above, rufous-hispidulous beneath 

 especially on the raised midrib and lateral veins ; about 9 in. long by 2| 3 in. wide ; petioles 

 Jin. long, channelled; lateral veins about 15 on each side, inconspicuous above, slender 

 and more conspicuous beneath ; midrib much raised beneath, tapering towards the apex. 

 Flowers and fruit unknown, and therefore the plant is of uncertain position. 



Sumatra ; Lampong, near Kebang, Teijsmann I Local name Dare"han-darehan. 



162. DIOSPYEOS PYREHOCAEPA, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. I. pp. 250, 583 (1860). 



D. ramulis novellis cum petiolis costdque subtus pubescentibus glabrescentibus ; foliis e 

 basi rotundatd usque acutiusculd elliptico-oblongis plerisque breviter obtuso-acuminatis, coriaceis, 

 glabris, supra secus costam canaliculatis, subtus pallidis costulis 9 7 tenuibus arcuato-patulis 

 a margine leviter incurvo distanter unitis, dense tenereque reticulatis; floribus secus ramulos 

 inferne lateralibus solitariis brevi-pedunculatis, cum calyce 4 5-partito (lobis acuminatis coriaceis) 

 utrinque rufo-tomentosis ; baccis cerasi majoris mole depresso-globosis, calyce adaucto reflexo 

 (lobis antice convexis) suffultis rufo-ochrascenti-tomentosis. 



West Sumatra, in province Priaman, Diepenhorst ; Malay name Hampadoe-Kajoe. 



163. DIOSPYROS PLATYPHYLLA, Welw. MSS. 



D. arborea, laxe ramosa, apice foliosa, foliis alternis, ellipticis rotundis vel obovatis, apice 

 obtusis, basi rotundatis scepe incequalibus, valde coriaceis, supra glabrescentibus nitidis, subtus 

 tomentosis reticulatis, breviter petiolatis; fructibus edulibus. 



